Example sentences of "you [was/were] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | R.B. Yes , so you were buying respectability ? |
| 2 | When you came to those two meetings at Oulton Park you were wearing school uniform ! ’ |
| 3 | If if if if you were wanting to buy erm buy a house if you were moving house , and I did n't realize until the other day that ninety percent of people who buy and sell houses are moving within their own area . |
| 4 | He would start the evening in his quiet , sometimes moody , Kansas drawl and would end up in ranting fashion , telling them all that things would be different when he and the rest of ‘ new ’ Hollywood were running things , and they would all be clapped in irons , which was hardly the brightest way to inspire confidence at a time when you were seeking film money . |
| 5 | you were entitled to free treatment because you were getting Income Support or Family Credit or |
| 6 | And at the end of the day you would be into relating what people do in their job descriptions to whether you were getting value for money from those members of staff . |
| 7 | NOTE : EVEN IF YOU WERE GETTING HOUSING BENEFIT AND/OR INCOME SUPPORT BEFORE 1ST APRIL 1990 YOU MUST STILL APPLY FOR COMMUNITY CHARGE BENEFIT BY COMPLETING THE NECESSARY FORM . |
| 8 | Your pension will automatically be permanently increased if you were getting invalidity allowance with invalidity benefit within eight weeks before reaching retirement age . |
| 9 | Thought you were getting Christmas pudding |
| 10 | Then at the end of the quarter you were getting dividend for twenty people . |
| 11 | Well you see it may be important where the information came from , you did n't get it from the cards , you say you were getting information from all directions . |
| 12 | And that was er Oh it could break your arm you know , this huge big flywheel and you were taking hold of one of the of the of the spokes and turning it , if it were to backfire suddenly , it could break your arm . |
| 13 | So the first gig you attended was one that you were taking part in ? |
| 14 | Do n't think you can barge in here harassing me like this , ’ she snapped , ‘ shooting questions at me as if you were taking part in a firing squad . ’ |
| 15 | You were ta , you were taking advantage , not him ! |
| 16 | You were taking money out of this fund when relatives of the dead were hoping to be paid funeral expenses , and this caused a great deal of distress and anger . ’ |
| 17 | It 's factually wrong , or at least it 's factually wrong , if you were taking note of Freud 's writings after World War One . |
| 18 | Your content was good but you were lacking pace I think forty eight you got so I want the weather forecast from you next all right ? |
| 19 | When you retire , the DHSS looks at the gaps in your record for full tax years when you were receiving child benefit or a benefit for caring for an invalid . |
| 20 | A Luciferian fire was consuming you — which means that at that moment you were bearing light . |
| 21 | ‘ You were using surgery on your patients in the asylum . ’ |
| 22 | My dear Father , you were mentioning lunch ? |
| 23 | For instance , if you were kept hostage in Iraq with someone whom you thought would never be your type of friend , you may end up being the best of friends all because you have shared the same problems and experiences . |
| 24 | Just look as if you were spitting tobacco . |
| 25 | Mhm , and you feel that youngsters nowadays have maybe less opportunity than you had yourself when you were leaving school ? |
| 26 | Ten years ago you were leaving school were n't you ? |
| 27 | Of course , if you were to give evidence , what would the co what would the magistrates do ? |
| 28 | ‘ Last month you were given access to highly confidential details regarding our plans for designs for 1956–7 . |
| 29 | If you were to consult fibre charts , you would see that watercress ( 33 per cent fibre ) appears to be quite a good source . |
| 30 | It was what , seventy eight percent over all , and in , and in a large , very large individual constituencies you were seeing turn out in the eighties . |