Example sentences of "you [was/were] [verb] something " in BNC.
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| 1 | Think that you were think that you were differentiating something . |
| 2 | Just as well you agreed to go quietly when Kenneth suggested it was time you went to bed ; though apparently he and Hamish practically had to carry you upstairs , and the whole way up you were muttering something vile about Lewis being thrown naked into a tub of starving Elephant Leeches . ’ |
| 3 | You were thinking something amusing . ’ |
| 4 | and she said well I 'll be able to tell you how many enquiries we 've had and so you know , you were expecting something you know |
| 5 | You were working something extraordinary |
| 6 | ‘ I would have thought that if you were offering something better , people would rush to take it up . ’ |
| 7 | If you had your back to the vice , you were doing something wrong ! |
| 8 | ‘ You were doing something I 'd always fantasised about . ’ |
| 9 | Er and I think there w there was that satisfaction that you , you were doing something to help people get better . |
| 10 | For example , er , if for example , you were doing something , I do n't know , say you s , said erm , I 'm definitely going to go and learn another language , I 'm going to go and learn German , let's say . |
| 11 | Well I do n't know if you were doing something |
| 12 | You mean you 'd like it if I interrupted you when you were doing something |
| 13 | Erm now next week you were saying something about you 'd like one on Easter Monday , I wo n't actually be here . |
| 14 | One is erm like you were saying something like factor analysis , something like erm y'know kind of seeing how they cluster together . |