Example sentences of "you were [v-ing] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I knew you were drifting away from me . |
| 2 | ‘ You were shouting rather . ’ |
| 3 | I saw from the papers some time back that you were acting again ; I 've followed every turn of your fortunes , I can tell yer . |
| 4 | Why not simply admit it , that you were dawdling again . |
| 5 | " For God 's sake , Maureen , you were yelling yesterday that you could n't be bothered with it . |
| 6 | Does that pert chit you were escorting home satisfy you , Neil ? |
| 7 | Did I know where you were living now ? |
| 8 | And you you were earning about ten bob a week then ? |
| 9 | So he was making you feel as if you were getting somewhere |
| 10 | and you were getting very close to it , |
| 11 | Now some of you were nodding there and some of you were smiling , it might be that you actually would quite like to say you know that I believe it 's wrong for people to be born disabled , handicapped . |
| 12 | It 's as if you were leaning forward and you overbalanced . |
| 13 | Comment : The bane of the quiet dinner à deux you were looking forward to in your local French restaurant , and of that meeting which you hoped would reach a rapid resolution . |
| 14 | Erm , I seem to remember that when we met earlier in the year and you were looking forward to , to , to this year as a whole , I think you er , indicated that it was going to be a good year and I think you also suggested , if I remember right , that you thought the better part of that improvement would be seen in the second half rather than the first . |
| 15 | ‘ But you were looking forward to it so much ! |
| 16 | Yes , I was there erm and saw them working , and I think you were looking fairly amazed that the answer came out to be almost the correct answer on several occasions , with quite different bits of apparatus . |
| 17 | ‘ But you were looking so absorbed that I guessed you were admiring that wonderful bureau . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You 'd be a lot less hopeless if you were thinking straight , ’ Kathy advised . |
| 19 | I do n't think expensive presents prove that love exists and neither would you if you were thinking properly . |
| 20 | Er yeah well all , all those things er and I thought the , the diagram was marvellous and you sort of to start with you , you were thinking ahead to doing this diagram and you could see that that 's what you were waiting to do and then once you did it you were up and running . |
| 21 | Either it works or it does n't — it shows you whether you were thinking correctly and is a fascinating test of your own mind . |
| 22 | you were pining upstairs . |
| 23 | He said it was clear to him you were pining away , and that you could only be saved if I took you away and made love to you for the rest of our lives . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I thought you were staying well away from any danger ? ’ |
| 25 | You 've always made it quite clear that you were staying here and that I could fuck off to the other end of the world for all you cared . |
| 26 | ‘ When Julius phoned me yesterday and asked me to bring the files he wanted to work on , he did n't tell me you were staying here . ’ |
| 27 | I was surprised to learn that you were staying there again by yourself . ’ |
| 28 | You 've never been much help to anyone all your life , but I think you were trying then . |
| 29 | Oh about erm three feet deep I reckon they were , I mean to load up er eight hundred tonnes , which we average these hoppers out at , er er we were getting a good soil we 'd load up eight hundred tonne in an hour and a half to two hours , between hour and a half to two hours we 'd be loaded , that 's all depend on what you was dredging , you might be interested in and , and go quicker , if you were dredging greenfly that 's be alright you 'd , if you dredged peat well that hopper would be full but it would n't be half lo it 'd be half loaded you see , be half way down to the plimsoll mark . |
| 30 | ‘ The landlord can not remember seeing you the night you were carousing there . ’ |