Example sentences of "you were [v-ing] a " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ You were singing a nursery rhyme — about the moon . ’ |
2 | Let's say you were buying a particular stock … ’ |
3 | If you were buying a house , though , we do a Mortgage Master |
4 | Yeah , I know you were buying a jumper one Christmas . |
5 | oh I thought you were buying a new one with that money |
6 | You were wearing a blue gaberdine suit and a white blouse with a pussy bow at the neck . ’ |
7 | And you were wearing a ski-jacket , puffy navy thing . |
8 | Yeah , honestly , I would n't put it on , if you were stopping a week . |
9 | I thought you were cooking a meal tomorrow ? |
10 | The real reason she 'd wanted to leave was the harsh discovery that when you were nursing a broken heart there was nothing more painful than being surrounded by others who were happily in love . |
11 | It was like you know , you were digging a hole and er it was , it was making it very difficult for me to want to buy you see ? |
12 | ‘ Besides , I assumed since you were here in Copenhagen you were seeking a Copenhagener . |
13 | Now let's say we 've done that we thought there were three people here so you though you were getting a third right . |
14 | So it 's I mean , let's see , you were getting a thousand pound a month , you 're now gon na get eleven hundred pounds a month , |
15 | You 've got , I think you got lost and the reason why you , you were getting yourself erm tied up in the figures and why there was less eye contact was because you were getting a little bit lost with those figures at the top of the page . |
16 | I did it all on me own , of course Alan sat here like a bloody idiot , I said you sit there do n't get , he said I thought you were getting a cloth , I burnt all me arm trying to , jumping out , hacking me hair out there so I had to say to this bloke I said well there 's erm justice for you , he said what ? |
17 | You were getting a bit close to my bloody money then ! |
18 | Did n't know you were getting a voucher . |
19 | Hundred and thirty to a hundred and forty 's the limit of physical pain , you really would scream if you were getting a noise input at that level . |
20 | So I climbed into the rucksack while you were taking a pee back at The Wife 's Legs . |
21 | You were holding a banner . ’ |
22 | He confirmed this impression by asking in tones rank with disbelief , ‘ You mean to tell me you thought you were pursuing a poor man ? ’ |
23 | If you were encountering a tyrannical overlord , what would you do ? |
24 | You were looking a bit sorry for yourself when we came back cos he buys flowers and he gives , so he 'll buy them the day before , I got the next day , there their making in all that |
25 | And while you were , while you were using a film which you had in anyway for the next day 's performance and putting in that slot |
26 | Bet you wish you were using a Teeger |
27 | Do n't do it automatically , as though you were reciting a shopping list . |
28 | ‘ It did n't feel like you were watching a cartoon — it was so lifelike , ’ he said . |
29 | In order to understand what you would see if you were watching a star collapse to form a black hole , one has to remember that in the theory of relativity there is no absolute time . |
30 | You , you can have your erm if you were watching a programme and er , I 've done this , erm if you 're watching a programme and you want to see what the weather forecast is er you can have that superimposed on your programme . |