Example sentences of "were [noun] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when you were pros you did , you got all the mucky jobs to do as well . |
| 2 | God , we used to come here when we were kids you know ? |
| 3 | Er recordwise it never happened and does never seem to happen but we can go to America and work in the Irish centres and the Irish clubs and be an Irish band but er the way we could come over here and do a concert to people in general , it does n't I think the radio situation in America for years was al always very if you were folk you played in folk programme , if you were country you 'll play in the country prog whereas here in Britain there 's one great thing with the radio system , people tend to play whatever you know if it 's easy listening programme they play whatever is is nice and easy listening you know . |
| 4 | And we sort of walked round the town and back to where we 'd parked the car and there were there were places you know , pubs and cafes which are |
| 5 | That 's the size the boats were boats you see . |
| 6 | ‘ If you want an honest opinion , I reckon there were things you could have done to achieve that before you ever let Jahsaxa persuade you to undergo these changes . ’ |
| 7 | Gossip and teasing were things you had to deal with by yourself , and the best way to deal with them was to forget about them . |
| 8 | They were things you know like sports and what happens |
| 9 | I hate these as it were things you know ? |
| 10 | These were questions you should not have asked , and you were not answered ; but you heard that men were animals , and could not control themselves . |
| 11 | But these were questions you did not ask . |
| 12 | You cared about other people and tried to be kind to them , even though they were strangers you would probably never meet again . |
| 13 | And my grandfather and my great grandfather , they were millers you see ? |
| 14 | And they just said were caution you and I walked out of there and I started laughing . |
| 15 | They belonged to they were ships you know , but they had one sailing ship , the herself , They made a road into quarry you see . |
| 16 | The erstwhile ubiquitous road men , always in couples , bent double when you were not looking and sucking pipes and leaning on long-handled spades when you passed , were locals you knew and waved to . |
| 17 | These were guys you had to take seriously . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Well they were townies you know , ’ she finally says , ‘ and it looked to me that when townies hung out together they all dressed the same , did the same things , went to the same places and I was really different . |
| 19 | And maybe if you were Mandy you could . |
| 20 | Er recordwise it never happened and does never seem to happen but we can go to America and work in the Irish centres and the Irish clubs and be an Irish band but er the way we could come over here and do a concert to people in general , it does n't I think the radio situation in America for years was al always very if you were folk you played in folk programme , if you were country you 'll play in the country prog whereas here in Britain there 's one great thing with the radio system , people tend to play whatever you know if it 's easy listening programme they play whatever is is nice and easy listening you know . |
| 21 | And then erm they eggs would be in this incubator for about a week and then they used to arrange coops for them to go out do you see , we used to fence a field below the mansion , , in the field there , because there was a good in enclosure right round the two drives and then there were shelter you see . |
| 22 | There was Sammy and Davie and and er from Comely Bank , Willie and Jim they were all Stevedores and Andrew and They were stevedores you see a lot of . |
| 23 | Tramp aha , it was tramp coles they called them , they were ricks you know and you got into and you put up the hay and you tramped round and round you see ? |