Example sentences of "you [was/were] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Think that , for me , you were but a summer 's play , but summer is nearly over … |
| 2 | Ok roger I was at the Fav and I guess you were but there were two guys fitting your description ( I never knew that sheepskins were so popular ! ) |
| 3 | Horror stories abound : of the rogue 's law that prevented any port agent who sold directly to fishmongers from ever trading with a Billingsgate merchant again ; of the nepotism that determined who could have a stand in the market ; and of prices that varied according to who you were and whether you had a good introduction . |
| 4 | ‘ Could you tell us where you were and what you were doing on those three days , please ? ’ he said , instead , levelly and she gave him another sideways , calculating look . |
| 5 | I 've seen her several times and before you rang me at the theatre , she had promised to find out where you were and tell me . ’ |
| 6 | You are stronger than you were and with summer arriving you will once more pick up . |
| 7 | He 'd trace you to wherever you were and there 'd be hell to pay . |
| 8 | There are those who claim to be able to tell you psychically just who you were and what sort of life you had in a previous existence . |
| 9 | Rubie 's Choice appeared to blow up at Marks Tey and should have come on for the race , while Zoe Turner , on her home track , can choose between As You Were and Royal Sting . |
| 10 | So in theory , you do n't have to save your work , and exit properly before you switch off ; the AccuCard will remember where you were and return you there next time you switch on . |
| 11 | She thought instead of The Mill on the Floss , that cruel social history of English religion , locating its true centre in the Lares and Penates , a dense structure of things which defined who you were and what your relation to others was , spotted damask , sprigged china , the graduated expense and display of bonnets kept to be worshipped rather than worn . |
| 12 | If you find it hard to stick to a diet , try keeping a diary for a week where you record what you 've eaten and when , how hungry you were and what sort of mood you were in at the time . |
| 13 | Ah , Mary , Mary Shelley , how dear you were and are , beyond all women — and yet what was possible then was only possible because we were mere phantoms in the world , or so we saw it , and scarcely less than phantoms to each other . |
| 14 | He asked how you were and said you were a very good horse-woman . " |
| 15 | I was told early on that it was possible that your Royal Highness would be able to be there and indeed you were and it gave us all one of the most unforgettable nights . |
| 16 | ‘ Steve was never mine to let go but I thought you were and I did n't let you go ! |
| 17 | I was erm , asked to er speak on behalf of the locals , as it were , and er so er what can I say but welcome back , welcome back to the where there 's nearly forty years ago you were and erm we do welcome you back here again today . |
| 18 | we 'd pop in see how you were and |
| 19 | And employment you put erm where you were and what you did . |
| 20 | you just put the address of the place where you were and then you put the position you held . |
| 21 | Here he could live in virtually complete seclusion , at a fraction of the cost it would take in northern Europe or Canada ; where the people were unconcerned as to who you were or what you did ; and where breathtaking vistas opened up for the seeing — both external and internal . |
| 22 | If you really do not know where you were or what you were doing , begin by imagining the object itself . |
| 23 | ‘ … and the moral of that [ said the Duchess ] is — ‘ Be what you would seem to be ’ — or , if you 'd like it put more simply — ‘ Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise . |
| 24 | Oh that 's very nice of you but I did n't know whether you were or not and she phoned , no I phoned her and she 's going and she said she 'd come for me so |
| 25 | Come back where you were or you 'll have to get in . |
| 26 | Oh we used to work er f er six days a week , er all day Saturdays erm eight to eight and er eight till eight at n at er eight till seven at night or er or eight till eight at erm most shifts was early , they used to have a a an hour er an hour break of a dinner time er sometimes they only used to have half an hour at night because , I mean well once you 've got er y y you was there , once you get you shift done it was no good sitting there doing for an hour and er it , it varies on what production what was wanted and how far advanced you was or how far behind you was , you know , but er the average hours was as I say was ten hours a shift that was working shift , you worked ten hours and then a break in between , ten minutes , half an hour |
| 27 | Right handsome little boy you was and now you 're a right handsome gentleman . ’ |