Example sentences of "you were [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 You were with the late King on the night he died ? ’
2 You were out of the office , you were at a meeting , you were with an important client and could n't possibly be disturbed . ’
3 You were on a raised platform and I passed before you in the parade . "
4 If you were on the new year 's Honours list you 'd be pretty chuffed too .
5 Anything else that you noticed when you were on the other side of the road ?
6 Mind you , if you were on the top floor , you would n't think your clocks up there were going fast .
7 You were on the wrong side , ’ said the post driver .
8 ‘ Imagine how you would feel if you were on the receiving end of your criticism , ’ she suggests .
9 If you were at a right angle If it If it was two right ang er angle lines like that at right angles
10 You were at a known dealer 's house , so where exactly does that leave you ?
11 You were over the hot plate all the time .
12 Pause pause speak rather slower than you would do if you were in a normal conversation .
13 You were in a rotten mood the whole time .
14 ‘ So this is why you were in a brown study for most of the journey into Hastings , ’ she said almost accusingly .
15 You were in a sour mood and foresaw
16 You were in a public place and having hysterics , ’ said Samuel , stung .
17 I 'll grant you were in a bad state , which was hardly surprising after all the business with losing your part and then Lesley-Jane going off with Micky — incidentally , there was less in that than you thought , but that 's by the way .
18 If you were in a bad accident or been into the slums with lice and things , you had to report it and bring your uniform in .
19 I think you were in a shitty hall Nance .
20 If you were in a darkened room with your husband , you would know it was your husband .
21 If you were in a darkened room with a stranger , you would know it was a stranger .
22 But you were bad with your eyes all the same , I remember you were in a darkened room for days .
23 The B & Q conservatory , that one you were in the other day
24 Like when you were in the other week and I was taking that class
25 He looked at her with his blue eyes that made you feel you were in the far distance and he was bringing you into focus gradually , like a ball magnetised to drop into his outstretched hand , be clasped by his fingers .
26 Dipak ( S ) : How did you know whether the planes were English or German when you were in the air-raid shelter ?
27 You were in the regular force — Limehouse , was n't it ’
28 You were in the sick bay , were n't you ? ’
29 ‘ So you were in the sick bay , and naturally Hilary came to see you .
30 I know you were n't in the War Cabinet , the small group that ran it operationally , but you were in the full Cabinet .
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