Example sentences of "[pron] was that you [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Before she left , the PM told me how pleased she was that you were so frank . |
| 2 | Khan that before this meeting ‘ all we knew about you was that you were a member of certain pacts — even though paper pacts — and we were doubtful and cautious about you ’ . |
| 3 | Anyway , it was part of your task to appear interested in a woman who , if not boring , was lonely and — ’ she gave a high-pitched mirthless laugh — ‘ shall we say , slightly unbalanced — so as to find out … well , whatever it was that you were enquiring into . |
| 4 | Immediately you should find this loud noise has interrupted your train of thought , often enough to make you forget what it was that you were thinking about . |
| 5 | Wh what I mean to say is I could n't in advance guess which field it was that you were going to want at any particular moment . |
| 6 | ‘ What was that you were saying about guests of the Government ? ’ he added dryly . |
| 7 | ‘ What was that you were saying yesterday morning when you looked like death warmed up ? ’ he yelled , ‘ never a bloody 'gain , you said Tommy Handley could n't best that for a joke . ’ |
| 8 | Maelmuire has nothing to fear from you now , nor have I. What was that you were saying about the next generation — and where and what they would rule ? |
| 9 | And David says te shouts er tell her er about er when Dawn was doing her and she says I opened the window she says I says what was that you were gon na say to er Ashley ? |