Example sentences of "[adv] you [was/were] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously you were in hospital for a number of weeks . |
| 2 | ‘ I do , ’ said Finn , recoiling , and Lydia thought that here was another ludicrous irony : that the less you were in love with someone the more you could enchant and ensnare them . |
| 3 | But really you were in bed . |
| 4 | Fred told me you used to have shepherd 's pie three or four times a week when you were in music hall . |
| 5 | It 's like the time when you were in hospital . |
| 6 | All my subsequent attempts to find a mutually convenient time to meet have failed — mostly , I have to confess , because my term-time commitments in Oxford made it difficult for me get up to London except at hours when you were in Cabinet , or in the House . |
| 7 | ‘ Tell me , ’ Clinton asked softly , ‘ this Vauban — did he know why you were in France ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Because Al-Makesh knew why you were in Beirut . |
| 9 | You had to have a reason for going from A to B , or else you were in trouble . |