Example sentences of "[conj] [subord] you were [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Use a little star to indicate which is the asymmetric centre which kiral centre and all it means is that if you were to dra , if you had a a kiral molecule in other words , it had four different groups attached to it what it means is that it and it 's mirror image , this is the way you actually draw it and answer the questions you draw you draw it as if there was a mirror image . |
| 2 | The Ocean is calm , so calm you could believe it to be lacquered wood rather than water and that if you were in a hurry you could leave the boat and walk to shore . |
| 3 | Not even that if you were in London five days a week . ’ |
| 4 | I think erm if you shopping performance the week before and if the programme have been sponsored by Kellogg 's Cornflakes then it 's possible that if you were in your local erm Sainsbury shop and were faced with a number of alternatives to buy , there is possibly a chance that you can buy Kellogg 's Cornflakes . |
| 5 | Boulestin 's idea was that while you were at it you made — as in a great many of his recipes — enough of this mixture ( he treats smoked cod 's roe and anchovy fillets in precisely the same manner ) for two meals : you serve it as a first course , with toast , for two very differently composed lunches . |
| 6 | Clive Swift , in his admirable and essential book The Job of Acting says that when you were at drama school ‘ you were a big fish — now you 're a tiddler ’ . |
| 7 | Yes , but probably the school actually is bigger than this , there 's more people there than when you were in there and erm , that 's probably just too complicated . |
| 8 | We used to go once a month you know when the girls were in the Guides , used to go for their parade service and if you were at Auckley , Malcolm and I used to go up with Heidi did n't I ? |
| 9 | And if you were on night duty you 'd get two nights off , but when you came back you 'd , you 'd , you 'd have to be on duty that night so you 'd have to go to bed that day . |
| 10 | Could you tell me what is the policy of your party on this matter and if you were to be elected to power at the next election what would your party do ? |
| 11 | He did this sort of job , too , and if you were with me everything would be perfect . |
| 12 | And if you were in it with me , I would n't want to get out at all , ’ he said outrageously . |
| 13 | It erm well I du n no cos if you were in bingo they would say the bingo bus goes at |
| 14 | The the boats coming up would have passed if if you were down the river . |
| 15 | Now of course it would depend very much on and whether you were in a drought situation as we were until last year or whether it 's like we 've been over this last summer and early winter which is that virtually not a day has passed without we 've had some rain , in which case obviously the roof is going to get cleaned up very much quicker but I have to say that although I 've always been under the impression that it 's not a good idea to save water off a new felt roof er because of deposits that come off the mineral felt . |
| 16 | The way you carried your shoes in a brown paper bag and when you were at ours . |
| 17 | ‘ And when you were on board with Clive Kemp , ’ he shot back , ‘ did he have your total loyalty ? ’ |
| 18 | And when you were in suitably softened mood I was going to tell you how this time I 'd found what I 'd really been looking for all my life . ’ |
| 19 | Any of my old school friends in Wallingford that know me er well they 'll just never believe that I can run 26 miles because I do n't know if when you were at school , but when er when we used to have a cross-country run I was the one at the back and usually the P E instructor used to go round and whack us with a slipper , you know the slow ones and I was unfortunately one of those , but er now I 've been running with the Bicester Road Runners for what 2 years , er half , I 've done a few half marathons , nothing anywhere near 26 miles , I 've , my furthest run until yesterday was 16 miles , and yesterday , injured , with a bandage round my knee , I managed 18 miles , and I 'm pleased to say it 's still holding out and I 'm quietly confident that I 'm going to complete this , and like I say , if I can er well , just get the local businesses in Bicester interested and to support me , I say however small , just a , you know , if they , a penny a mile from just a few of the businesses in Bicester and , well , the Bible school could have , you know , a few pounds coming to them , which I 'm sure they 'd be , you know , greatly received . |
| 20 | So whatever duty you were on — morning duty , that was all right , it was in the firm 's time , but if you were on afternoon duty , you would have to attend court and maybe go straight on afternoon duty . |
| 21 | Because when you were on night duty , which you , you did , er i it was a twelve hour stint right through from eight at night till eight in the morning . |
| 22 | ‘ Of course we were always worried because when you were on a troop ship there 'd be 10 men for every space in the lifeboats . |
| 23 | If you are n't as good as if you were in church , the train wo n't come , and we sha n't go away in it to the ends of the earth . |
| 24 | The massive pin-sharp image completely fills the five-storey screen and you are there , as surely as if you were in an orbiting Shuttle . |
| 25 | It is therefore not going to be possible to behave as though you were at a genuine social occasion and it will not be surprising if you feel awkward and nervous . |