Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] and you could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Usually , you went there , a couple of doors were closed and you could smell the smoke , guys sneaking breaks . |
| 2 | Their bodies were contorted and you could see they had been trying to protect their faces with their hands . ’ |
| 3 | Oh it was after the First World War because everything was rationed and you could n't buy onions but er I 'd say it was about seventy years ago |
| 4 | The sign was peeling and you could n't read it from the other side of the square but the Three Towns knew who Whalbys ' were without that . |
| 5 | We can , we can put it all under one roof , and the d the design came out er good erm so that you could walk from the end of the , the machine shop was extended and you could walk from there into the catapult shop directly , or straight into the er fitting base , and thence down onto the welding sections . |
| 6 | She was screaming and you could hear her crying . |