Example sentences of "you were [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 I was just gon na point out that if you were to refer to the approved key diagram , you can get a quite easily visual representation of what that embraces .
2 But at the moments you wish you were shot of the whole thing you know perfectly well that it 's precisely because you could n't endure to be without it , now you know about it , that you 've got to go through all this .
3 BUT YOU WERE BORN ON THE MOON .
4 Particularly if you were born on the same day as this other girl in the hospital . ’
5 Because you were born under the first sign of the Zodiac , you tend to need excitement , adventure , action and results .
6 I know , Mr Holly … you were born in the United Kingdom , you were.brought up there , you were in possession of a valid British passport when you travelled to Moscow .
7 When was it were you born were you born You were born in the Republic of Ireland .
8 Ah , right well let's say you were born in the house you live in
9 if you were born in the Mediterranean you would of been eating that stuff anyway and you 'd never have , think about it
10 You were born in the Pleck yes ?
11 You and your Spouse could be covered from as little as £7.90 per month — and you could both claim Double Benefits of £80 each if you were hospitalised at the same time because of illness — and Double again if you were hospitalised simultaneously following an accident .
12 She could not bring herself to say , You were shut outside the gate .
13 ‘ It might help if you were to call off the androids , ’ he said , exasperatedly .
14 ‘ Maybe you were bewitched by the mountains , the music and me ! ’ quipped Peter , oblivious to her genuine anger .
15 ‘ And yet , we 're told that you were seen around the grounds of Burleigh yesterday evening . ’
16 How did i it come about that y you were placed in the situation that you were going to get thirty pounds a week less ?
17 Dr Wise , you were called to the home of Mrs Rodriguez on the day of her death .
18 But do you think you were struck by the image itself ?
19 Ah right yes so let me see , you were the one who said that you were getting to the S P S S stage or something were you ?
20 Do n't you wish you were joined by the umbilical cord again and nobody had the power to cut it ?
21 Wh where did you go to anyway when you when you were sent to the front ?
22 Say to us if you can say it , that you were sent by the Creative Power to talk to us .
23 If I thought you were sent by the Creator I might be induced to think you had a right to dispose of me .
24 ‘ When you were complaining about the Police , ’ she said .
25 So I mean if you were to finish on the thirty first of August then on the first of September .
26 Erm , I ca n't remember what happened at the end , if you were tempted to the barrel as well .
27 You resigned over over Westland you er er you were defeated for the leadership .
28 ‘ I write to confirm that on 5 October 1989 you were represented at the hearing to oppose the plaintiff being granted an injunction preventing you from selling the property .
29 Dry off all the bits you were soaking in the soapy water .
30 ‘ You say you only began to feel funny while you were looking at the eye ? ’
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