Example sentences of "was [art] [adj] [noun] you " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It was the unkind way you told him . ’
2 So it was the Dark Ireland you feared , madam …
3 I though it was the eleven D's you were talking about .
4 And after all , perhaps joining up was the best thing you could do ; you 'll be among people .
5 and pick what they thought , was the best thing you could do , and then do n't , do n't tell you but get them made .
6 Erm mind you it was really a step onto something else that as far as I was concerned in those days I meant o go to sea of course and er that was the best place you could have er to serve an apprenticeship because everything er I mean it was one of the As everything was starting to get specialized in in other works nowadays it 's gone completely now .
7 So no , ring them , in fact ask one of your publican mates , you were one yourself , when was the best time you would have been contacted .
8 Every time the car went round a corner you had to turn the whole radio round to face a different way That was the only way you could get half-decent reception .
9 Did they think that was the only way you could find out who you were , by listening to them ?
10 ‘ How about if it was the only way you could save yourself losing every corporate customer you 've got ? ’
11 I 've grown up hating and loving country music , too ; sometimes you just did n't want it to be there 'cos it was the only thing you 'd hear on the radio in Texas , before rock'n'roll .
12 He was a Scotsman depending San Francisco and er situation that what you described but we were handing out food at Christmas Eve to people and people were coming up and er for their own proud they were saying things like I 'm a vegetarian or I do n't eat cheese pasties that was the case that was the only thing you had left but I mean it makes me really angry that we did not have this situation ten or twelve years ago .
13 ‘ Except when we were making love — that was the only time you seemed to let me anywhere near you . ’
14 And er nearly every boy used to take a handkerchief along with him to the , that was to the Christmas party because that was the only party you had a meal at school .
15 That was the only consequence you were bothering about ? ’
16 He was the only father you 've ever known , so it is n't a crime to refer to him that way !
17 I started taking smack at school , 'cos everyone in the — estate at that time was taking it and that was the only place you could buy pot and I sent one of me mates out from school one day to buy some speed and he come back with smack and said this is all I could get and I said I do n't want none of that , but in the end we ended up doing it because we was bored and we had nothing else to do .
18 ‘ My father was the driest comedian you ever heard , and my mother had a wonderful singing voice — much better than mine , ’ Lynne says .
19 And what 's going to happen what was the first way you can see .
20 ‘ It was the first thing you wanted to do , ’ she says .
21 What was the first thing you did with the band ?
22 When the Charge sounded and you all began to ride forward , what was the first thing you did ? ’
23 So that 's a easy way to make sure that you , because that was the first thing you went for now , in the exam you might well put that down and think , oh , hang on , does n't look right , perhaps it 's the other way up
24 ‘ And that was the first time ye 'd ever set eyes on him ? ’
25 When was the first time you were in the dark , locked in and taken over by someone else ?
26 You told me that when you went to work for was the first time you came across abortion really in .
27 I think it was the first time you really spoke to me .
28 was the first time you went to Malton when she was born ?
29 WHAT WAS THE FIRST RECORD YOU EVER HEARD ?
30 WHAT WAS THE FIRST RECORD YOU HEARD ?
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