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

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1 You were just looking at it , when we drove in . ’
2 ‘ Yeah , you were just looking , ’ contends Samantha .
3 I helped , you were just reading . ’
4 A a and then we have the sentence which you were just reading .
5 They occupy the time that seems vacant , as if you were just hanging around doing nothing — but where in reality the well is filling up , where you are gathering together the material that will make up your narrative ; rearranging it , transforming it .
6 I thought you were just bringing the bridge .
7 In the early stages we started off with perhaps Minor schools which could almost have been Major ones , because you were just trying to find any school that had got some kind of life , or interest , or things happening … really in many ways it was rather a matter of chance because of the way it happened at the time .
8 We 're not told and it does n't say on your ballot paper please be sure to remember you 're voting on what you think is right rather than what is in your personal interest , you were just asked to vote .
9 Well he star I think probably the first He must have been a joiner for a wee while before he was you were just asked to do this the same I suppose as any other job any other joiner job
10 ‘ You were — er — you were just joking earlier , on the dance-floor — were n't you ? ’ she murmured , not daring to raise her eyes as she toyed with some of the pink salmon mayonnaise on her plate .
11 You were just pandering to prejudices — ‘
12 Lewis taking over from the greatest at the pavilion er Lawrence and er , first time we 've seen Lawrence this morning , and on the subject of frustration Victor which you were just airing then , did you by any chance see Tony Locke at er Old Trafford when Laker took his .
13 ‘ The one you were just singing . ’
14 Léonie said : you were just pretending .
15 You were just resting then .
16 You were crying , you were just getting on were n't you , you were just getting on ?
17 You were crying , you were just getting on were n't you , you were just getting on ?
18 You were just getting on ?
19 You were just getting on , were n't you ?
20 You were just getting on .
21 Pattie is living proof that if you live with a man , you discover a lot you did n't know when you were just dating him .
22 You were just bandying words with Alain Lemarchand . ’
23 Sorry to disappoint you , but I 'm afraid you were just pipped for the star prize .
24 And you were just inventing errands to stay around . ’
25 ‘ Do n't tell me you were just passing by ?
26 You were just passing , eh ? ’
27 You were just doing your duty .
28 You were just doing what , Sir William ? ’
29 You 're gon na paint them exactly as you would if you were just doing it on paper alright ?
30 If you can relate back to branches , everybody was just running around , everybody 's had a specific task to do , you were just running round like a ,
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