Example sentences of "you were [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a tribunal decides that , although your dismissal was unfair , you were partly to blame , it will reduce your compensation by the amount it considers just and equitable . |
| 2 | With a flourish I fastened the middle button of my new suit ( off-white with charcoal seaming : I 'm not sure about it I wish you were here , I wish you were here to tell me it looked okay ) , eased my hands into my trouser pockets , and ambled loosely across the street . |
| 3 | I suppose you 'll be telling me next that most normal people would immediately assume that you were here to discuss the state of French politics ! ’ |
| 4 | We both know that if you were ever to find yourself in such an influential position , my sister 's inheritance would not long remain her own . ’ |
| 5 | If so , I can not think that your Lordships would do right , if you were now to reverse , as erroneous , a judgment of the Court of Appeal , proceeding upon a doctrine which has been accepted as part of the law of England for 280 years … . |
| 6 | Er and I took the time at my own risk , took the time at my own risk er primarily because of that very fact that you were there to support the interests of your members and no one else , no one else . |
| 7 | Now , if you were there to cool me down … ’ |
| 8 | Mind you it was their ward and , and yo you were there to learn and they were there t to teach . |
| 9 | ‘ But you were there to protect me , not get us all slaughtered . |