Example sentences of "but you were [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But you were already with Zacco when they tried to kill the demoiselle at Kalopetra , ’ the youth said . |
| 2 | But you were not alone ! |
| 3 | ‘ But you were not sent into exile , or to work in the mines ? ’ |
| 4 | So you , you were in a sense equalizing land ownership but you were not equalizing incomes . |
| 5 | ‘ But you were n't supported and it did n't work … so what have you achieved ? ’ she asked sarcastically . |
| 6 | ‘ But you were n't , were you ? |
| 7 | ‘ I came to see you but you were n't in the yard . |
| 8 | ‘ But you were n't really involved , were you ? ’ |
| 9 | Timothy and I went to search for you , but you were n't there . " |
| 10 | She tried to ring you but you were n't in , said Esther . |
| 11 | ‘ But you were n't . ’ |
| 12 | They could n't tell you off for not turning off the lights but you were n't meant to be out of your dorm or even out of bed . |
| 13 | But you were n't allowed to come out the pit , I mean you had to wait until knocking off time you see , before you were come out , Anything like that I mean er unless you 've got broken legs or anything like that . |
| 14 | But you were n't very keen on that la |
| 15 | But you were n't at the Newleys ’ party , were you ? |
| 16 | Was there any reason why your brother was sent to a boarding school but you were n't ? |
| 17 | But you were n't there , so I left a message with your Miss Philimore . |
| 18 | ‘ But you were n't with Catholics . |
| 19 | No it 's not , I did say it 's somewhere earlier on in the Gospel , but you were n't listening to me . |
| 20 | I set traps for you , and you seemed to fall into them — that is , you reacted as I longed for you to react , but you were n't supposed to react at all because you were n't supposed to feel anything for me ! |
| 21 | It may have escaped your notice , Dr Blake , but you were n't the only one who missed dinner and , frankly , I 'm starving , so why do n't you stop arguing and go and get dressed ? |
| 22 | ‘ But you were n't in love with him ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I was , ’ she retorted , but swiftly realised that she was doing Cara no favours by snapping in retaliation , and bit back the ‘ but you were n't ’ which begged to be allowed to follow . |
| 24 | , ah no , but you , but you were n't aware of that because you were on the floor , as I was saying five minutes ago . |
| 25 | My word but you were n't frightened of him because you were told that he was an old man and one of the road men of the road . |
| 26 | Yeah I could be going in the but you were n't told that . |
| 27 | But you were n't here so I thought ooh , blow this for a lark . |
| 28 | But you were n't aware she 'd , he 'd got it was you ? |
| 29 | Well he come up last Friday but you were n't in . |
| 30 | Er , I 've had a word with Jeremy about decorating , oh Florrie I must apologise I did try to ring you , I think I managed to get everybody else , erm but you were n't there , in and then I , I left it I regret to say , erm but we thought perhaps we ought to have the kitchen re-decorated and I 've had a word with Jereminy , Jereminy , Jeremy and he says about two hundred pounds and I did get permission from some of you and I 've gone ahead and asked him to do it and he said about three weeks , but before we can have that done , in the meantime , the roof leaked again out in the kitchen Erm , so I 've had a word with Peter who was going on holiday and he should be home this week and he said he will look at it as soon as he 's home , so I 'll give him a ring , I 'll try tomorrow night , I 'm out tonight , I 'll try and give him a ring tomorrow . |