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

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No	Sentence
1	Anyway I were , I were talking to that lady and er she were on about you , and she says about putting your name
2	His hands were all over you ! ’
3	Even when the first owners were crushed and dead , their things were not for you .
4	‘ Because if it were not on you would not be able to see . ’
5	It was the same with the German prisoners-of-war , they were just like you or me .
6	Er it ought not to have done in so far that er we were we were we were we were moving , we were going forward to take up positions on er on the river , er and this was being done on the understanding that er a certain bridge had been destroyed , er and it had n't been destroyed er and they were and they were they were already across you see .
7	He was n't sure if Christine believed him , but that was what made it worth it , gave things an edge , the bluff in a game where the rest were always against you .
8	‘ More or less , ’ she lied , before adding , ‘ although I wish to God I were more like you . ’
9	Yeah , they were swooping , they were up on you know across there , you know across erm er opposite there 's that house where th that has the garden at the bottom of ours .
10	This is what they believed the news were out for you see , a statement .
11	Externalisation or blaming — accepting that there are significant problems but blaming anything other than alcohol or drug use for their cause : " If it were n't for you I 'd be okay " .
12	‘ If it were n't for you I 'd never have been out there in the first place . ’
13	‘ If it were n't for you I 'd have been fish-food by now . ’
14	‘ They were n't like you when I was at school , ’ had been his amused reaction when she had told him that she taught in the village .
15	So how many days were there between you two ? ’
16	Any further questions there about er the benefits if you were actually to you know if you were to die whilst employed in reckonable service ?

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