Example sentences of "you [was/were] [verb] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You were holding it up to the window . ’ |
| 2 | The boss said you were to take her out for as long as you wanted , sir . |
| 3 | But with a th a single wardrobe ironically you ca n't get them up the stairs because soon as you reach that step you 've got another step so if you were to lift it up to the next step it 'll hit the top of the d doorjamb so it wo n't go any further . |
| 4 | Er I thought you did well in erm giving yourself credibility by talking about the shares , oh yes you can have two hundred and fifty pounds per month in the shares and they 've done well and I said oh yes they have done well , and I felt good that you were praising me up for being such a clever chap , and so I thought that was all , all jolly good stuff . |
| 5 | They mentioned that you and Anna walked a hundred miles and that you were following it up with a heavy date . |
| 6 | You follow me you were to keep it up as a habit and keep to the habit |
| 7 | Er well , there was the highly immoral thing called overtime , erm if you had too much overtime you was keeping someone out of job . |