Example sentences of "you [was/were] [verb] [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You said you were going to be discreet ! ’ |
| 2 | It did n't bother me , I knew I was engaged to be married , and in those days as soon as you were going to be married you left your job … that is the only thing we girls had to look forward to , getting married and going on our own , getting our bottom drawer together and things like that … |
| 3 | You did say er , Bishop that you were going to be frank and you certainly turned a few corners there for us to think about . |
| 4 | We we did n't actually get through all the arrangements question , erm , J John a are you w there was some ce uncertainty as to whether or not you were going to be able to bring your adaptable piano ? |
| 5 | A few years ago they were making some of the best pop singles you could play on a jukebox : ‘ Something About You ’ , ‘ Leaving Me Now ’ , ‘ Lessons In Love ’ , all the kind of thing that you felt you were going to be sick of hearing before long but which still sounded good after the thousandth time . |
| 6 | ‘ You look as though you were going to be sick , ’ she said . |