Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] you were " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say , ‘ Thank you for playing the hymn , you did n't mention my name so although I know you were n't playing it just for me , I felt as if you were ’ . |
| 2 | Of course , ’ he added with a twisted smile , ‘ it was n't until your last day in the office that I realised you were under the impression that it was I who 'd had the affair with Elise . ’ |
| 3 | But I di , I did n't realise that I thought you were actually . |
| 4 | And all the lies that I told you were to try to escape the lie that was my life . |
| 5 | ‘ Have you forgotten that I know you were involved with him six years ago ? |
| 6 | And if she says you were wrong to ask for the things , tell her that I say you were right , and that I was pleased to help . |
| 7 | What you describe does sound a little bit like a chicken and egg situation from the point of view that I think you were saying that erm many teachers are ill-equipped , actually , to teach erm physics , perhaps , and chemistry , whereas they are a little bit better able to get across fundamental ideas in biology , and in a sense because of this they are going to produce another generation who perhaps have very ill-founded ideas of these basic sciences and so on and so forth , and somehow one 's got to cut into this cycle and actually improve it , improve the output somehow . |
| 8 | What you describe does sound a little bit like a chicken and egg situation from the point of view that I think you were saying that erm many teachers are ill-equipped , actually , to teach erm physics , perhaps , and chemistry , whereas they are a little bit better able to get across fundamental ideas in biology , and in a sense because of this they are going to produce another generation who perhaps have very ill-founded ideas of these basic sciences and so on and so forth , and somehow one 's got to cut into this cycle and actually improve it , improve the output somehow . |
| 9 | ‘ But you were looking so absorbed that I guessed you were admiring that wonderful bureau . ’ |
| 10 | Then you 're a sillier bugger than I thought you were , Mike . ’ |
| 11 | OK , so I admit you were right about Lori , but it was rather cruel . ’ |
| 12 | Once I knew you were still … untouched … only one explanation made sense : that the Countess had some hold over you . ’ |
| 13 | Ian stopped , and Theodora said gently , ‘ I know you 're passionate about the Church , Ian , and I know you were deeply hurt by its rejection of you . |
| 14 | ‘ Only to an expert in family relationships — and I know you were away for the weekend ! ’ |
| 15 | " You 're a dear and kind gentlemen , and I wish you were my father . " |
| 16 | And I hate your creepy wife and your creepy daughter and I wish you were all dead . |
| 17 | Aye , three o'clock and I says you were away at |
| 18 | ‘ And I thought you were going to bed . ’ |
| 19 | Teacher : You were coming towards me and I thought you were going to run me over , Peter . |
| 20 | And I thought you were a dead smart poet — once . |
| 21 | ‘ And I thought you were sweet and gentle , ’ he said ruefully . |
| 22 | Then , when I knew I was in love with you … and I thought you were n't free … ’ |
| 23 | It 's , it 's Tom who 's doing it , I just wrote Tom and I thought you were in yesterday 's group , but you 're in today 's group so it ca n't be you , it 's Tom . |
| 24 | Very very good Ian erm excellent voice , remind the prospect as to why you were gon na be asking and I thought you were very good there erm i in fact you were that good that you were actually offered to contact before you even asked |
| 25 | Shame on you , Fred , and I thought you were my friend ! |
| 26 | ‘ And I thought you were glad because we could spend some time together . ’ |
| 27 | And I thought you were my friend , Shelley . ’ |
| 28 | And I thought you were only interested in money and ambition ! ’ |
| 29 | Erm I was , I , I thought that , when you covered all the policies you then went through and summarized all the needs and I thought you were n't going to go back and , and er explore further so what you did is you covered all the policies and then you summarized everything and then explored all the needs and s and at one point I thought that you were n't actually going to do that but you did come back and do it , you just did it in a different way . |
| 30 | Yeah , on the six o'clock they said it was half way through and Nigel Mansell was the lead and I thought you were watching it live , so I would n't just come through and |