Example sentences of "you [was/were] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thank you you were on the , you were on A drive . |
| 2 | I just posed the question : ‘ When was the last time you were on a donkey and got sucked off ? ' ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Of course we were always worried because when you were on a troop ship there 'd be 10 men for every space in the lifeboats . |
| 4 | If , if er if you were on a case er well if you could get out for a , for an hour in the afternoon for a walk , but that was about all . |
| 5 | The pool was large for a private one , lying at the bottom of a vast expanse of immaculate lawn and surrounded by a high yew hedge which effectively hid it from all directions ( unless you were on a horse or a double-decker bus ) . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , suppose you were on a planet with very , very strong gravity . |
| 7 | Whatever happened to you , you were on a charge if you were n't at the point that the sergeant expected you . |
| 8 | You 'd do it if you were on a bank executive and you said well only five percent of people ask for independent advice , why do we bother with all that lot ? |
| 9 | Suppose I 'll have to put them both with a five can always buy her a plant or some or a box of chocolate 's , oh sorry Melvin brought you these , forgot you were on a diet |
| 10 | ‘ The dust on your clothes : it would be mud if you were on a farm . ’ |
| 11 | if , if you were on a street then , if you were a burglar and there 's a house there with a burglar alarm on |
| 12 | If you were on a house that was causing problems , you got what was called babysitters , which meant two screws on the house all night . |
| 13 | He 'd tell over you and the next thing you know , you were on a fizzer form . |
| 14 | You know if you have the telly on number eight so you were on the video channel ? |
| 15 | Even when you were on the beach it seemed to land in your lap . |
| 16 | No , you said you were on the dole ! |
| 17 | Mrs Burrows called this afternoon while you were on the shore and said that Harry was most anxious you should take part in some theatricals the young people want to perform at Easter . |
| 18 | ‘ You were on the night Mary Connon died . ’ |
| 19 | , 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 . |
| 20 | Do you know you were on the verge of rank insubordination ? |
| 21 | When you were on the watch for the weekend , did you used to get extra payment for that ? |
| 22 | ‘ I suppose some of your own nights when you were on the run were not unlike that , ’ she ventured into what they had never spoken of . |
| 23 | Richard , Richard if you w if you were on the streets of Belfast for example goodness only knows what they would say to you , just because you 're British and they 'd use the pretext that you 're black to really throw horrendous insults at you . |
| 24 | Not if you were on the look-out for adventure . ’ |
| 25 | You 're exactly as you were on the day we met . ’ |
| 26 | As well as saying to people , When you were on the course , could you clearly state what the objectives |
| 27 | Now to take you back to when you were on the committee representing what kind of complaints did you have to get there ? |
| 28 | ‘ Anyway , if you were on the railways we 'd get free tickets wherever we wanted to go . ’ |
| 29 | I take it you were on the Board . " |
| 30 | ‘ Oh , come on , you were on the phone to him when I came in . |