Example sentences of "you were [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You were pretty fed up with me the other night — on the phone . ’ |
| 2 | If you were caught out of bed or in bed with anyone else , you were instantly put on report . |
| 3 | When you were finally given this flat in February this year , you must have been over the moon . |
| 4 | In fact , however , we now owe you money , since you were effectively acting as a salesman ! |
| 5 | But you were presumably feeling not well before then ? |
| 6 | If a tribunal decides that , although your dismissal was unfair , you were partly to blame , it will reduce your compensation by the amount it considers just and equitable . |
| 7 | And then at the end of the three years you were either invited to stay an , an extra year or s you were , you were sort of er you had an invitation from some other circuit . |
| 8 | We went youth hostelling for m the sort of the chapel choir , after When you grew up in chapel , then you were either found a job teaching , in the Sunday School , or you went into the choir . |
| 9 | The main thoughts that worried you were that you were either having a heart attack or that you 'd pass out in front of your colleagues … . |
| 10 | he 's retired now , yeah and sometimes well he used to go in and help Carl out at the Scottish Office when you were away producing your sprogs he edited |
| 11 | If it was you who answered the telephone , they hung up but when you were away riding they spoke to me . |
| 12 | Time you were away playing toy soldiers , who do you think looked after this house and the estate ? |
| 13 | ‘ You are saying that you were again relegated to second place , my lord ? ’ |
| 14 | " You were again removed from Stremnish ? " |
| 15 | Well you should of told him you were fucking burning the place ! |
| 16 | You were fucking lying there wrestling with your brother ! |
| 17 | You were fucking going , you were going |
| 18 | You were fucking doing it , now get up ! |
| 19 | well you were probably looking at er |
| 20 | Er I think one of the greatest er causes of s absenteeism , it was n't so much ill health er not on the part of the pupil , I think it was more er if something was wrong within th family , particularly if you was an elder daughter or an elder boy , you see and erm , if your mother was ill or or confined you see , you were probably kept at home er for those sort of reasons to either look after the the younger children at home or to help to look after home . |
| 21 | So it 's excellent here , but we know that it 's at a variable , and I think the problem that you were probably facing is how do you secure a a better rate than that . |
| 22 | In the exercise above , you were probably using simile and metaphor without realising it . |
| 23 | I 'm doubly grateful that you spent the time with me , Jenna , dear , when you were probably pining to get back to your fiancé . ’ |
| 24 | If you were n't actually having a ‘ sleep-argument ’ you were probably dreaming about having one . |
| 25 | ‘ You were probably crawling into prehistoric graves , ’ I remarked . |
| 26 | Trouble is I know what , you were probably gon na start an argument so do n't bother . |
| 27 | You were probably gon na start an argument with whatever you were gon na say |
| 28 | But , if you were buying it at a garage you were probably gon na pay at least four |
| 29 | ‘ You were probably told that she died of a heart attack — but she did n't . |
| 30 | What could you measure to show that change was occurring ( ie how could you ‘ measure ’ something or things to determine whether you were successfully meeting the aims/goals you listed for Question 1 ? |