Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then they were raked into Well we just er If they were dry they were raked into big swathes , to be near where you could build the tramp coles But if they were n't you would put them into little coles and the and then they were the little coles was put up t t together to make a bigger one . |
| 2 | But in Summer those were dry we had to carry all the water then . |
| 3 | Just as green wood , when it is put into the fire , weeps tears of water in the heat because it is still green ( for if it were dry it would not weep ) , so does the heart weep when it is made green again by the renewal of grace , after the desiccating dryness of selfishness has been drawn out of the soul . |
| 4 | Er so I said , Alright I 'll stop taking them which I did n't anyway , but a lot of people used to took them but some used to take er when it when the periods were due they 'd take about half a box , I mean instead of taking two , er two one day and two the next they 'd take about half a box . |
| 5 | And er well the carriage cleaning well A carriage cleaning inspector you just , looked after the carriage cleaners and seen that the coaches were right you know and walk along the and examine the coaches after they 'd been cleaned you see . |
| 6 | Mahmoud assured us that there would be no more problems and said if we were upset we should n't get angry but must talk to a chef . |
| 7 | Because coins were mass-produced they can often be accurately dated , in the ways described in Chapter 2 . |
| 8 | Even if high levels of economic growth were possible it is unlikely that the patterns once achieved in northern regions could be emulated , even if such were desirable . |
| 9 | If standardization were possible it would be easier to concentrate on the production of a series of high quality products for a wider distribution . |
| 10 | Even if all meat and dairy products were produced by intensive husbandry and the alleged abuses were rife it would nonetheless be perfectly fair to argue that the possible catastrophic consequences of widespread vegetarianism for human beings , which have been pointed out , would more than outweigh the continued suffering of the animals . |
| 11 | If he were alive I 'd tell him I think it 's unfair . |
| 12 | If it were alive I 'd strangle it ! ’ |
| 13 | If you were strong you would put up with it , even if you had to cough and splutter because of the bad air around you . |
| 14 | They thought we had made a fool out of the preacher and were sorry we had n't ducked out the door as they would have done . |
| 15 | Their solicitor told the court they only wanted to frighten the saboteur and they were sorry he 'd been injured . |
| 16 | and said they were sorry you know . |
| 17 | Now if you were rich I should have nothing to do . |
| 18 | We had arranged with the agents that if we were interested we would stay the night in a local hotel and the next day meet the builder who had done much of the reconstruction of the place . |
| 19 | ‘ If Liverpool were interested I would be honoured . |
| 20 | When he noticed that my clothes were wet he took them and hung them in front of a large iron fire . |
| 21 | It was unreasonable to suppose that an enlargement of Nicholas I 's " personal " principle could fill the vacuum in the countryside , for when the serfs were free they were even more likely to misinterpret dictates from the centre than they had been as bondmen . |
| 22 | These six lives are all of my spending , and if I were free I would go with any army and take them back with usury . |
| 23 | Though his hands were free he could not rise , only thrust helplessly at the ground . |
| 24 | When her breasts were free she teased him with the top half of her peach-coloured bikini , waving it over his head and snatching it out of reach as he stretched up for it . |
| 25 | " J'ai été très heureux d'avoir été compris par une si aimable Anglaise " , he said , and ended " if you were French I should give you a kiss . |
| 26 | If it should rule that the president 's actions were unconstitutional it would be a big step toward his impeachment by Congress . |
| 27 | Before , we were just listening to everybody else telling us to keep on playing and carry on doing this and that , but that was really just because they were afraid we were going to be a flash in the pan . |
| 28 | We were afraid we would be too late . ’ |
| 29 | Those who formulated the rules for admission to the College , who were afraid they might deter men from coming forward to train for membership of a still infant profession , limited the requirement for admission to an ability to read and write well — quite a severe restriction at the time — plus personal recommendation . |
| 30 | Parents are now having second thoughts : ‘ I 've heard people saying they would n't have chosen to put their children in school , but their friends were going for it and they were afraid they would miss out , ’ she said . |