Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] then " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh and we were posh then . |
| 2 | If their buildings were garish then so , too , were most Victorian creations . |
| 3 | ‘ Your parents were alive then ; what was their attitude ? ’ |
| 4 | Things were simpler then . ’ |
| 5 | I just want to know if fat people were fatter then . |
| 6 | They think people were different then . |
| 7 | Things were different then . |
| 8 | Lizzie turned in somewhat of a huff and made for the door , saying , ‘ Things were different then . |
| 9 | This was best summed up by Everett , the market gardener : ‘ She were never a gel , but I knew her as a young woman and she were old then . ’ |
| 10 | But they were handy when you had them sawed , cos they were quicker for the slate , I said to er splitter they were quicker then to split 'em up . |
| 11 | Men were brutal then . |
| 12 | ‘ You were afraid then ? ’ he asked as softly as the noise of the plane allowed . |
| 13 | Of those who resist cable she says ‘ just remember that the same arguments were put forward against ITV over 25 years ago ; they were wrong then and they will be wrong again . ’ |
| 14 | The stars were clouded over , the gas lights were dim then grew a bit brighter , and I could hear a tinkly organ out of tune , the sound came from the direction of the Iron Pier . |
| 15 | Read the novels that were popular then , or the poetry or the plays . |
| 16 | And he were nineteen then , he went and he got killed . |
| 17 | She were six then . |
| 18 | And they were nicer then than now . |
| 19 | We were naive then . |
| 20 | Oh no , no , no , not at all af after the war work it , it just seemed to er no one ever seemed to get any be interested in flying as they were pre-war then , or they probably that they had cars and they could get about more you know to other outlying places like Pentiford in Wolverhampton |
| 21 | Times were hard then . |
| 22 | Were you were you in the drama clubs here when you were younger then as well ? |
| 23 | But then again , he did look like that photo , I think he does look like that photo , but you were younger then , |
| 24 | But you see when he living with Ange , maybe he were younger then , but I mean like , when he were living with Ange , he had all the women as you know , plus he had Kay , plus he had , you know , Ange , he had everything , there was Kay , as well , were n't he , now he ca n't . |
| 25 | They were glad then that all was calm , as he guided them to the harbour they desired ’ ( Psalms 107:29–30 ) . |
| 26 | You were pretty then , but now — ’ he stood back and surveyed her so admiringly that it was impossible to take offence ‘ — now you 're absolutely beautiful . ’ |
| 27 | And things were better then ! ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You 've got to admit , ’ said an elderly nome , very slowly , ‘ things were better then . ’ |
| 29 | You , you apologized for lateness the only thing I wonder on there is er you know it 's ea it 's easy enough to say that you did n't actually sort of clarify the time that you were gon na be there , you just accepted that you were late erm but I mean that 's a you know ju just a point I wonder that rather than apologizing straight of all , straight , straight away if you knew you were late then that was one thing that perhaps you could 've got that in the initial greeting . |
| 30 | You were married then were n't you ? |