Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] were a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the time Harry was playing for Crystal Palace we were a Third Division club and so it is not surprising that most of the great achievements to which he helped to take us were in the FA Cup . |
| 2 | You could see in some of their eyes they were a little bit |
| 3 | ‘ In England you were a talented man . |
| 4 | Once she knew you were on your way to Norfolk you were a predestined victim . |
| 5 | One moment they were a formed battalion and the next they were a mob . |
| 6 | But er they would maybe lay it by for two or three weeks and then forget for two or three weeks , and then when it came to the end of the quarter they were a whole lot of weeks behind , you know , they could n't pay it then . |
| 7 | The French proved to be a highly motivated and very brave addition to the ranks of the SAS , but in some ways they were a mixed blessing . |
| 8 | For Margaret Thatcher they were a simple statement of her position . |
| 9 | For one thing they were a rural party in an urban environment . |
| 10 | In the main they were a semi-educated band with neither trade nor union affiliation , and greedy — the occasional client was brought to financial ruin by undertakers charging over-inflated and extortionate prices for an unnecessary spectacle that few could either afford or understand . |
| 11 | There 's an awful lot it were a windy night ! |
| 12 | At this time there were nine in the housegroup and according to John they were a motley bunch . |
| 13 | You would 've thought would n't you that Cecil Parkinson 's memoirs would 've sold very well , in fact they were a complete flop . |
| 14 | cos as , as a class they were a great body |