Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] were [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was obviously afraid you were taping the conversation . ’ |
| 2 | Douglas did n't want him as director but Mann was under contract to Universal who were financing the film and insisted on him . |
| 3 | In this they were following the example of the reorganisation of London local government a decade earlier . |
| 4 | The police say they 're considering charges against the 3 youths , but add that the youths now realise how foolish they were to fire the replica in the street and are deeply sorry for frightening the family . |
| 5 | In under 2½ years , contractor Balfour Beatty Construction ( Scotland ) Limited who were awarded the £12.6 million roadworks contract have excavated approximately 40,000 cu m of rock and 500,000 cu m of coil , and have compacted 450,000 cu m of fill of which about 200,000 cu m was imported . |
| 6 | We went to Silverstone to do a go-kart race before a meeting there , and we both said how lucky we were to get the roles of these boys . |
| 7 | There a lady showed us to our seats , once we had got comfortable we were shown a safety routine by the stewardesses . |
| 8 | In 1534 they were granted the right to coin money . |
| 9 | As he walked with his brothers , Angel felt that , however lucky they were to have a university education , neither of them really saw life as it was lived . |
| 10 | First of all we were given a demonstration . |
| 11 | can I come back to the question if , you see if you do n't answer it I 'll repeat it , you as the person responsible for the figures would be anxious to make sure they were reaching the public accurately |
| 12 | Because after all they were having the cream of the shop people and some of them found out that the hard way . |
| 13 | Perhaps in the future when the competition is open to all Catholic senior schools and colleges between the Scottish border and the River Humber on the east side of the Pennines , those who were given the chance initially might wish to join the fold . |
| 14 | Hope those who were watching the game on BBC1 were as disgusted as I was with Englands performance . |
| 15 | Within the committee , each member took responsibility for the committee 's work in certain Major Project schools , and thus provided a link between the committee and those who were implementing the project on the ground . |
| 16 | Carriages met every train in order to bring the visitors to the mansion , and carriages were despatched to every train with those who were leaving the mansion . |
| 17 | He also favoured the closest possible ties between those who were taxed and those who were doing the taxing . |
| 18 | The job of the competitive party system was to uphold the competitive market society , by keeping the government responsive to the shifting majority interests of those who were running the market society . |
| 19 | Even with an Architect , problems may arise and it is then many people have found out how pleased they were to have an Architect at hand to turn to . |
| 20 | Well fair 's fair I were having a coffee with you , I 'm not just gon na walk out . |
| 21 | In Islay in September 1938 they were flying a peregrine falcon at grouse with a bird called Cressida . |
| 22 | While it remains unclear what they were offering support about , it is certain they were helping the couple through their continuing marriage crisis . |
| 23 | It is , in fact , a diversion of resources away from the priorities which existed at the end of 1988 which were to develop the management accounting skills of the NHS : particularly to promote the better use of resources through the RMI . |
| 24 | It was alright we were got a flip on the when the plane first was just started here , well all the schoolboys and that was er called out on Saturdays to gather the loose stones . |
| 25 | At last they were closing the barn door hearing Mr Cooper say Jim I could |
| 26 | But he claimed they were well aware they were breaking the law and were prepared to face the consequences . |