Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [pron] [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Internal promotions always pose problems and there were those who found her hard to take . |
| 2 | When King Gustav VI Adolph of Sweden turned his attention to objects made of this material in building his collection of Chinese art there were those who found it difficult to reconcile such pieces with his choice porcelains , jades and lacquer-work . |
| 3 | For some reason I could n't , though I could see it was that which infuriated her more than anything . |
| 4 | When I was ill she gave me some herbs made into a medicine and I got better quite quickly . |
| 5 | But because his personality was objectionable one held him responsible for his ugliness — it became impossible to overlook it . |
| 6 | Yeah , would you , but a couple of years because John was busy he bought us all tokens , erm , he bought the others tokens from Woolworths and me token from a body shop and we all , and I we had great fun looking and seeing what we wanted to buy with , with the book tokens , er , maybe , maybe I mention it providing we ca n't find anything . |
| 7 | Because , now Lyndsey joined it and he , he said like when he was eighteen he knew it all , and he says you were watching men of twenty who 'd just joined at training |
| 8 | Don McCullin says that when he was young he thought it exciting and glamorous to risk his life . |