Example sentences of "[pers pn] were [adj] [verb] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But you became greedy , Barney , ’ she said , ‘ you became so greedy you were willing to sell your own daughter like a beast at the fair , forcing her to marry a lecherous oul wretch that 's old enough to be her father . |
| 2 | This was the worst part as by now everyone was tired , hungry , needed a long hot bath and still had a long drive home ; however spirits were cheerful and by the 29th May we were ready to do it all again . |
| 3 | I too desired to be at home , and was glad when we were able to close our own dear front door behind us , and be gathered in to the silence of our little parlour . |
| 4 | The research also demonstrated that older workers could maximize their efficiency if they were able to control their own work pace . |
| 5 | Before , they had produced some good samples but this time they were able to show me some fine quality knitwear including knitted underwear . |
| 6 | They were afraid to take me any more . |
| 7 | In such circumstances , they were reluctant to abandon their own positions for a possibly lesser place in a new party in which Ian Paisley would play a major part . |
| 8 | Even if they were willing to see their own power reduced , radical reform is a jump into the unknown . |
| 9 | When they could not get gold for their dollars after 1971 ( the US gold stock fell by only $2½ billion over the whole period ) , they only acquired these dollars because they were prepared to sell their own currencies in order to prevent them rising further . |
| 10 | The control regime was liberalized for computer , machine tool and telecommunications technology ( microcomputer exports having been permitted since August 1989 ) ; companies seeking exceptions to remaining restrictions would have to wait only eight weeks for permission , rather than 12 weeks as hitherto ; and countries such as Czechoslovakia , Hungary and Poland , if they were prepared to introduce their own controls on use and re-export , might expect more favourable treatment . |
| 11 | Not as if he were angry with Carrie but as if he were busy thinking his own thoughts … |