Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] were [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As soon as we arrived we were shown a dead chick . |
| 2 | ‘ I heard they were planning a bone-marrow transplant . ’ |
| 3 | oh I thought you were buying a new one with that money |
| 4 | He confirmed this impression by asking in tones rank with disbelief , ‘ You mean to tell me you thought you were pursuing a poor man ? ’ |
| 5 | We thought we were building a new Jerusalem , but these people seem hell bent on destroying Babylon . |
| 6 | Not really , was , though I thought we were offering a reasonable price taking everything into consideration |
| 7 | ‘ I thought we were to have a private discussion … about Aschmann , ’ he said insolently . |
| 8 | At first they thought they were fighting a small local plan , but they 're now calling this road a ’ motorway by stealth ’ . |
| 9 | The addicts thought they were injecting a synthetic heroin , instead they had given themselves a permanent Parkinson-like condition . |
| 10 | No , no one told me getting the push , just said we were getting a new one so I mean that must have meant that we that he had n't Commiserations , but never mind |
| 11 | He said he hoped we were having a nice time and could we leave the keys with Mrs Stewart please . |
| 12 | All said they were experiencing a greater sense of control over their eating . |
| 13 | Oh I think they said they were paying a hundred and ninety nine |
| 14 | They said they were offering a new short introductory course called the general SVQ in care . |