Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] were the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The established , and now publicized , fact that women 's sexual capacity increases with age , at least until the late twenties , and stays at this peak for decades , while men 's is already declining , came as a shock both to men , who suddenly discovered they were the unlucky sex , and to women who had not realized what they had been missing . |
| 2 | When I saw you , I knew you were the ideal person to share with , and I 've never regretted it . ’ |
| 3 | We started a bit shaky , and took a while to adjust , but in the end we could have added to our tally , by which time I felt we were the better side . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ And while we felt we were the best team in England , we were killed by our own success . |
| 5 | We played magnificently and I thought we were the better side . ’ |
| 6 | Brugge coach Hugo Broos bemoaned Nisbet 's goal and said : ‘ I thought we were the better team . ’ |
| 7 | They all supported an increased budget , which meant they were the ONLY county capped by the Government for spending too much . |
| 8 | They were stopped and questioned by the police , who thought they were the real thing . |
| 9 | ‘ I thought they were the only party that could rule Namibia . |
| 10 | No I think he generally thought they were the same thing , I think I would of done if I was n't an educationalist , but I mean it 's his business to know really is n't it ? |
| 11 | We are we we 've got an amp meter and a volt meter and I thought they were the same thing you see . |
| 12 | And er they thought they were the big cheese you see , th th th those who worked there . |
| 13 | I walked alongside the men at the head of the column and soon learned they were the Black Watch , a well-known Scottish regiment . |
| 14 | I said there were the that county record form and this man asked me from the museum that handled it if he could send them back to erm to Wiltshire . |
| 15 | She wished there were the faintest chance that he would drop being breezy . |