Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] were [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't treat you with disrespect — he just assumed you were a mere mortal like the rest of us . |
| 2 | Powell believed they were a luxury Virgin could ill-afford . |
| 3 | At times they imagined they were a disembarked army and went to Santa Cruz or Machico , which they bombarded and took . |
| 4 | Much to everyone 's surprise , when the exhibition and the Funfair at Battersea opened they were an immense success . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | When I saw you , I knew you were the ideal person to share with , and I 've never regretted it . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ And for some reason they thought you were a fellow deadbeat ? ’ |
| 8 | Thought you were a bloody idiot |
| 9 | I thought you were a caring sort of person , I ca n't understand why you wo n't speak to me now . |
| 10 | If I thought you were a real threat , you know I would stop at nothing to discredit you . ’ |
| 11 | God you know when I first me you Sabrina I thought you were a right swot . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ And while we felt we were the best team in England , we were killed by our own success . |
| 14 | He knew we were a naval vessel and he also knew that we were in the vicinity . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I thought we were a long way from anything out here . |
| 16 | We played magnificently and I thought we were the better side . ’ |
| 17 | Brugge coach Hugo Broos bemoaned Nisbet 's goal and said : ‘ I thought we were the better team . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I thought we were an old family ! ’ she said to herself , ‘ but this is all new ! ’ |
| 19 | They all supported an increased budget , which meant they were the ONLY county capped by the Government for spending too much . |
| 20 | She knew they were a light-saddle horse with a good disposition in spite of the spirited , fiery temperament . |
| 21 | Gerry was taught to drive in nineteen forty six in the States , where they , they gone , they 'd gone over to total automatic , and he despised manual gears , thought they were a ridiculous waste of time and effort , said you want to concentrate on the , on the road , not on the car , but then you see Gerry improved himself , he was a |
| 22 | you seriously thought they were a real band ? |
| 23 | ‘ I spotted Cud and thought they were a brilliant band . |
| 24 | And with Rentakil , and if you remember at that time , as he rightly said last night the idea of going with Rentakil , was that we thought they were a reputable firm , |
| 25 | They were stopped and questioned by the police , who thought they were the real thing . |
| 26 | ‘ I thought they were the only party that could rule Namibia . |
| 27 | 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 ? |
| 28 | We are we we 've got an amp meter and a volt meter and I thought they were the same thing you see . |
| 29 | And er they thought they were the big cheese you see , th th th those who worked there . |
| 30 | We thought it were a new card or summat and it 's not . |