Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] were [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So you were here the night he died ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ So you were n't a dream . ’ |
| 3 | The Plant Manager 's review indicates that by the end of that year , although there were still a number of issues to be resolved , the following results had been achieved ( Perry , 1984 : 191 ) : |
| 4 | And so although they were still the opposition , they could rarely be classified as ‘ real prigs ’ . |
| 5 | The record of the health service is improving dramatically and waiting lists are now very much shorter than they were when the Government first took office . |
| 6 | The potential to encourage lifestyle changes that would make retailing more environmentally sustainable are more limited than they were just a decade ago . |
| 7 | Pit helmets ( hard hats ) were worn in club colours at matches before & during skinhead , so they were not a skinhead ‘ style ’ . |
| 8 | Fernyough hit eight 4s and three 6s , but once they were out the tail collapsed and Huyton totalled just 122 . |
| 9 | I could have been free if I were n't a coward . |
| 10 | If I were still a Minister of my country you would be giving me real protection , day and night . |
| 11 | If I were truly a princess — it would be Prince Edward for me ! ’ |
| 12 | She knew he was speaking to her as if she were either an idiot or a child but the momentary fight had quite gone and she just nodded , looking up at him . |
| 13 | ‘ If she were not the daughter of such an important family … ’ |
| 14 | [ PAMELA begins to serve them with wine as if she were still a servant . ] |
| 15 | ‘ You have never got out of the childish habit of trying to do several things at once , ’ Sally had said to her once ; Sally , so cool , so contained , so efficient she sometimes made Harriet feel as if she were still a child , though of course she would never admit it . |
| 16 | If she were still a person . |
| 17 | She had thrown herself into his arms and hugged him as if she were still a schoolgirl . |
| 18 | If you were n't a church guy . |
| 19 | And if you were n't a woman , ’ he concluded grimly , ‘ none of this would have happened . ’ |
| 20 | " If you were even a schoolmaster . |
| 21 | If you were just a lodger , coming and going in your own way , I 'd say it was none of my business . ’ |
| 22 | They 'd arrest you if you gave a false name or something like that or if you were just a beggar . |
| 23 | If there 's no one present who 's been designated as minute-taker , then avoid volunteering — especially if you were once a secretary . |
| 24 | If you were once a SuperCalc 4 user you may have noticed the omission of Cell Noter when the product was upgraded . |
| 25 | ‘ We 've both been alone for such a long time I do n't honestly know whether our marriage would survive if we were together every day . ’ |
| 26 | If we were still an indie band I do n't think Peter would be as interested . |
| 27 | So I teach them to set up the carriages as if there were not a card in . |
| 28 | It would not be the national team if there were not a conundrum somewhere and Roxburgh will resist any clamour for the Jess generation to stage a youthful revolution . |
| 29 | If there were not an expectation that the spot price at delivery will be higher than the current price of the futures contract , it is argued that the number of those who wish to hold a short position ( for instance , producers of the underlying physical asset hedging their risks ) would exceed the number who wish to hold a long position in the futures contract ( for instance , speculators ) . |
| 30 | It could be a useful raw material if there were locally a need for mild alkali in this form . |