Example sentences of "and [pers pn] were [adj] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My brother and I were able to attend these from a very early age , and take part in them , though they would sometimes go on until the early hours of the morning . |
| 2 | Sue showed me those pictures you sent , but they were so small and faraway and you were all wearing those funny oil-rig hats , I could n't really see you . |
| 3 | I think erm , the address we have just heard is a most valuable contribution to the series of the Sir George lectures , and I 'm delighted that you were available and you were willing to do this . |
| 4 | And you were supposed to work half past seven to half past five . |
| 5 | This was done and you were able to see this before making your initial application . |
| 6 | The show generated very worthwhile attendance and we were delighted to receive such overwhelming support from trade customers . |
| 7 | You mentioned already er over a hundred thousand people have been er displaced by the fighting , and we were able to visit some of these up in the north to , er watch the Cambodian Red Cross hand out some er aid from Oxfam and other agencies . |
| 8 | And we were able to find that for them . |
| 9 | Not even Wallace had been to Bouton , and we were unable to find any reference to it in the literature . |
| 10 | Korn/Ferry 's strategy was to maximise their profit margins by handling all aspects of the work , and they were fortunate to gain such prestigious clients as Rockwell and Norton Simon in their early days ; but the concept of headhunting was less well-established on the West Coast than in Manhattan and the partners , fighting for all the fees they could earn , were forced to undertake contingency work to help build up their volume . |
| 11 | The chairman and deputy-chairman took two shares each , and the remaining directors one share each , and they were free to use these nominations as they saw fit , within certain broad guidelines established by parliament . |
| 12 | ‘ And they were able to do that because DEA Nicosia used the Eurame office as a waiting room for unscreened Lebanese coming in from Beirut . |
| 13 | The reason why the ’ three wise men ’ report was produced so quickly is that the three people whom I invited to deliver it — Mr. Alexander , Mr. Rose and Mr. Woodhead — had behind them a lifetime of experience and close involvement with primary schools , and they were able to distil that lifetime 's knowledge very rapidly . |
| 14 | If they were to try to maintain the parity of sterling against gold ( which was in accordance with their own instincts as well as with the views of most of their advisors , although not of Keynes ) they needed substantial foreign credits and they were unlikely to get these without welfare economies which would disrupt the Cabinet and its parliamentary support . |