Example sentences of "were [verb] [pers pn] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 And it would be nice if you were to provide her with a little brother or sister . ’
2 Cos they were replacing it with a radial , they 're transferred that stock onto the other end product number .
3 I remember sitting helping to write the cards the night before and we were writing them off a typewritten sheet .
4 The bastards were kicking him like a fucking dog .
5 Talk was intense among the youngsters , and the young actors and actresses roaming Sunset Strip were no different to the youth of America , if not the world , in that they too were a disoriented bunch in search of idols ; Clift , Brando and Dean were providing them with a whole new repertoire of sayings , postures , stances and gestures .
6 There was strength and an inner confidence reflected in those steady grey eyes that she suddenly realised were subjecting her to a thorough appraisal .
7 The Bermuda discussions were brought before the British Cabinet on 4 February ; Lord Winster said that the talks were only preliminary , but the Americans were treating them as a final agreement .
8 Amir Taheri , an Iranian author , said on television that all the governments with hostages in Lebanon — America , France , Germany , Britain , South Korea — were treating it as a bona-fide political problem — apart from Britain .
9 And the fact that they were doing it for a great deal more money , like Havvie Blaine , rather than for supper and a few pence , did n't make it any better .
10 They were doing it in a large double bed in the middle of Westminster Abbey with choir and priests looking on .
11 Lazy-lidded grey eyes in a dark , chisel-chinned face were regarding her with an insulting trace of laughter somewhere in their depths .
12 She glared up , aware of the slight change in his tone , and saw that his eyes were scouring hers with a strange kind of intensity .
13 We were following them at a good clip .
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