Example sentences of "were [adj] [pron] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Major changes were afoot which affected their respective bosses . |
| 2 | There were many who thought themselves smarter |
| 3 | Internal promotions always pose problems and there were those who found her hard to take . |
| 4 | When King Gustav VI Adolph of Sweden turned his attention to objects made of this material in building his collection of Chinese art there were those who found it difficult to reconcile such pieces with his choice porcelains , jades and lacquer-work . |
| 5 | In summary , his research showed that on the whole , supervisors with the best performance were those who concentrated their main efforts on the human aspects of their staff 's problems and attempted to build work groups with high performance standards . |
| 6 | ‘ Maybe , ’ Phillis said , ‘ it was they were mad we had nothing much tae rob . ’ |