Example sentences of "were [adv] [adj] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Wedding Present were long overdue a thorough overhaul when NME 's Steven Wells got his hands on them early in 1987 . |
| 2 | ‘ You were always such a capable child , ’ Mrs Everett replied cheerfully , having absolutely no idea , Leith knew , of the times she 'd kept childhood and then adolescent worries to herself on account of Sebastian 's suffering either catastrophe or crisis at the same time . |
| 3 | Yes , you were always such a faithful man . |
| 4 | Ooh it were ever such a big island there was . |
| 5 | There were about half a dozen tax manuals , some computer books , a large-scale London A to Z and a copy of Duke Ellington 's book , Music is my Mistress . |
| 6 | There were about half a dozen porcelain dolls sitting among them , the kind with which his sisters had played as children . |
| 7 | My own favourite example of this attack , and the contradictions that came with it , was that as Council members we were asked both to take pride in an NEA-sponsored and adulatory film about the graffiti that were then disfiguring the New York City subway system , and to support lavishly the great American museums whose distinguished collections were ( and remain ) a standing rebuke to the so-called experimental art of which graffiti were then such a beguiling component . |
| 8 | motorcycle side-cars were very much a luxury trade you see . |