Example sentences of "were [adj] [conj] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The match-guising results were interesting because instead of the typical prestige of the standard language , and the attractiveness of a dia You know a If you did R P and say er Cockney , you 'd probably get people saying that their R P was prestigious but the cockney was sort of more you know y more friendly and more attractive accent . |
| 2 | In a random sample of women in Camberwell , the researchers found the following relationships between provoking agents and depression , first among a sample of women who were vulnerable and secondly among a sample of women who were not . |
| 3 | I know , I know Brian would n't at least three but , and this , and this was n't really big enough and they use two side by side , whenever they were late or away for a weekend I took over and see to the cats feed , they were sweet erm used to come on the porch and meow at me , it 's my dinner time , come on , just get not time yet , used to come to the porch , and tell me , they used to know when I was n't coming home , how do they do it ? |
| 4 | More persuasively , it has to be borne in mind that these are passages which need to be read in the context not only of the cases in which they were concerned but also of the judgments as a whole . |
| 5 | I crossed wet ground and came to a long , open piece of sand , then went on to a place where the trees had branches that were thick and close to the sand . |
| 6 | Then she saw that the verandah doors were open and inside in the shade on two wicker-chairs , talking earnestly to one another , were Rosette and Andrée . |