Example sentences of "[noun] i [verb] were " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If all the blokes I knew were like you then I 'd be better off with another girl , would n't I ? ’ she said scornfully . |
| 2 | No I think this is board meeting and as a board I think were interested to get your points of view what is n't taken place that you 'd liked to take place and what you 'd like to see in the future well and that 's why the meetings been convened . |
| 3 | It 's simply the way that I 've adopted since the plans I laid were destroyed . |
| 4 | First two cases I took were missing persons . |
| 5 | Yeah , oh yeah I remember it quite well I , I can remember that I , the only parts of Harlow I liked were the country lanes , I did n't like all the new houses , but then I 'd been brought up in the country |
| 6 | The legs I saw were white . |
| 7 | And Ray er Mr from Nottingham says , I used to work for a circus , I 'm an animal lover and all the animals I saw were treated very well . |
| 8 | I had n't planned that and what funds I had were coming here to the States . |
| 9 | The other books I remember were Keary and Keary 's Heroes of Asgard , Kipling 's Jungle Book and Puck of Pook 's Hill , and , particularly , A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia by Powell-Cotton . |
| 10 | My mother always maintained that the first words I said were " Go yay , " which meant " Go away " and showed an independent spirit . |
| 11 | My actual words I believe were something in the line of telling Helen to mind her own business and to keep her nose out of my affairs , but Beth and Ida could never understand why I reacted so violently . |
| 12 | All the Zodiacs and Zephyrs I knew were maroon with grey down the wing |
| 13 | The casualties I think were something like fifty , fifty seven thousand dead and a very very large number of people wounded because of the particularly beastly kind of war with all kinds of weapons being used . |
| 14 | The casualties I think were something like fifty , fifty seven thousand dead and a very very large number of people wounded because of the particularly beastly kind of war with all kinds of weapons being used . |
| 15 | In a public statement Bradley , who was liable to fines for failing to report major investments , said : " The errors I made were not deliberate . |
| 16 | The only corners I knew were in the playground where boys tried to fumble in my knickers , and street corners where the winds met head-on . |
| 17 | From Penhill Crags , where the only bones I saw were those of a less than gigantic sheep , we walked by the disused quarry to Stony Gate and the old drove road of Morpeth Gate , now a peaceful broad green lane and very pleasant walking . |
| 18 | But , apart from the devastation , especially in the harbour area , the only real dissimilarities I noticed were the shutters on the houses and the fact that the dwellings were all taller and narrower than in England . |
| 19 | But erm er the school days I think were were really the best days of our lives , but they we were the happiest days anyway because I enjoyed them and most kids enjoyed school in those days , not like it is today . |
| 20 | In both subjects I am told that more time and more help is needed to spread the ideas , to run courses , to try out new approaches in different situations , to evaluate the success of the last step before embarking on the next , but the curriculum workers I met were disturbed that they were unable to provide what they knew teachers needed . |
| 21 | There was never a dull moment and among the places I visited were the Statue of Liberty , Central Park , the World Trade Centre , the Empire State Building , Wall Street and Chinatown . |
| 22 | The fish I chose were : |
| 23 | The questions I asked were are what are they feeling ? |
| 24 | There was only one thing I was ashamed of in my love for Dana , which had sprung from poetry , and from sources I knew were pure . |
| 25 | Many of the productions I did were huge and elaborate and eventually I felt ‘ burnt out ’ — in need of a ‘ reality check ’ . |
| 26 | And , a all these things I thought were so difficult ! |
| 27 | Most of the things I had were dated and not worth very much , so I found myself selling off my past as jumble and bric-a-brac . |
| 28 | And he said the things I said were silly . |
| 29 | The things I wrote were for you . |
| 30 | The main things I learned were not to panic , and how to be diplomatic with people , but not to give in to them . |