Example sentences of "[adj] were [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | as if all this were n't reason enough , there 's always the environment . |
| 2 | Costs in the accounts relating to Scheme 2 were not material . |
| 3 | Some of these were positively baroque in their splendid extravagance . |
| 4 | These were frequently tenant farmers but many came to own their own land , especially in the Weald . |
| 5 | Some of these were strictly castle towns , that is , they were planted against the gates of a newly built castle of the late eleventh century , such as Ludlow . |
| 6 | She would as often as not weep during the song , and these were not glycerine tears , and they were not , except in the later years , produced to order . |
| 7 | ‘ These were not traffic police . ’ |
| 8 | Galjart argues that , despite the successes of the Brazilian peasant leagues and rural syndicates , these were not class movements , but ‘ followings ’ of an innovative patron . |
| 9 | These were not shire levies but professional soldiers who acted as the sheriff 's posse in the pursuit of criminals . |
| 10 | These were essentially flight recorders but were not made to withstand crash forces . |
| 11 | Denominational year books were featuring ‘ Gothic ’ chapels : these were usually brick buildings of traditional rectangular shape but with pinnacles , mullioned windows , buttresses and arches . |
| 12 | But although these were indeed dog days for British film production , film producers were emerging who understood the need for modern styles of production , bigger budgets and more ambitious showmanship . |
| 13 | as if that were n't discomfort enough , you also have to make heroic efforts to stifle your giggles at the Old Fire Station , Oxford , for Miss Miles has a way of coming up with lines that are almost sublime in their ridiculousness . |
| 14 | All our friends reacted very favourably to our new daughter , though I am sure that some must have thought that it was an odd thing to do , to take another child when our own were nearly adult . |
| 15 | Of the seven other schools outside London , two were also day schools in Hull and in Sheffield . |
| 16 | If she were to break her word , the big gendarme would go rushing off to his commandant with his ‘ fresh evidence ’ , demanding to be allowed to treat Klein 's death as murder ; he would harass and bully brother and sister , tearing open wounds that at best were only half-healed , forcing them to relive the pain and terror of the past . |
| 17 | Both were already war widows — little Anne Raymond , rosy-cheeked , with too-bright eyes , which when glimpsed unwary were full of sorrow . |