Example sentences of "[pron] were [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , but she said I were called one night I went with her daughter-in-law |
| 2 | We called him Boy because my elder sister and I were born first and his arrival gave great joy . |
| 3 | ‘ Would you chaps mind terribly if Barry and I were left alone ? ’ the other Rex asked . |
| 4 | I were let good . |
| 5 | ‘ I knew that I was playing with fire ’ , he confessed ; ‘ I ran the risk , and if I were set free I would still do the same . ’ |
| 6 | I were told that other day . |
| 7 | All these were metal aircraft , built of aluminium sheet to which were riveted L-shaped aluminium stringers . |
| 8 | Although the flats are very compact , generally following the standards laid down for this type of housing in DoE Design Bulletin 29 , they share the facilities of a jetty on to the river , and a roof-top conservatory and roof garden , all of which were made possible by a £200,000 grant from the Historic Buildings Council . |
| 9 | The aims were to be implemented through accelerated increases in food production , which were made possible by the discovery of high-yielding grain at two international research centres in Mexico and the Philippines . |
| 10 | ‘ Saturday promises to be a great day for the public and will give children a chance to see the cars which were made famous for them through the Back to the Future film . ’ |
| 11 | Using what would now be called GIS skills , Openshaw ( 1980 ) examined over 13 000 1 km grid squares in the UK which intersect the coastline and related these to data from the 1971 Census ( which were made available for such grid squares ) . |
| 12 | In 1977 , the area was hit by massive floods which were made worse by the strip mining operations , leaving thousands of people homeless . |
| 13 | He is right to draw attention to the divisions on the Labour side of the House , which were made clear by the way in which the House responded to a point that the Leader of the Opposition made yesterday about the so-called unity of the Labour party . |
| 14 | On Boxing Day , which was really hot , a party of us drove to Riverton and had a good laugh about Riverton Rocks , which were given maximum rating ( 3 stars ) in the Guidebook but turned out to be just rocky outcrops offshore . |
| 15 | Thus situations which were given high accident estimates tended to show an improvement in memory when risk was experienced . |
| 16 | Three subsequent laboratory studies , however , have failed to show any overall improvement in recognition sensitivity for films which were given high risk ratings . |
| 17 | An underground nuclear test in January 1989 near Semipalatinsk ( Kazakhstan ) sparked off local protests which were given formal support by the Kazakhstan Supreme Soviet in November . |
| 18 | The wideband cable systems which were trumpeted some years ago could well carry high quality sound as well as umpteen television channels but their development has run into serious economic problems . |
| 19 | That was the beginning of a series of small books of prayers spread over the next fifty years , which were prayed first and then made available for others who felt the same spiritual need as myself . |
| 20 | ‘ We passed outside the city walls , and after a little walk , entered ; i green garden door , and made our way to a little plain square building , in which were arranged wooden benches , a pulpit and below the pulpit a plain wooden table and chair . |
| 21 | Eight farms were visited , four of which were farmed full-time and four were farmed part-time . |
| 22 | A STRATHCLYDE region official has ‘ unreservedly apologised ’ for remarks linking genetics and the intelligence of Asian and black children which were condemned last week by community leaders . |
| 23 | She was standing by a small chest of drawers on which were littered various pieces of domestic junk and a pile of old magazines — True Story , Confessions , Tit-Bits and the like . |
| 24 | problems raised by the non-transferable nature of social behaviour and structure were compounded by a distinction between social conventions , which were adopted wholesale , and social morality , which could hardly be transformed overnight . |
| 25 | For the rescue operations of Capital and LBC , for example , Canadian interests were preferred over US alternatives , which were reckoned incompatible with public service values . |
| 26 | There were two exceptions , these being the side bearing , and bolster springs , which were slightly modified , and the tyre profiles which were turned cylindrical . |
| 27 | He was duly cited for contempt , received a thirty-day sentence to jail and a fine , which were quashed two years later on appeal . |
| 28 | No attempt had been made to cover his genitals , which were painted white like his face . |
| 29 | ASHANTI ARE a Belfast based three piece which were formed eight years ago by guitarist Steven Boyd — the last remaining original member of the band . |
| 30 | For the sake of this exercise , he would confine his research to sums which were lost due to insolvencies . |