Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been born in Edinburgh but only mad chance because I think that the family were only there a short time . |
| 2 | It were always fit and we were only there a fortnight , three weeks disappeared . |
| 3 | These results suggest that , although very high or very low poll tax demands could affect the performance of either party , levels of community charge were not themselves the prime determinant of electoral behaviour . |
| 4 | Centrifugal launchers did at least recognise a genuine need , even if they were not themselves the solution . |
| 5 | US President Ronald Reagan 's visit to the military cemetery at Bitburg in 1985 , and the subsequent Historian 's Debate , for example , were exactly what the new right thinkers had in mind . |
| 6 | So I must restate the question as ‘ What would my priorities be if I were now what the Minister of Health was then ? ’ |
| 7 | Were n't they a part of the Zeitgeist after all ? |
| 8 | Mm , I can see them now the outside , they were like made , made to look like wood were n't they the caravans ? |
| 9 | were n't , were n't there a girls ? |
| 10 | He said he was real glad to meet any friend of the little lady 's , and were n't it a turn-up for the book the gent . |
| 11 | Were n't it a good cake ? |
| 12 | Were n't it an estimate last time ? |
| 13 | Saddened Blackeyes 's last line this time was : ‘ Jesus , why were n't you a woman ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Were n't you a little shocked to hear that I was born out of wedlock . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Were n't you a friend of Charley 's ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Were n't you an attachment ? ’ |
| 17 | And were n't you the dyke who was extolling the virtues of the single life only months ago ? |
| 18 | Greg thought he was going to fail in his object , and began to close the door , but suddenly , as if to prove the retentiveness of his painter 's eye , Hilary turned round again to him , took a good look , and said : ‘ Were n't you the chap that was at the funeral ? |
| 19 | Beddington had lived long enough to know that very few people were quite what the public considered them . |
| 20 | I do n't remember all I The last man I can remember working one was Mr , Joe , and he was down he The last one I can remember , as I say , was being operated in in the yard just down Street . |
| 21 | When I was er I started at the North Mid , but I was only there a few months |
| 22 | I was only there a couple of days but yes it was very good . |
| 23 | Dulles ' message was exactly what a badly shaken nation wanted to hear — God was , after all , on their side . |
| 24 | This , of course , was exactly what the heroines of women 's magazine stories felt in those years when they decided to chuck New York and go home to marry Henry . |
| 25 | That was exactly what the Russians intended . |
| 26 | And that was exactly what the radiologist was doing as he slowly ran his sensor over my stomach . |
| 27 | ''' That was exactly what the average person called on to make self-criticism thought : all that mattered was getting through the ritual humiliation , and then going for a drink . |
| 28 | People were very angry when Admiral Byng failed to attack the French at Minorca , and the decision to execute him for cowardice was exactly what the public wanted . |
| 29 | And that was exactly what the doctor thought ; that was precisely what helped kill her . |
| 30 | Their estimate of 7.8 per cent was exactly what the teachers were eventually awarded . |