Example sentences of "[pron] were [art] [adj] things " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pages were put together by gathering the material up and roughing it into a layout based round the principal hooks — the headlines and pictures which were the only things that really mattered . |
| 2 | There were a million things . |
| 3 | There were a hundred things that he knew he ought to say . |
| 4 | ‘ Then there were a few things that reinforced that feeling . |
| 5 | And there were a few things that you mentioned as you were going through that a you know I just really want to make a few comments on really . |
| 6 | there were a few things he could bring with him . |
| 7 | We can imagine , then , a circumstance in which there were no such things as matter , antimatter or energy — only a sea of virtual particles . |
| 8 | There were no such things as sprinkler systems then to get the outfields green and lush . |
| 9 | Thousands of years ago , when the first sailors set out to explore the world , there were no such things as maps and compasses . |
| 10 | There were the good things , too , she reminded him . |
| 11 | There were the other things that were written at the time — there are at least 15 cues . ’ |
| 12 | And when said what it had meant to her , loosing personal jewellery and things that was sentimental value to , you know , the family that had died , and they were the only things she 'd got to remember them by , and so on . |
| 13 | ‘ What were the other things you did to get put in The Chokey ? ’ |
| 14 | What I 'd like you to do is put put a rectangle round three words , it does n't matter where they are on on the whole thought pattern , three words that are the highlights what were the three things that were the highlights or the most important thing for you yesterday . |