Example sentences of "[pron] were [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but Sarah , as I says , I were sick last night |
| 2 | Oh yes , women , yes they 'd have little tips , little put on , but theirs were little tiny ones . |
| 3 | We are fortunate in that the rabbit population has not to date found us , although in 1983 we had to provide rabbit guards to comply with grant conditions , which were hideous white twists of plastic . |
| 4 | That commodities such as simple sardine or anchovy butter which we had hitherto regarded as sandwich fillings , egg dishes which belonged to the breakfast table , the bed-sitting room or the night club , and little hot dishes which were ordinary English family supper savouries were valuable resources which could be quite differently deployed and offered as party dishes were ideas which had occurred to few people in pre-Boulestin days : |
| 5 | Each lineage had to provide suitable young men to act as " husbands " ( enangan ) in the tali-tying ceremonials of their enangar which were grand collective affairs held every ten years or so for all the immature girls of the group . |
| 6 | As of late 1990 Taiwan was recognized by 28 countries , the majority of which were small developing countries in Central and Latin America and in Africa . |
| 7 | Comparable sales in shops which were open last year were in fact down . |
| 8 | In this way , the unfortunate Guy Fawkes became linked indissolubly with the autumn solstice and its fire-lighting rituals , which were imitative magical ceremonies designed to keep the power of the sun from waning . |
| 9 | At Folkstumyren I came across a pair of bluethroats which were busy catching insects , sometimes flitting up into the air like a flycatcher to intercept craneflies . |
| 10 | Congratulations are due to four couples who were married this year : , quality controlled to . |
| 11 | I am the daughter of and , nee who were married three years before my birth . |
| 12 | Because , by definition , the mutant who was acting selfishly would have greater reproductive success than the other members of the population who were foregoing these opportunities for selfish , selfish gain . |
| 13 | Taff , the mortar team , and all the others who were present one day and gone the next , some to hospital in England , and others to a shallow grave here in Normandy . |
| 14 | Sampson ( broken bone in hand ) and Anderson ( back ) may cause bigger problems but Mr Van de Velde made it clear he expects improvements from a side who were unbeaten this year until after the semi-final . |
| 15 | Men who were renowned working-class leaders but would beat up their wives if they got in late from one of our meetings . |
| 16 | Now if we take it just one step further , there was a lady well there still is a lady called and she did some research , what she was trying to look at was the the sort of body language if you like the actions that people er use and associate that to their personality and she looked particularly at people who were open positive communicators truthful I suppose but people who were open communicators and looked at the sort of things they did and also at people who perhaps were n't quite so honest and open and truthful . |
| 17 | Many who were angry three years ago have cooled . |
| 18 | ’ Well , all I can say , Miss Lightbody , is that you do n't look the slightest bit awful to me and , second , that your sister 's explanation as to why you were absent last week is good enough to me . |
| 19 | Any one would think that you were tired all day ! |
| 20 | You were scarce close confidantes . |
| 21 | You would have made short work of the lock if you were inclined that way . ’ |
| 22 | you were busy last night , is that what it was , did that knock you out ? |
| 23 | ‘ You were naughty last night , ’ he said . |
| 24 | In a way you were lucky young Mason spotted you . |
| 25 | ‘ You were lucky that time . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , you were lucky this time , ’ her uncle said sternly . |
| 27 | ‘ You were lucky last time ! ’ she screamed . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , what happened when you were ill last week did anybody come to see you ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ We were stunned five years ago to find the use of the whip was banned after the last fence or hurdle , or in the final furlong of a flat race , ’ he said . |
| 30 | Yeah we did but I had a feeling we were late last year |