Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] were [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was obviously afraid you were taping the conversation . ’ |
| 2 | In this they were following the example of the reorganisation of London local government a decade earlier . |
| 3 | The police say they 're considering charges against the 3 youths , but add that the youths now realise how foolish they were to fire the replica in the street and are deeply sorry for frightening the family . |
| 4 | Six you were doing a harder one than they was asking . |
| 5 | We went to Silverstone to do a go-kart race before a meeting there , and we both said how lucky we were to get the roles of these boys . |
| 6 | There a lady showed us to our seats , once we had got comfortable we were shown a safety routine by the stewardesses . |
| 7 | In 1534 they were granted the right to coin money . |
| 8 | As he walked with his brothers , Angel felt that , however lucky they were to have a university education , neither of them really saw life as it was lived . |
| 9 | How lucky they were to have the English language , for instance , plus the system of law and public administration . |
| 10 | They were much prized for cutting as well as for bedding , and by 1917 they were listing the immaculate white ‘ Purity ’ , to be sown for flowering in pots at Easter . |
| 11 | First of all we were given a demonstration . |
| 12 | After the Epiphany play of 1922 we were taking the home-made costumes back to the storage centre when I suddenly became aware of what an attractive , lovable person she was . |
| 13 | Olive Saunderson and Norman Field met and fell in love in predictably romantic circumstances when the Fields and the Saundersons were guests on board Lord Vestey 's yacht on a cruise to Norway in 1909 They were married the same year in Dublin and returned to England to set up home . |
| 14 | can I come back to the question if , you see if you do n't answer it I 'll repeat it , you as the person responsible for the figures would be anxious to make sure they were reaching the public accurately |
| 15 | Because after all they were having the cream of the shop people and some of them found out that the hard way . |
| 16 | When servicemen were demobilised in 1918 they were given a free unemployment insurance policy which entitled them to an ‘ out-of-work-donation ’ for a maximum of twenty-six weeks during the first twelve months following their demobilisation . |
| 17 | From the mid-1970s , the Docklands were given equal priority with the new towns ; after 1977 they were given a higher status . |
| 18 | She and her friends seldom discussed the concept of happiness : when they were not either bored or depressed they were having a good time and enjoying themselves . |
| 19 | Even with an Architect , problems may arise and it is then many people have found out how pleased they were to have an Architect at hand to turn to . |
| 20 | Well fair 's fair I were having a coffee with you , I 'm not just gon na walk out . |
| 21 | I asked , not certain we were discussing the same property . |
| 22 | In Islay in September 1938 they were flying a peregrine falcon at grouse with a bird called Cressida . |
| 23 | While it remains unclear what they were offering support about , it is certain they were helping the couple through their continuing marriage crisis . |
| 24 | It was alright we were got a flip on the when the plane first was just started here , well all the schoolboys and that was er called out on Saturdays to gather the loose stones . |
| 25 | At last they were closing the barn door hearing Mr Cooper say Jim I could |
| 26 | But he claimed they were well aware they were breaking the law and were prepared to face the consequences . |