Example sentences of "[pers pn] were [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As neither he nor I were long-term government servants , we were rather more critical of policies and decisions , and did our best to see that reasonable criticism was reasonably answered . |
| 2 | so he said I said I do n't have to tell you where I were last night David , I were out , so I said even if I were in it 's none of your concern I said what I do in my private time is up to me , he said well why was n't you there ? |
| 3 | You are treating me as if I were another Rosette Fournier . ’ |
| 4 | Kandinskaya watched her as if she were some lab specimen but eight months of training had taught Jezrael techniques that smoothed her responses to a minimum . |
| 5 | When I , when you were all doing nights |
| 6 | Yesterday you were arch enemy number one … ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You were suffering withdrawal symptoms , were n't you , Aurora ? |
| 8 | Even more remarkable , quite a few of you were certain Mike Channon did play . |
| 9 | What was it like when you were when you were young starting work at that age ? |
| 10 | We were respectable Home Counties middle class , but nothing special , nothing to brag about . |
| 11 | If we were all hay fever prone , then whenever we happened to be in a place where the pollen count was high , our eyes would start streaming and our noses running . |
| 12 | Well we were all union members , and everybody wanted to be together , if you are if you are in the union well we had to stuck together an the the more we stayed together the stronger we are , to keep out if we can stay out . |
| 13 | ‘ Until we all got the news yesterday , we were all Den O'Neil 's children . |
| 14 | We were inside Success House looking out . |
| 15 | ‘ We were anti wank magazines , too , ’ says Johnson robustly . |
| 16 | Yeah we were four days drive from the Grand Canyon . |
| 17 | We were grateful toJudith Sorley for suggesting and persuading the speakers . |
| 18 | WE were amazed John Major put off his meeting with Jacques Delors just to announce the formal separation of the Prince and Princess of Wales . |
| 19 | We were happy helping Mrs Taylor tidy up . |
| 20 | Because of the delay and police inquiries , we were unable t o walk round the ancient ruins of Jericho , said to be the world 's oldest city and I am pleased to confirm the walls are not standing ! |
| 21 | In the low bank behind him were three rabbit holes . |
| 22 | On a low table in front of her were some engineering trade magazines and a copy of the Financial Times . |
| 23 | They were keen Chapel folk and used to bring masses of flowers to Sunday School Anniversary . |
| 24 | It did a particularly good job of informing people about the issues — especially if they were tabloid press readers , who could get relatively little information from the press ; and it made electors feel more warmth and commitment to the party system and party leaders generally . |
| 25 | It must be I was only thinking the other day the number of bakers but er the number of small bakers that were in Caldmore there was the two brothers one was in Road and one was in Street there was on the corner of Street , where the Co-op have that place now that was they were all bread bakers , were bread bakers er a bit further down Street going towards Street was bakery , they were a bakers and confectioners in Street |
| 26 | They were all country girls you know . |
| 27 | ‘ Some were even intimidated by the idea of interviewing a former sergeant-major because they seemed to think they were all Windsor Davies figures . ’ |
| 28 | They were all fighter pilots and they got hit , you see . |
| 29 | And so the first memories is in the meadows of Nottingham , going to infant school about the age do n't remember starting , but perhaps I 'd be six years of age , and it was a little church school and they were all lady teachers and most of them Mrs and not the Miss which is nowadays er more common . |
| 30 | Honestly , people talked about the kids today as though they were all Dior models , but they still had spots and puppy-fat just like kids always had , and always would have . |