Example sentences of "[vb past] be [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she and Tom had been two men he would have been discretion itself , she thought . |
| 2 | Although he said he could not release any details about the inquiry 's scope , in general , if the CRE found there had been unlawful practices it would issue a ‘ non-discrimination notice ’ listing the changes to working methods a respondent must make . |
| 3 | Although he said he could not release any details about the inquiry 's scope , in general , if the CRE found there had been unlawful practices it would issue a ‘ non-discrimination notice ’ listing the changes to working methods a respondent must make . |
| 4 | How prophetic had been those words he 'd written . |
| 5 | If the judges in Elmer 's case had been strict conventionalists they would have decided that case in two stages . |
| 6 | All she had were some notes she made in the car , witnessed by Dexter . |