Example sentences of "were [adj] [verb] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You were right to say I 'd neglected you . |
| 2 | ‘ You were right to recommend me to check on British right-wing organizations , General . |
| 3 | The farmer and his family were delighted to watch me eating food with my own small knife and fork . |
| 4 | He , they were late to bed I 'd had them erm round at the shops and then er er Queensway , then the shopping centre to pick up a card for for Chris . |
| 5 | They were all sold I du n no . |
| 6 | But a few years ago we were at a session in a pub one night erm playing music and er there was about twenty of us and about two o'clock in the morning the police raided it and we all had our names taken and we were all up in court and we were all fined I think three pound for being er drinking after hours and Tony was drinking a cup of coffee . |
| 7 | You were ready to let me take you a minute ago ; now what the hell happened ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You were surprised to hear me speak my mind . ’ |
| 9 | It seemed so important to him that I could not refuse , and when his sisters returned , they were surprised to find me learning Hindustani with St John . |