Example sentences of "we [was/were] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were probably the better side for long spells whereas we played second fiddle to Portadown the entire match . |
| 2 | We were also the first sponsor of televised croquet in association with Granada TV and we have since launched a competition to stimulate schools involvement in this fascinating sport . |
| 3 | We were also the first place in southern Africa to be converted to Christianity , and different religious beliefs of all kinds already thrive there . |
| 4 | ‘ We were just the same age and living in the same hole , ’ she said vaguely . |
| 5 | I understand that this was pretty common , quite common throughout British Railways , it took a few years to knit together you know , the nationalization and the fact that we were just the same railway after that . |
| 6 | ‘ There were only three of us at first , and we were up the field all day , every day . |
| 7 | We were not the first and I am sure we will not be the last to respond to financial pressures by selling off rare books . |
| 8 | Also we discovered in conversation that we were not the only people who felt that the usual procedure was a wasteful and gruesome affair . |
| 9 | It turned out she was just as fed up as me , and we were not the only ones . |
| 10 | Oh , we were n't the only ones . |
| 11 | Elizabeth agreed to do our programme after we 'd spent five years gently hammering at her representatives — and of course we were n't the only people after her , the whole world was beating at her door . |
| 12 | And we were n't the only delegates to be suffering from jet lag : AI members from 70-plus countries were represented from Moscow and Kuwait , who spoke with their colleagues from the new sections : Philippines , Mauritius , Sierra Leone and Argentina . |
| 13 | We were n't the muppets , they were . |
| 14 | But we were n't the twelfth choice . |
| 15 | But there you are we were n't the only ones , there was lots of people just the same . |
| 16 | After all , we were n't the only ones that were approached ‘ in secret ’ by Lazio , but we seem to be the ones that made it public . |
| 17 | we were n't the first to come back or anything |
| 18 | And we were n't the only ones who said they lost out cos it er |
| 19 | Although we were officially the London helpline , we got calls from all over Britain and from all over the world . |
| 20 | We were apparently the last straw . |
| 21 | We were then the greatest industrial nation on earth . |
| 22 | We were almost the last to leave . |
| 23 | Maybe our own series , but forgetting all that there is one inescapable fact , we were certainly the bonniest team of the tournament ! |
| 24 | We were much the same age and more like sisters than cousins , really . ’ |
| 25 | We were always the guests of some local parish priest , and our outings were great fun as we were allowed to run more or less wild once we had arrived . |
| 26 | ‘ We were really the New Zealand equivalent of the Californian ‘ Beats ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ My first year at the club was tough when we were down the bottom of Division Two , but this is the biggest challenge I 've faced . |
| 28 | By the time he 'd got inside , I 'd taken Martin 's arm and we were down the alley outside the Pontefract Castle just as the doors opened . |
| 29 | While we were there the sun shone from a clear blue sky , birds skimmed over a translucent sea and amiable West Indians smiled at us . |
| 30 | Oh while we were there the other day . |