Example sentences of "were [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if you were used Orkneyisms you were a very poor scholar indeed . |
| 2 | And er because they were professional men you see . |
| 3 | My partner had told me there were private matters he wished to attend to . |
| 4 | There were lesbian nuances I did n't much like ; perhaps because I was beginning to take against the facet in Conchis 's polyhedral character that obviously enjoyed ‘ curious ’ objects and literature . |
| 5 | Most of these were undetectable in that there were few enquiries I could pursue after the event ; for example , the purse stolen by an unknown thief an hour or two prior to the report and perhaps with the exact time and location of the theft unknown left little chance for skilled investigation . |
| 6 | There were different gangs you see , there was , there was er my , say our , our gang , we 'd be er thirteen to fifteen . |
| 7 | Because the old private lending libraries were commercial organisations they became adept at managing their stock . |
| 8 | Just a case of reminding there were some problems it 's been a little bit slow because of roadworks on the high street in Banbury as usual because of that water board work that 's continuing . |
| 9 | But there were some rules he knew better than she ever would . |
| 10 | There were some questions he urgently wanted an answer to . |
| 11 | But there were some things it was hopeless to discuss with him . |
| 12 | Well , I say a small town , it was more of a village really , but I live in Mannheim now , since my parents died … anyway , when things came to a head , I failed to support her , though I agreed with her really — up to a point that is , there were some things I disagreed with her about . |
| 13 | It 's just that there were some things I needed to clear up with her about her husband 's estate . |
| 14 | There were some things you did n't tell even your friends . |
| 15 | She hated to be made to think in this way ; but there were some things you had to think of with your mind , when you could n't straightforwardly see them with your hands , to deal with them then and there . |
| 16 | True , there were some things he did n't like about the Khedive 's regime , the patronage , the corruption , the inefficiency . |
| 17 | Of course , there were some things she could not know about . |
| 18 | There were some women he wanted her to take relief to . |
| 19 | ‘ There were some papers I thought you ought to see . |
| 20 | All she had were some notes she made in the car , witnessed by Dexter . |
| 21 | There were some steps she did remember having seen before , perhaps she would find them down there . |
| 22 | The opinions of staff and governors were sought and although there were some reservations it was decided that a questionnaire should be distributed to parents . |
| 23 | ‘ There were some items I certainly would n't put in my sultana cake . |
| 24 | ‘ I went out to work waiting on and some of the women were such comics I could n't help but laugh at them . |
| 25 | and I have er , there were six ounces you know that |
| 26 | I mean bearing in mind that all the resources were broken down presumably the were separate gangs we could n't really make |
| 27 | A pound a ticket , and you could go , there were three routes you could go and any time up to March the twenty eighth |
| 28 | That were three weeks you see . |
| 29 | and there were three aspects we looked at I wonder why it was three ? |
| 30 | . When two of my sons were little boys I took them to our old great-uncle Lord Albemarle 's yearly reception on Waterloo Day , that they might hereafter be able to say in their old age that they had seen and spoken to someone who had been at the Battle of Waterloo himself . |