Example sentences of "were [adv] [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They wanted to push in the incentive scheme throughout the shop and they were busily engaged in doing that , and were rather blinded you know , to the claims that were coming through . |
| 2 | In the few moments they stood looking at each other , both were acutely aware they were cut off from the rest of the world . |
| 3 | The Asaimara were thereby convinced they could successfully defy the Government . |
| 4 | Indeed , we were most disappointed he squandered an opportunity to improve local government services by encouraging a superficial debate over boundaries . |
| 5 | That subletting was widely practised can not be doubted , for not only in the cases examined was the number of proven freeholds relatively small , but , even in regions where they were most numerous they still formed a minority of all holdings . |
| 6 | On the other hand , if they were sufficiently wealthy they might be able to afford a nanny or a private nursery school . |
| 7 | I remem remember being with with our newspaper being chased up up Road , and you know , the police were chasing me , of course I were only young I could run faster then . |
| 8 | Or quarter to two in the morning , there were only two you could come back on . |
| 9 | At night , Daddy read to me , and though I had many books , there were only four I wished to hear . |
| 10 | Accents were so strong they could not even understand each other . |
| 11 | It has to though because if in the pa if they 've had this long-term sort of culture for all this time they need to be given ideas but essentially if their traditional values were so strong they would have rejected what the Communist Party was trying to say , but because they accepted it it meant they ha they did actually have the potential to be revolutionary . |
| 12 | Most evenings they were so exhausted they had to be carried home on their parents ' shoulders . |
| 13 | So then Sir Bruce got hopping mad because nobody would tell him who they were talking about , and asked why they were so certain you were involved , and Six — it was that luminous dong Guy Husband and some new pin-up boy who runs the East German section-said they had their reasons and George could explain more . |
| 14 | At one gig in Cork they were so skint they could n't afford to buy beer , and instead took the crusty way out and raided the local mixture . |
| 15 | Most of them were so seedy he began to have doubts about the efficacy of his chosen sport . |
| 16 | But the cylinders were so small they could not hold more than a minute of material . |
| 17 | The rise was a mere token , from 2 to 3 per cent , but people were so nervous they clutched at straws , assuring each other that now all would be well . |
| 18 | All were so shabby they might have been worn by a dressy tramp . |
| 19 | The windows were so grimy it was difficult for the sun to penetrate them . |
| 20 | The only lodgings James had been able to afford were so squalid he had scarcely been able to concentrate on his studies for the cold each winter , and the thought of a house and a wife to warm his bed had been added incentive to pursue marriage plans with Maud Rollerson . |
| 21 | ‘ I remember that she was standing in front of a blue backdrop and her eyes were so blue I thought I could see the back of her head , ’ Bailey recalls . |
| 22 | Everything looked so propitious it took a few minutes nibbling to realise that the lamb had been cooked to the point of anonymity and the prawns , although big and fat , were so bland they tasted more like good bread rolls than fish . |
| 23 | They were so confident they even sent us fair warning of their arrival . ’ |
| 24 | Public NME takes a dim view of types who persecute innocent human beings who just happen to enjoy the feel of women 's lingerie against their bollocks , but did find it quite funny that the be-wigged ‘ bomb victims ’ were so convinced it was an aerial attack they raced into a nearby hotel to beat up a perfectly innocent couple snogging on a balcony . |
| 25 | You were so convinced she was my mistress and I could n't deny it without giving myself away . |
| 26 | ‘ Middlesbrough Library came up with a decade of the Annual Register from 1790–1800 , which was wonderful , ’ she said , adding that they were so dirty it looked as if they had n't been touched since that date . |
| 27 | His eyes were so narrow they looked like gun-slits . |
| 28 | His injuries were so serious he could have died without prompt treatment . |
| 29 | Fellow jockey Philip Robinson added : ‘ We were so close you could see the whites of the pilot 's eyes . |
| 30 | They were so close I do n't know how Cherry will live without him . ’ |