Example sentences of "were [adv] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If these apply and if , for example , the loans are redeemed using equal annual instalments of principal , then the revenue charge will be exactly the same as if an asset was depreciated using straight-line depreciation and any loan repayments were merely balance sheet transfers . |
| 2 | Well now I , Bull 's Eye Lamps , that we carried at night , they were merely paraffin oil lamps . |
| 3 | Many of the people in our picture were only window shopping and kept a tight hold on their cash , according to disappointed traders . |
| 4 | I worked in quite a few departments in the Co-op erm and I was secretary to the education er in those days , whereas Miss member relations er in the , when I was there we were just education department with an educational secretary and erm then , he , we did all the staff training as well . |
| 5 | The positive controls in our experiment that were negative for the polymerase chain reaction were also culture negative , and our apparent low sensitivity is consistent with previous work on clinical samples . |
| 6 | They thought they were probably road maintenance men from the Cajamarca region . ’ |
| 7 | We found that the best were often child care experts who could suggest constructive alternatives , not so often the most senior people in the organisation . |
| 8 | The serums were mainly calf lymph for the whooping cough patients , and the diphtheria anti-toxin given to the patients who needed this . |
| 9 | You were even lip reading . |
| 10 | Well , you know , I think it was a kind of sports bag or something and I thought oh I 'll go along with that and the other , I mean I had heard of them before and I made a few enquiries and they said , you know , you you were quite quality company so I thought |
| 11 | It 's easy to say that a bustling street is a sign of economic recovery , but how many of the people in your picture were actually spending money ? |