Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [noun pl] were [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their chief functions were of this world . |
| 2 | But she instructed her fast-beating heart not to be so idiotic , that Ven meant nothing by that other than that he was intrigued that her journalistic methods were unlike those of any other journalist he had met . |
| 3 | Mitzi tried to rise quickly but her sixteen stones were against all precipitous action . |
| 4 | All her important things were in that case : her marriage certificate and wedding snaps ; her Post Office bank book , rent book and ration book . |
| 5 | Trevor Hicks , whose two daughters were among those who died , and Peter Jackson , the Liverpool solicitor who acted for the Football Supporters ' Association at the Hillsborough Inquiry , both condemn the FA for acting in haste . |
| 6 | When the Duke died of dropsy in 1827 , his financial affairs were in such a state that his executors took the unprecedented step of placing his chattels up at public auction , entrusting the sale to the young James Christie . |
| 7 | We were pleased when the news was good and depressed when it was bad , but first things came first and I suppose we all felt we were doing our bit and that our personal lives were at that moment of secondary importance . |