Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] were make a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead for many , many years there has been in Channel 4 a culture , which allowed you to expect these matters to be dealt with properly , without being made to feel that you were being perverse in raising the issue yet again or that you were making a point or a special case . |
| 2 | So we were really answerable to the Ipswich Borough Council , rather than to private enterprise which some people really wanted to sell us off as being a , you know , a weight round their necks because if we did n't make a lot of money after the war , the accounts would show that we were making a deficiency every year and erm , well there was no way that you could recoup it because our routes were n't really long enough to charge lots of fares erm , maybe tuppence was the town centre to the extreme termini |
| 3 | But if you were to make a legacy of £10,000 to the Royal Air Forces Association or any other registered charity , the notional value of your estate would be reduced by that amount — so in this case there would be no tax to pay . |
| 4 | The ICA felt there was merit in the keeping of a central record , and thought that , if it were made a requirement , it could be part of the responsibility of the reporting accountant to confirm its existence . |
| 5 | He wondered if he were making a mistake . |
| 6 | But they were making a tally , they got little things , you know , like . |
| 7 | Oh they were kicking up an awful fuss and I thought to myself now a cat 's tearing one to pieces , that 's the way it , what it sounded like , or two and they were , I could n't see quite out of the window but they were making a fuss on the wall by Diane 's |