Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] [coord] [pers pn] were [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The scale of the work varied but they were generally scenes from nature , the type of thing popularly believed to be the easiest to sell but not necessarily the easiest to paint . |
| 2 | Kāli chose the steeper , shorter route to the forest and we climbed at a leisurely pace , stopping occasionally to catch our breath , lurching drunkenly and bumping into each other when the gradient increased and we were too lazy to keep up our momentum . |
| 3 | The train jerked and we were off again , next stop Fort William . |
| 4 | They rode through the stink of pyres where local men were burning the bodies of the beasts killed the night before , and then the land dipped and they were back in the Dales proper with the hills behind them and some of the chill wind cut off . |
| 5 | I do n't know how Mum managed but we were never without food , although we were short on other things — I never saw a television . |
| 6 | They received 11s. in the pound for this but during January the pitch worsened and they were now taking 13/4 in every 20/ of value . |