Example sentences of "were [adj] and [pron] have [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely the reason for the rebuke , why he said that they were timid and they 'd no faith was because they had lost sight of the fact , or the , the importance of the fact that he was there with them . |
| 2 | Most of the moneylenders and pawnbrokers were Jewish and they had a reputation for meanness . |
| 3 | Through an interpreter I replied that things were well and we had no famine . |
| 4 | Other facilities were good and we had an enjoyable afternoon . |
| 5 | Some said they had no listed buildings at risk at all , others that there were so many their hands were full and they had no time to reply . |
| 6 | The high spirits surrounding her were infectious and she had an insane desire to giggle . |
| 7 | I do know that he became very depressed when the times were bad and he had the mortgage payments to meet . |