Example sentences of "were [adv] [adj] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I says , oh , she were right depressed when she came in . |
| 2 | ‘ Labour thought they were going to win a point today — they were rather disappointed when they found they had got it completely wrong . ’ |
| 3 | My hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle upon Tyne , North ( Mr. Henderson ) and the hon. Member for Southwark and Bermondsey ( Mr. Hughes ) were dead right when they said that the Bill is a lost opportunity . |
| 4 | ‘ The executive directors at NatWest were tremendously supportive but we did n't necessarily need support , we needed experienced guidance . |
| 5 | It was obvious that the Sherpas and monks were tremendously distressed and they turned to me and said Thyangboche must rise again . ’ |
| 6 | And the minority who chose to behave in this way were mostly aware that they had no one to blame but themselves — which made it all the more painful . |
| 7 | He spoke lovingly of the dog and his words were most explicit when he explained how he understood its ‘ learning by association ’ . |
| 8 | You were below ground when it happened . |
| 9 | But I always knew you were fiercely independent and I knew how you 'd react to my eternal presence if you realised I was there as a self-appointed bodyguard . ’ |
| 10 | In California , Diana Russell found that ‘ it was almost exclusively wives who were extremely upset and who claimed great long term effects ’ from marital rape who reported other acts of marital violence to the police , since the rape itself was not a crime . |
| 11 | I am afraid that the circumstances of the case — two people who were extremely drunk and who have a very hazy understanding of what went on — make it difficult for any charge to have any validity . |
| 12 | Feargal 's blue eyes were impossibly bland and she found it very hard to keep her face straight . |
| 13 | They also knew that the arrested men were respectable and law-abiding and they were highly indignant when they heard that an official spokesman had smeared them with the suggestion of criminal activities . |
| 14 | And the crew were much pleased when they found it to be |
| 15 | They were much closer than anyone knew except the two of them , and they certainly would n't be telling anyone . |
| 16 | These loans were much larger than anything known before , running into millions when hundreds of thousands had been the previous limit . |
| 17 | Mother and I were much happier when we acquired our own machine and we could get on with it together . |
| 18 | Some insisted that the reforms were naturally problematic and they had to support the Party in its efforts to modernise China . |
| 19 | You were only young once she said . |
| 20 | Hmmm … ‘ time to die , you stupid bald git/Your conceptual ambient albums do n't mean shit/Your teaching methods of meaning are bereft/And Roxy Music were only good when you left . ’ |
| 21 | However , I realised that his chances of racing that year were only 50–50 and I told the owners this . |
| 22 | They were only burning because you put in what was written on the packet . |
| 23 | No , no , you were only honest because they made you be honest . |
| 24 | While the mini-skirts and The Beatles made the news , the mods , who were only newsworthy when they rioted at seaside towns , developed their own independent styles of dress relatively uninfluenced by popular fashion . |
| 25 | I always remember like I were only little but I remember these things you know . |
| 26 | You were only little so you toddled over to have a look . |
| 27 | Her own memories were so strong that she feared that she would burst into hysterics before him , and that would never do . |
| 28 | In France many noblemen , especially those of middling to lower rank , were so impoverished that they needed the king 's wages , which provided them with a better and surer income than did their lands . |
| 29 | The nearest Jaguar agents were in Vienna , where he had taken it for its first service , but the electronic engine management and monitoring systems were so complex that he wanted them checked over by experts . |
| 30 | Some of them were so nasty that they had learned to disguise most symptoms of ill health from her . |