Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [vb past] were " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh that I thought were very |
| 2 | The 2 who died were Robin Phelps , from Brockweir in Gloucestershire and Eric Sullivan from Tintern in Gwent . |
| 3 | The 11–12,000 who accepted were greeted by James on their arrival in Brittany at the end of 1691 . |
| 4 | The three who died were members of the Air Training Corps from Bury . |
| 5 | Three who did were Edith and Egbert Rose and Auguste , almost forcibly pushed in by a desperate Mr Multhrop . |
| 6 | All I had were some trout in the freezer by courtesy of the millpond . |
| 7 | All I had were a few personal belongings and a little money , and these I gave to Jean-Claude with all my heart . |
| 8 | All I knew were the half-truths and lies that children were told in those days . |
| 9 | All I knew were prostitutes or pimps , and just about everyone had a criminal record . |
| 10 | As I lay on my back and tried to visualize those brigades of white cells marching to my rescue , all I saw were those other cadavers so plentiful in our ancient cathedrals . |
| 11 | All I saw were this pair of legs sticking over the desk and him going aaaaagh ! |
| 12 | The air dissolved around cordon bleu , and all I heard were parrot screeches , barking and the blowing of a horse 's soft mouth — that was him — and all I could say was : Quack quack quack . |
| 13 | It was strange not being able to communicate but someone who could speak English was always on hand to translate and often all I needed were those wonderful smiles and greetings from people . |
| 14 | Contrariety will only appear here if it is specified that apples ( or pears ) constituted the whole of the purchase : All I bought were some apples/pears . |
| 15 | That 's all I bought were n't it ? |
| 16 | I mean , all I did were leave book and ask them to check it . |
| 17 | All I glimpsed were a few strands of grey hair and a white , neatly barbered beard . ’ |
| 18 | The 5 who died were 7 year old Ian Lilley , Sheree Lear who was 8 , Paula Barnes aged 16 , Paul Carr , 17 and Belinda Brown who was celebrating her 19th birthday on the day of the crash . |
| 19 | Almost all who died were Iraqi soldiers and in any war the soldier is not innocent . |
| 20 | In Acts we have two vivid descriptions of what has come to be called the communism of the early Church : ‘ All who believed were together and had all things in common ; and they sold their possessions and goods and distributed them to all , as any had need ’ ( Acts 2:44–5 ) ; and ‘ No one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own , but they had everything in common … |
| 21 | Many who moved were glad to do so and the economy as a whole has benefited from the release of agricultural labour to take up employment in the expanding manufacturing and service sectors . |
| 22 | All she had were some notes she made in the car , witnessed by Dexter . |
| 23 | All she had were her memories . |
| 24 | But all she got were what Foucard would have called stereotype Frenchmen , and Denis was not there to laugh . |
| 25 | All she omitted were her feelings for Damian , because they were too private , too intense and too confusing . |
| 26 | ‘ She pretended she loved me — whereas all she loved were my possessions . |
| 27 | It did n't take him long , and all she wanted were her books and all the time the mother was crying and rocking backwards and forwards and the old father was ranting on in Yiddish . |
| 28 | All we saw were the bodies in the morgue and I remember parties carrying them away . |
| 29 | Diane said : ‘ We advertised for help , but all we got were hoax calls . |
| 30 | My God , if all they had were Haggisburgers , I 'd eat those . |