Example sentences of "[noun pl] [that] were [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although there was nine years between them , there was no doubt that they were brother and sister ; they each had the same deep intense eyes that were their dead father 's legacy , and Patrick had inherited his father 's square chin , and wiry black hair . |
| 2 | Those are pearls that were his eyes : |
| 3 | And at the back of the house were the wooden sheds that were our palaces , our temples , our ranches , our mansions . |
| 4 | No , no there 's not I mean I 've been doing this for fifteen years , and quite simply is , if you like , I 've been up the ladder , the contacts that were I 've had were relatively junior fifteen years ago |
| 5 | As always I got up at once so that I might cherish the ninety minutes until we assembled for work — minutes that were mine — not the authorities . |
| 6 | There was a frightened gasp and the ghost rose , too , staring at him out of the two hollows that were its eyes . |
| 7 | He was brilliant at invective , and making general statements about the need to communicate a politically responsible set of values , but neither he nor any of his friends were screenwriters , nor were they motivated to work with writers on ideas that were their own . |
| 8 | And the corridor down and kitch two or three kitchens that were we we went er I asked one of th the attendants I got a I grabbed the another chap with me we we 'd come across together . |
| 9 | Of the very few things that were her own , her chastity mattered most . |
| 10 | I suppose this is erm , a caricature , a self portrait this little , I , in fact I was , really actually hilarious as I felt that , I , I , do n't actually know an awful lot about Gaugin , but if , if I knew nothing about him at all , I would of thought he was having a bit of joke of himself with this , but er , being the person that he was I ca n't image that he had that quality , that , I do n't believe he would be laughing at himself , erm , erm , the symbolism erm and conflict of this painting its dazzles me more than , than the colour or at least as much as the colours in it , but there 's a , there 's a half eaten , well it is n't half eaten , but there 's half an apple at the top and , and that was the , the way into me finally , for , for writing about this , this again is a shopping list , I call it a shopping list , this is just visual images that , that will be opened out at some point and turn it into something , and my images were erm Shoulders of the matador smoking snakes , dare to bit an apple , see one half gone and still I wear a halo intact , that I 'm sure I 've completely wrong about him as a , a person , but as the painting that 's obviously something else , erm , I found that one of the things that were he 's , I , I think probably that everybody who writes is that you 'll come to a point when you ca n't write , you stop writing , you have n't got anything you want to write about , or your frightened of writing , and I devise exercises so that , that does n't happened to me , I think writing is like any skill you have to keep doing it to be able to do it , its , you , some of it is a game and the rest of it is hard work , and one of the exercises I , I delighted using erm a portrait of a woman erm , its about erm the er still life , its the back one , yes this one here , I have , I , I hope to use this as a writing exercise I found the , the maths in this and the colour of the piece of fruit in the background , very interesting because most of the colours to me seem a , a lot less vibrant then many of his other paintings , and so they , they attracted me and have a , a strong sense of erm , er a hidden desire in that and so it , to use it as a writing exercise which I intend doing , it will be able about a situation of character 's with erm something that 's hidden , some desire , I do n't , the , not even spoke about to themselves or , or generally , erm I like to sort of say that came from those two little , just this amounts of colour which seemed to be saying such a lot |
| 11 | Can we put things that were there are n't any numbers fellows ? |
| 12 | Again he mirrored her meanings back , and he held up the distorted black lumps that were her errors of syntax . |
| 13 | Conroy folded his cap into his pocket and started up the stairs , then pressed against the wall as footsteps clattered down and round the turn came Freddy Pepper himself , big ears and horn-rims that were his trademark , in tennis togs above which his ruddy make-up glowed . |
| 14 | A place of historical interest in its small way , especially for its sudden death at the end of the fourth century , after the legions that were its life and its protection had been withdrawn . |
| 15 | Apart from a handful of friends that were his own age , like Nicholas Soames and Lord Romsey — who were still fourteen or fifteen years Diana 's senior — most of the people Charles enjoyed seeing were older , with the result that Diana frequently found she was socializing with her father 's , or even grandfather 's , generation . |
| 16 | It sounds slightly improbable that my right hon. Friend will be called to a meaningful debate on Scottish constitutional matters in the near future , but will he assure Conservative Members that were he to be so he is fully aware that people in England would take it amiss if any proposition were seriously entertained which allowed Scottish Members to decide matters in Scotland and then to have a say in English matters in England ? |
| 17 | The only difference was that many of the cars were big limousines , in contrast to the bikes and the pieces of bikes chained to railings that were her last , hazy recollection of the hospital . |
| 18 | And do you remember You must remember sort of changes in the chemicals that were you know , that was used on the land in the in the time that you were . |