Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] were [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How come you were all up the garage last night ? |
| 2 | How come you were asleep ? |
| 3 | Why has everyone forgotten we were 4th the year before ( above scum ) , and the year before that won the 2nd division ? |
| 4 | You seem to have forgotten we were all children together . ’ |
| 5 | Charlotte could have wished they were busier . |
| 6 | One promising line of further reconnaissance involved the attempt to find a fundamental role for waves where no one had previously supposed they were relevant . |
| 7 | They say the majority of the staff group they met considered they were able to foster better relations when prisoners wore civilian clothes . |
| 8 | When you first came in , I would have said you were small , but when you stood beside Terry you seemed exactly the same height , and she 's five feet six . |
| 9 | Well , OK , a few hours ago , I would have said you were right . |
| 10 | ‘ You should have said you were that way , Monica , ’ said Jan . |
| 11 | At least it can be said we were lively , we were an animated lot . |
| 12 | We 'd received a tip-off about a shipment of cocaine due in at Nice aboard a South American freighter , so when it was unloaded we were able to apprehend the gang without much of a struggle . |
| 13 | One of the most welcome sights around Hailing which we can thank the Romans for are the pheasants , it is reckoned they were first introduced by them and were quickly established here in Kent . |
| 14 | The following morning when the twins found out what Kalchu had done they were angry and upset . |
| 15 | Unsurprisingly , Rugby missed their putt , falling behind when they must have felt they were odds-on to go ahead . |
| 16 | Once again , however , he discovered he had struck a chord with ordinary people , people who had felt they were unfit to pass judgement on modern buildings because they lacked the qualifications . |
| 17 | Paccy Moore had said they were two fine ladies when they had gone to have heels put on Benny 's good shoes . |
| 18 | Three other people had also said they were interested in the last few days . |
| 19 | If anybody had told me this time last year that we 'd find another pyramid at Giza , I 'd have said they were crazy ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ The reason I put you up was I heard you were good and … straight . ’ |
| 21 | I 'd heard you were sick . ’ |
| 22 | After all , I came along when he must have thought you were safe to be a bachelor for ever and ever , and now he 'll never be a lord and everything . ’ |
| 23 | " I should have thought you were twenty-seven or twenty-eight at most . |
| 24 | ‘ I had thought you were reliable . ’ |
| 25 | Retiring , should n't have thought you were old enough , Art was brought up with a jolt . |
| 26 | I was told you were intuitive , original , and well-connected . ’ |
| 27 | The superintendent was told and his excuse was he thought we were all on the Afternoon Section . |
| 28 | You 're asked to support the general move , that we have set out from this report , and you 're asked to agree to St Clements and East Ward , and I think we 've heard Mandy and Phil acknowledge that there may well be a case for looking at an area of council housing , which we will leave them to do , and also to approve the set of objectives , which I particularly welcome , on page sixty-two and sixty-three , which will amount to a work programme , which I would have thought we were all very pleased to see . |
| 29 | The Japanese must have thought we were mad when we said it was dangerous ! ’ |
| 30 | We were told we were mad and we could n't rear you . |