Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In group therapy , I suggested that Matthew might re-play the final scene from his marriage , as if he were someone who expressed anger openly . |
| 2 | The rain fell against his face as he watched her march out into the dusk , narrow shoulders pulled resolutely back as if she were someone who knew exactly where she was going and what she thought about things . |
| 3 | When he saw there were none he sighed , ‘ What will not malice and slander invent ? ’ |
| 4 | were you you born ? |
| 5 | And how much were you you earning when you started ? |
| 6 | The patrol took some prisoners and drove through the lines until they met up with a British unit , who refused to believe they were who they said they were . |
| 7 | Baths were something which caused continual problems . |
| 8 | The career of Peter Marinello is much harder to piece together : highlights were something you had in your hair . |
| 9 | Spreadsheets allowed you only to play with figures — there were no built in graphing packages , they were something you bought separately . |
| 10 | She glanced down at him as though he were something she 'd found smeared on the sole of her shoe after visiting an abattoir . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | In the early stages we were we you know used to take phone calls and take them at face value , and we got a phone call like this . |
| 13 | Thought it were one he fetched down . |
| 14 | Was there er was there a big gap in society in Orkney , were there You know were the rich were rich and the poor were poor ? |
| 15 | I do n't know but then frankly thinking but then I got them in the end you know I just did n't sell them because nobody paid that much and then ah in the outset and I paid quite a big price for for two for Patrick and me and then when they were they they dropped the price and then I got some more . |
| 16 | How were they they brought up ? |
| 17 | So of course course these were by the title there , Home security , these were all domestic were they you did n't deal with businesses |
| 18 | Four thousand , lacking thirty , were they who went out with my Cid , with a good will , to attack fifty thousand . |
| 19 | Were they about fifty two , something like that were they I think . |
| 20 | over that woman 's feet , cos you know what she did , she rang up Lynnette , she got through to the wrong extension Debbie answered , she slammed the phone down , and Debbie knew it were her she went mad |
| 21 | Doctor Hensman was still in charge , making solemn authoritative pronouncements and predictions , and behaving as if it were he who had cured the patient . |
| 22 | She would stay , here where things were what they seemed to be , where trees were trees , hens were hens . |
| 23 | Like Isobel , they were what they looked , quiet people doing very necessary jobs and a that moment grieving for one of their number who had left them . |
| 24 | ‘ When I was designing Metaltronix gear , I made everything bigger , for product visibility , but I would get letters telling me that the Marshall ‘ standard ’ head dimensions were what they wanted , so that 's what I based these new amp heads on . |
| 25 | Horses and wagon were what they wanted , and what they took , for all we could do to stop them . |
| 26 | Nearly all Cora-Beth 's friends were what they called ‘ dating ’ , although many were even younger than she was . |
| 27 | There were what we got delivered yesterday was all we had , apart from a few bottles |
| 28 | Before discussing the findings in detail , one is worth highlighting : of the 94 applicants , over half , 54% were what we have called migrants . |
| 29 | Many of the singers were what we call verpflichtet : they were contracted to do so many performances and they simply turned up and did them . |
| 30 | ‘ He told us to throw away the air strut front suspension — coil springs , telescopic dampers and a lowered roll centre were what we needed . |