Example sentences of "were [adj] and they be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rest of the Unionist Ministers were aghast and they were all apparently against me . |
| 2 | They were afraid and they were lost . |
| 3 | But er , I never heard of them if they did and er , I mean I , I used to involve meself not in politics or anything like that is the last thing I ever thought of involving meself in but er , I did er , sort er , well being on the milk round you used to see the people in , because they come to door to bring a jug you see and you , you talk to people and you know they were , er were sensible and they were , were should I say soft or had no er conversation at all like , you know . |
| 4 | The guns were being shipped to Jordan , although their end-user certificates were false and they were in fact destined for Iraq . |
| 5 | The Tree Spirits of the ancient Wolfwood were awake and they were creeping through the darkening forest towards them . |
| 6 | Kevin Brown and his team were good and they were armed . |
| 7 | it 's the same when , when , when our kids were young and they were quite good were n't they ? |
| 8 | The jury were satisfied and they were sentenced to hanging . |
| 9 | Crane driver , television tubes , light bulbs , do you know these bulbs er , they used to come er , we used t they used to be made here , they used to be sent over to Holland and the brass bit used to be put in and the element inside and they used to go over there in cardboard boxes all loose and there used to be hundreds of them broken , they did n't , they did n't worry about it , as long as they , they reckon that as long as they get twenty five percent a hold they were satisfied and they were just in ordinary boxes , no paper in or nothing , just all loose . |