Example sentences of "were [noun] [conj] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my mood of delight , I thought of it as a beautiful idea for these were roads that go nowhere , nowhere that could interest men . |
| 2 | Cherry Vanilla and I used to take care of our time when we were n't rehearsing by pretending we were rock and roll journalists — which we were n't . |
| 3 | These men were welders and crane drivers and truckers . |
| 4 | In the year there were seven such cases where there were trials or remand hearings of which only one concerned a parent killing a child . |
| 5 | His son had a heart , the stupid , randy little bastard , and what good were brains and charm if you had a heart ? |
| 6 | Broadleaf and conifer trees showed roughly equal amounts of damage ; the most affected broadleaf species were cork oaks and other oaks , and the most affected conifers were fir and spruce species . |
| 7 | It is only against this background that one can begin now to understand the behaviour of Hollywood and Broadway , of the star names who confessed so eagerly and abjectly to their previous sins and were meat and drink to the H.U.A.C. Like reformed alcoholics , they could not wait to let the world know how misguided they had been and who had led them astray . |
| 8 | Certainly , the multi-studio techniques used for the famous 1959 Decca Aida were meat and drink to Karajan ; and although he sometimes thought he knew more than he did , occasionally putting paid to expensive equipment , his mastery was of an order not previously seen in a working musician . |
| 9 | Representing their bands were Joseph and Ollokot from the Wallowa ; Red Owl ( Koolkool Snehee ) and Looking Glass from the Middle Fork of the Clearwater ; White Bird from the Salmon River ; and a powerful warrior , holy man and orator named Toohoolhoolzote from the Snake River region . |
| 10 | When parents relate to their children as if they were partners and look to them for the support and even sexual comfort that should come from other adults , the boundary surrounding and protecting childhood is broken . |
| 11 | Yes , we that lady over said there were guidelines , there were people that go in and inspect , but there are not enough , it is a known fact , that there are not enough people to go and inspect all the establishments where animal erm , experimentations are taking place and , I love animals , and alright , yes , yo you can do ex , some experiments on animals but let's not be cruel ! |
| 12 | Do this to all your doors , not just the exterior ones , and treat any panes of glass in doors as though they were windows and give them some sort of double glazing . |
| 13 | Notable losses were Bailey and Read who had become professors at Glasgow and Liverpool respectively . |
| 14 | Its first inhabitants were shipyard and fishquay workers from the riverside towns of North Shields and Wallsend , who moved happily from their tumbledown terraces to these fine new houses with inside toilets and gardens . |
| 15 | These were truths and remain so in spite of the fallacious ideological baggage with which they are mixed up . |
| 16 | He made a radio receiver when we were children and set it up on the main bridge over the Salzach . |
| 17 | And when the twins were babies and shat in Chola 's lap , she 'd call out , ‘ Chu chu chu , ’ and the red bitch would come running in to clean the mess . |
| 18 | I mean he did say they were stitches that come out er what |
| 19 | I dare n't disobey her , Miss Abbott — dare I , Aunt ? — because you see , my brother and I have been in her care since we were boys and stand in the greatest awe of her imaginable . ’ |
| 20 | I could n't even get up Plumpton Street so I came up Fitzclarence but there were fires and damage there too . ’ |