Example sentences of "were and [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We will let you know in the September magazine just how good the Ventures were and what went on . |
| 2 | Not with a thing like a outputs of aspirin , I mean everyone in Boots knows what the outputs of aspirin are just strange that they are in fact three times what we 'd thought they were and we 've course there 's Crooks , course there 's this , course there 's that tremendous discernment , tremendous understanding but if you have n't got that tremendous understanding , you 've just joined the company , you think you know something and you do n't because not what they think they are |
| 3 | And erm well we wrapped up a whole pile of paper for paper paper recycling and erm we mushed it up and the best of the stuff we put in the liquidizer and erm we put it in a tank and dyed left some stuff as it were and we dyed some other stuff green . |
| 4 | Of course they were and they failed , and they failed to penetrate the defence |
| 5 | It 's not just a case of him taking us with all of what we had and were and us belonging to him , but he says i in taking you to myself , he says I give myself to you . |
| 6 | And in the evening I looked for them , and then I saw them of course , I knew where they were and I thought quite longly we were right in the front . |
| 7 | But you see , I just went to the education officer and I say , he , he ran it , he , it , it was , it was his responsibility the Guild 's were and I went to him about a Guild matter and I said oh , erm how I mentioned that I was working and he said well where are you working ? |
| 8 | I hope that the Minister is more successful with his new portfolio than his predecessors were and I wish him all the best in the difficult task that lies ahead of him . |
| 9 | ‘ Steve was never mine to let go but I thought you were and I did n't let you go ! |
| 10 | Yeah we were and I did n't know how to go for this fifty one on the . |
| 11 | ‘ I have no idea who these riders were and I have to accept the clerk of the course 's decision . |
| 12 | It 's er erm a little bit more straightforward a we 're looking straight onto this wall , looking straight onto the steps , and we 're looking straight onto the door , so everything is looking , sort of erm full-faced as it were and I think that makes for a less interesting composition than the previous one . |
| 13 | I was told early on that it was possible that your Royal Highness would be able to be there and indeed you were and it gave us all one of the most unforgettable nights . |
| 14 | No I said erm I had a conversation with Gillian about reading , about little bits of reading and , I made the point that we 'd said last night about him barking at print , reading through words that he did n't know and not asking what they were and she said she 'd noticed that . |
| 15 | So I says , oh I says , saying what they were and she said , oh , she said , and I 've got some mugs Auntie Elsie bought you and a bit after and she said , she said , there 's them four mugs for Angela . |
| 16 | Some of them smelt of oil or grease of a kind she did n't recognize I gave her a few samples from the labs without telling her what they were and she picked out gun oil as being the nearest . |
| 17 | He knew in each piece exactly where the real climaxes were and he avoided completely the kind of hurrying or dragging which ruins so many performances . |
| 18 | One of Priestley 's main chemical interests was to determine what different kinds of gases ( or ‘ airs ’ ) there were and he advanced both their chemistry and number . |
| 19 | Well Jesus did n't act like that he went to where the sinners were and he mixed with them . |