Example sentences of "[pers pn] were [adv] make " in BNC.

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1 I says , she were just making arrangements to come to your house depending
2 We were even made , in school woodwork , to use the gauge in the left hand , but we were not told why .
3 They were both Londoners so this cheered me up no end , and we were soon making our way to the Mess for supper and then up to the office for me to meet some of the others .
4 We were soon making our way back to the road .
5 Human beings have good and loving feelings , because God.is love and we were originally made in God 's image .
6 Ken Pitt : ‘ I think the great problem was David was always very insecure and because he was n't achieving the renown he wanted , like most artists he began to worry , bearing in mind that David was now living at Haddon Hall with a few of his friends , all of whom were unaware of what was going on in the office and how we were planning David 's career , what progress we were really making .
7 Now looking back seemed just a reminder of the mistakes we were still making .
8 The various fittings associated with the handle rarely survive as they were presumably made from organic materials .
9 They were heavily made up , with painted cheeks and scarlet lipstick ; each of their noses was pierced with a single diamond stud .
10 In the years after the last War it was found that not only were the thinnest fibres strong , but , if they were carefully made , quite thick fibres could also show high strength .
11 But they were probably made before 1750 , by which date the enclosure had apparently been accomplished .
12 But again they were probably making use of much older tracks evolved for very different purposes For a short time they were important .
13 They were rarely made in the days before the first Enclosure Acts .
14 They need not conceive of their practical programme as one of systematic cultural intervention : they were simply making transitional preparations for a reincarnation of the spirit of Poetry :
15 They were mostly made up of their families .
16 That was that was then that wa er I mean people knew that they were n't antiques but they were imitation antiques you know , but they were well made .
17 But the gimmicky nature of those films ( stooping to ‘ Blackula ’ and ‘ Blackenstein ’ ) and their poor production values — not to mention the fact that they were frequently made by white directors — ensured that their popularity quickly faded .
18 I was very proud of those she made for outdoor wear , perhaps because they were different ; they were generally made from offcuts of the various dress lengths being made up into ladies ' costumes .
19 And of course the deterrents that we 've had , over the years , when they they 've been of the emotive and knee jerk sort , and I remember the short sharp shock for instance , under Whitelaw , they did n't work , because they were n't thought out , they were just to make them clap at the Tory party conference .
20 They were also made available to independent dealers selling Porter products .
21 Like most of the clothes Malcolm sold they were beautifully made , of pale coloured gaberdine .
22 They were then made a sign in the store , and if the job came up again , all you did was to go down the store , and it was a one-off exercise , instead of travelling back and forwards to get a particular tool , erm er that was all eliminated .
23 There were no adults to ‘ watch over them ’ and therefore the boys were on their own , they were suddenly made responsible .
24 These expressions of opinion may not represent overt Russian policy — indeed top men in Moscow now deny they were ever made ; but there is good evidence that they were , and certainly the Ukrainians take them seriously .
25 After their success in the General Election of 1708 there was speculation that the Whigs would try to abolish the sacramental test , but such plans , if they were ever made , were soon shelved .
26 They were certainly made hideous by the way their fossilized bones , complete with jutting frills , were reassembled in museums .
27 If they dipped into that , they were knowingly making themselves insolvent .
28 I 've talked to the designer , Dick Denney , and Dick said that they were definitely made for this market , so I guess they probably perform better in the UK . ’
29 Moreover , not very many of their sculptural portraits have survived ( only a few over a hundred for the three centuries after Alexander ) , partly because they were often made of bronze which was readily melted down for re-use .
30 They were often made from bone and antler , although wood may have been used more often than is now apparent because it rarely survives .
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