Example sentences of "[that] [pron] were [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said it 's a big , big cut off , if your phone rings you 're out , so of course the phone were ringing , then it went to one in post , no it never , it went first from Ann from Lynnette then to Ann and then it went to Kathy and then it went to erm somebody else and then it come to me but I 've got seven hundred thousand pounds worth of money on my desk that I were banking and Jane had got that job and Jane was on post in cash cos she ai n't got a job cos that thing with them shoes did n't take off and do you know |
| 2 | Yeah she told Christie that I were going with her . |
| 3 | Apparently Alice had told her that I were going to town with them |
| 4 | He were parked up there well every coalman I 've pulled him about this coke stuff and I 'd seen him other day and I pulled him , explained that I were going over on April first |
| 5 | As she walked into the room she saw Neil 's eyes hard on her , registering her beautiful gown , her carefully dressed hair , and even though the gown was plain she looked like a queen of society in it , she knew , and she wished that she were wearing McAllister 's shabby bottle-green shirtwaister again . |
| 6 | On the but she said erm that she were going away and I could work , cos the lessons finish on a sa start up there on a Thursday , she said , if I work Thursday , Friday , Saturday , Sunday and I could have Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday Thursday off . |
| 7 | I guessed that you were breaking the law in some way . |
| 8 | ‘ You did n't bother to explain that you were breaking our date on Thursday night . ’ |
| 9 | I did n't know that you were related to her . ’ |
| 10 | It was just that you were flying and … ’ |
| 11 | Mariot said that you were gone to Annandale , bent on battle ? ’ |
| 12 | I reckon she was calling collect and that you were accepting the charge . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I understand now that you were trying to run from a situation you thought you could n't handle . |
| 14 | It was up to you to see that you were justified . |
| 15 | I 'd behaved so badly towards you right from the beginning that you were justified in calling me an ogre . |
| 16 | When we last spoke , you told me that you were reading in bed until eleven-thirty , when you went to sleep , and your last sortie from the bedroom had been to the kitchen for milk at approximately ten-forty . |
| 17 | ‘ And yet , we 're told that you were seen around the grounds of Burleigh yesterday evening . ’ |
| 18 | Dig out the 10,000 piece jigsaw of The Sky At Night that you were given for Christmas 10 years ago . |
| 19 | They contain your interpretation of the factual conclusions , and go on to recommend what steps should now be made towards solving the problem that you were given . |
| 20 | Take some pills that you were given last night . |
| 21 | Well , Val I think you are quite right in thinking that you are not alone in feeling let down after purchasing the ‘ wrong ’ computer for your needs and I do agree that you were given poor advice by the store you purchased from . |
| 22 | What about the treatment that you were given in Aberdeen ? |
| 23 | Take some pills that you were given last night . |
| 24 | ‘ We are told that you were chatting to him , amongst others , while you were waiting for a cab . ’ |
| 25 | If the reason was redundancy do not say that you were made redundant but that the job itself became redundant . |
| 26 | So what years was that you were born ? |
| 27 | And that 's a farm was it that you were born in ? |
| 28 | He probably just assumed that you were seeing me in connection with my work . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I believe that someone knew you had the sack with you and that you were taking it to the outlaws . ’ |
| 30 | So the first gig you attended was one that you were taking part in ? |