Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] were [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Imagine our universe is a huge cheese , and where we were is another cheese . |
| 2 | It was very nice where we were was n't it ? |
| 3 | Legislators were clearly concerned for those who had entered marriages where they were being harmed and mistreated by their partners . |
| 4 | It was over forty years before a trail led to Whitewright , Texas , where they were being offered for sale by the descendants of Joe Tom Meador , the lieutenant in question , who had died in 1980 . |
| 5 | It was also implied that these illegal forces had been deployed in western Kenya where they were being used to foment ethnic violence [ see p. 38854 ] . |
| 6 | Where he were being accused . |
| 7 | In the course of their demands to Reg Weaver , the t&gwu factory convenor , the workers from section 61 found out that although they were being paid bonuses on a target of 200 or more they were in fact entitled to bonuses on 168 ( an agreement which dated back to 1972 and would have meant £4 a week extra ) . |
| 8 | He said there had been a remarkable change in attitudes over the last few years in which those people still in work were determined not to give up their annual break , although they were being forced to cut down on other spending . |
| 9 | Anglia controls East Anglia lines of Network SouthEast serving the London commuter area more locally than they were being controlled by the Eastern at York . |
| 10 | I am bound to say that his personality and his voice with his Glasgow accent were a little disconcerting at first ( I felt rather as if I were being addressed by my highly educated carpenter ) , but he inspired me with such confidence as he went on that I forgot that , and of course one has to recognise that a new era in political life has dawned for England , the old aristocratic school is practically swept out of it , it is the dawn of the new " regime " . |
| 11 | Overworked and depressed , she felt as if she were being turned into a glamorous business machine . |
| 12 | What harm would come if she were being fooled for a change ? |
| 13 | After half an hour or so , the two of them restored their employer to her feet , and they set off again , Miss Fergusson leaning on the guide 's arm with a strange nonchalance , as if she were being conducted round a cathedral or a zoological garden . |
| 14 | as if she were being asked to walk across a sheet of ice , and with every step her confidence was faltering . |
| 15 | Oh I I as far as we 're concerned er the when bit is if you were are available er now we could even put you on this Thursday . |
| 16 | You should therefore make as much effort as you would if you were being interviewed for a particular job . |
| 17 | I mean if you were being really dangerous and you wanted to die soon you could just sort of get a piece of bare wire and |
| 18 | make it up , make one up what would it be like if you were being assertive ? |
| 19 | Yeah but of course if you were being serious you 'd have to ask him directly would n't you ? |
| 20 | That bit I put in about knowing if we were being followed when I drove you to the station will stop them trying to do just that , will keep them away from here . |
| 21 | We are told that , having lost an empire , we can have a new role in a European superstate , as if we were being asked to be its leader — which we are not . |
| 22 | Frazer also mentions a sanctuary whose mephitic area contains only ‘ the eunuch priests of the Great Mother Goddess ’ , who have ‘ a look on their faces as if they were being choked ’ . |
| 23 | You see the children happily following the Captain , as if they were being led through the streets of Hamelin . |
| 24 | I have had gill flukes ( not personally ! ) and my fish did n't scratch ; they acted as if they were being poisoned ( heightened colour , loss of control of movement ) , possibly because of oxygen depletion due to gill damage . |
| 25 | ‘ Run ! ’ he yelled to Lou , and the two boys , acting as if they were being pursued by the evil agents of an alien warlord , fairly streaked along the road . |
| 26 | Around the catafalque are some of his most powerful magical items , which lie scattered around in a strange quasi-circular pattern as if they were being drawn to the catafalque in a spiralling motion and suddenly stopped . |
| 27 | Ingrid watched in amazement as the eggs disappeared as if they were being sucked into quicksand , and looked up to see every man 's eyes riveted upon Ilse 's gaping crack . |
| 28 | These two look as if they were being careful not to disturb things too much . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's as if they were being rammed by an invisible man , ’ he said . |
| 30 | The words came reluctantly , almost as if they were being dragged from him . |