Example sentences of "were [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think they were that Lord Something 's . ’ |
| 2 | Were that to happen , she says , ‘ they , ’ ( presumably the local education authority ) would have to ‘ do something ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ So I thought if he were that kind of driver I would not get involved . |
| 4 | What a happy band we were that evening . |
| 5 | These were that breaking the psychological bond between a child and a carer for example , parent and child , irretrievably harms the child and therefore should be resisted . |
| 6 | The man was Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte ; the many were that section of the French people who , newly enfranchised in 1848 , gave him their votes and made him first their president and then their emperor . |
| 7 | Its main functions were that of guarding the Works and Gas Works , and all bridges and installations from the Blue Bridge to the Castlethorpe Troughs on the main line . |
| 8 | Those of us who did n't join up until 1943 , either because we were too young or like me in a reserved occupation , did n't really stand much chance of promotion , not unless we were absolutely brilliant and not many of us were that . |
| 9 | ‘ It were that doctor with the yellow hair , were n't it ? ’ she said . |
| 10 | The requisites were that |
| 11 | Puzzled , I was told that Acorns were that amount ‘ because of the energy that goes into them' , and ‘ anyway we really need cash at the moment' . ’ |
| 12 | Significant amongst these messages were those from the parents of Rochdale , who were that week awaiting a judgement in their own case . |
| 13 | She adds , ‘ They always were that size , it 's just the clingy clothing . ’ |
| 14 | Applying these principles to the facts of this case , the central allegations were that Savory Milln knew that £23m of the sub-underwriting was being arranged through Mr Ferriday , knew that he was personally responsible for £7.5m and that it did not believe he had sufficient funds to cover his obligations . |
| 15 | These were that interrogation rooms in police holding centres should be monitored by silent , closed-circuit television and that a prisoner should be given the right to be visited by a solicitor every forty-eight hours until either released or charged . |
| 16 | When Niki said the Paris decision had been the right one , one knows two things about Niki that explain his position : first that any Ferrari driver has to speak through both sides of his mouth , and second , that even were that not so , there is nothing Niki likes as much as winding someone else up . |
| 17 | The two controlling facts were that wood swelled and that metals were expensive . |
| 18 | This is slightly more than is predicted if the movement were that of a simple piston . |
| 19 | He thinks it very important , though , to try to force players to use the same ball , arguing that there would be mayhem on the touchline were that provision not enforced . |
| 20 | Talk about the new working-class hero , too , looks odd when you consider how few of its heroes were that ; odder still if you think back to the waifs and strays of Dickens , Smollett and Defoe . |
| 21 | That value is small compared with the potential value that a search firm would have if it had a market quotation ; there would be a significant number of new millionaires were that to happen . |
| 22 | The choices were that of European , Maori , Pacific Islander , and other ( in which case they were asked to specify their race ) . |
| 23 | Behind stood an impressive array of walls and couloirs , though the Pico del Norte and Illampu would prove forbidden fruits , guarded as they were that year by avalanches of fresh snow . |
| 24 | For instance , if the hypothesis were that nation states pursue their own self-interest , then one could ask not only what is to count as a nation state and as pursuit of self-interest but also why these particular concepts were the ones chosen . |
| 25 | Additional arguments deployed were that amalgamation with the Home Office would provide a larger pool of staff on which to draw ; that it would be more efficient and economical for the establishment , finance and other specialist services of the two bodies to be combined ; and that the Scottish precedent had been ‘ fully successful ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ If you were that fancy , we 'd have heard about you . ’ |
| 27 | The major findings of this combination of case study and experimental method in the surgery patients were that ( a ) the preoperative dreams of the surgery subjects incorporated stress-related material both directly and symbolically ; ( b ) the degree of incorporation was quite marked when the personal meaning of surgery and the individual modes of preparation were taken into account ; and ( c ) the content of the dreams was more repetitious and constricted before than after surgery . |
| 28 | they were that , and they and this is pre the progress that they 've made |
| 29 | The facts were that Chetnik constructed two warehouses under a consent granted under the London Buildings Acts 1930–1939 , the consent being subject to a condition that the buildings should not be occupied until the consent of Tower Hamlets had been obtained to the proposed user . |
| 30 | The two limitations were that recovery will not be available : ( 1 ) where it can properly be said that the payment was made to close the transaction , and ( 2 ) where the payer was mistaken as to the proper interpretation of the statute . |