Example sentences of "were were " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were were usually built with donations from private individuals , many prompted by charitable feelings , others by the belief that education was an antidote to revolution . |
| 2 | Two statesmen who were were in the political wilderness by the mid-1930s were hardly likely , or able , to challenge the unthinking protectionist attitude of a National government which enjoyed a substantial parliamentary majority . |
| 3 | Whilst we were very pleased with its towing capabilities and cruising speed were were extremely disappointed with its ability to pull up the slightest incline . |
| 4 | ‘ It is roughly along the lines were were expecting , ’ said the duch-ess 's lawyer Henry Page . |
| 5 | True , they were were taken in the heady surrounding of St Tropez , where every girl takes 'em off , and where Fergie and Johnny and Bea and Eugenie were staying in a modest £450,000 terracotta pink villa . |
| 6 | Net profits were were $595m , which compares with net profit from operations of $556m in the 1991 first quarter , when the company of course reported a big loss because of the change in the method it used to account for employee benefits . |
| 7 | They range I mean er the the er the er Prussian Austro-Prussian war of eighteen sixty six is is referred to as what the six weeks war and and erm the five , five weeks of that or or or whatever were were involved in peace negotiations . |
| 8 | That 's , that 's what they were were n't they ? |
| 9 | Or so at least we would be if were were about to produce the full-out why-dun-it . |
| 10 | Yeah , were were you planning |
| 11 | But the the results for the ten percent were were better than is had nothing for me . |
| 12 | Going back to the your mining background , erm after the Strike were were your father and grandfather members of both the Nottingham Miners Associa Association and the industrial union ? |
| 13 | There was one long corridor and all the classrooms were were off this corridor you see , I I should think there 'd be er five , five classrooms , it was it was no sixth form . |
| 14 | But erm er the school days I think were were really the best days of our lives , but they we were the happiest days anyway because I enjoyed them and most kids enjoyed school in those days , not like it is today . |
| 15 | Was that something that came from I mean , to what extent if at all were were erm tenants of the flats involved in that ? |
| 16 | Erm I mean they they they did n't venture out the flats , they did n't know who or how to contact for help , and and some of them you know , were were pretty bad over the Winter periods . |
| 17 | And just as bad , even worse , in in terms of personal consequences , all the sort of corner shops in , particularly the the Asian off licences come grocers , were were I mean were were just looted . |
| 18 | And just as bad , even worse , in in terms of personal consequences , all the sort of corner shops in , particularly the the Asian off licences come grocers , were were I mean were were just looted . |
| 19 | Erm I mean one one fact that emerged after the the riots , when the actual arrest figures were were analyzed , was that the vast majority of people who were arrested at any rate , did n't come from the area . |
| 20 | Erm you know any anyone we met and and spoke to I think some people held us in some kind of suspicion , but a lot of people were glad er to have the er you know have the company and erm that were were available to them . |
| 21 | Er the majority of the local chapels were were w were responsible for er organizing soup kitchens for the kids , er S it did n't apply Sundays , it did n't apply Sundays . |
| 22 | The it was halted there , and er all the barrels of ale were were were were rolled off , we were rolled off the vehicle . |
| 23 | The it was halted there , and er all the barrels of ale were were were were rolled off , we were rolled off the vehicle . |
| 24 | The it was halted there , and er all the barrels of ale were were were were rolled off , we were rolled off the vehicle . |
| 25 | When , when you were working at were were , were , the union important at all , the , the Lock , Lock-making union ? |
| 26 | were were saying that he was only God from his baptism to Not on the cross , before the cross . |
| 27 | Were were there nooks on either side of the fireside ? |
| 28 | Well again er I would say conditions were were terrible as far as I was concerned , er a as far as tea breaks and what have you were concerned , you did n't have any what we would call official tea breaks , you simply took your chances and made a cup of tea and hid behind a bulkhead or whatever to drink this , er if you got caught by the foreman or the manager or somebody , then you were more or less bagged on the spot . |
| 29 | Peter , you were were you available at any of those times ? |
| 30 | And did you think that the Germans were were bad or ? |