Example sentences of "[pron] be [noun] [pron] were " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are tears Which were never shed . |
| 2 | When we were children we were told that we would be sent there if we were naughty . |
| 3 | No , even before this coming to be er came to be we were there and we were men who were different and some of us were even gods and we were pure souls and intellects . |
| 4 | It was found that there were problems which were common to both the payroll and the interface projects enabling them to be solved by the same remedy . |
| 5 | Six nappies , even wet ones , did not weigh that much , and there were others who were willing to help . |
| 6 | Uncle George was kind to me when there were others who were not . ’ |
| 7 | At the same time there were others who were resolutely opposed to the APU and its philosophy . |
| 8 | However , if many members found Reagan personally impressive , there were others who were disconcerted by his folksy , anecdotal style and alarmed by his insecure grasp of detail . |
| 9 | As he spoke there were others who were not enjoying themselves quite so much , for the wind had got up and men were finding out what the soft spring this year had done to nurture growth in the grass lurking on either side of the fairways . |
| 10 | There were some people , some schools , who said ‘ yes , it 's absolutely vital , we just could not get on without it at all ’ and there were others who were questioning whether that was money spent the best way for special needs . |
| 11 | There were obviously men in Hollywood who wanted to use social themes , there were audiences who were willing to attend these films , and there were critics who were prepared to praise and even honour these films . |
| 12 | We could suggest that there could be beliefs of type 1 if there were beliefs which were justified by appeal to the facts and that a belief could be so justified if it was caused by the facts . |
| 13 | There were two key components to this , there were things that er were labelled feature demons and there were things which were labelled cognitive demons . |
| 14 | Where there were differences they were between London and America , not England and America and were no greater than between London and the provinces where the industrial revolution was changing the world . |
| 15 | There are a few works which I would have loved to have borrowed but which were simply too fragile to travel , and there were works which were prohibited by reasons of the terms under which they were given to a particular collection , the Barnes Foundation , for example . |
| 16 | There were girls who were prepared to put up with fat . |
| 17 | There were children who were loved and who were lovable . |
| 18 | There was not a set list of admissible wordings ; there were wordings which were common , but that was all . |
| 19 | Well there were electricians there were carpenters , the carpenters were into directly involved with building aircraft but they used to create the engines and make engine stands such things and do maintenance work around . |
| 20 | There was little doubt that there were men who were as eligible , whose names would have aroused less comment . |
| 21 | ( The fear looms that the all-important reference might then contain sentences like ‘ However Miss Smith is prone to emotional displays , and to occasional lapses of judgement ’ — as if there were people who were n't . ) |
| 22 | Clearly there were people who were worse off than me . |
| 23 | There were obviously men in Hollywood who wanted to use social themes , there were audiences who were willing to attend these films , and there were critics who were prepared to praise and even honour these films . |
| 24 | So there was way they were going to let the standard bearer go on his own and face all these fierce fighters . |
| 25 | and Jenny was saying she went to Debenhams yesterday they had a twelve day spectacular at eight thirty to eight thirty at night there was clothes they were half price plus you got a third of ten per cent off . |
| 26 | that er , oh course , like everywhere else , like the building of Stansted Airport or the , you know , there was people who were against , I mean the beautiful countryside spoilt by a New Town , so they had these committees and brigadier |
| 27 | Well if I know who they are and I do n't know where they come from I 'll just put who they are day I were talking to them and dash it . |
| 28 | The essence of Hollywood was that it used actors who became real before the camera ; they were not ciphers there to be manipulated by an all-powerful director but they were actors who were able to combine natural qualities and varied skills and techniques in such a way as to create an on-camera identity . |
| 29 | They were places which were easy to defend . |
| 30 | Now the main target of the attack were the , the local tyrants , the evil gentry and the , the lawless landlords , people who 'd previously held power before who the peasants , or who the communists were trying to , to take the power away from , they , they were people who were it was possible to motivate the peasants against er again phrasing everything , er the people are evil , you know , that they , they were tyrants . |