Example sentences of "they [was/were] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the higher standard of living they were offering most of their inhabitants , they were economically a little too isolated to attract much attention . |
| 2 | Do not let tax issues drive the deal -eg British & Commonwealth loan notes may have deferred CGT but they were ultimately a disaster for vendors who took them . |
| 3 | I mean she 's talking about it and I said well I thought at five they were probably a bit young . |
| 4 | It is not clear if there were particular economic motives for these killings , or if they were simply a matter of xenophobia . |
| 5 | They were barely a yard apart now . |
| 6 | The sudden motion brought her forward a step , so that suddenly they were barely a breath apart . |
| 7 | They were both a little too adult to care what other people thought . |
| 8 | They were otherwise a very disparate group of seven . |
| 9 | The detached , amused part of Phoebe sometimes thought that her main feeling at these parties was a wish that she , and everyone else too , would dare to improve the quality of the wine , but they were all too self-consciously afraid of being mistaken for Yuppies , despite the fact they were mostly a little too old and slightly too poor . |
| 10 | They were mostly a little lonely and disorientated , enjoying none of the ( few ) advantages of the ordinary boarding-school , and too few in number to feel any sense of corporate identity . |
| 11 | Tournaments were frowned upon by the church but in banning them Henry was not doing as he was told by the Pope ; rather he was , as so often , following in the footsteps of his grandfather , Henry J. They were clearly a threat to public order . |
| 12 | They were clearly a family treasure . |
| 13 | The Princess found herself pigeon holed for a long time as a result of those early associations , but they were nevertheless a useful apprenticeship . |
| 14 | Many judicial rights were more trouble than they were worth , but , burdensome or trivial , they were nevertheless a foundation of aristocratic influence ; in half the villages and towns as mayor , councillor , or judge , the lord or his representative stood between the subject and his king . |
| 15 | Nothing is known of them outside the Bible , but they were evidently a race of Goliaths . |
| 16 | They were even an improvement on the normal spiral stairs supplied by other manufacturers , some of which made an uncomfortably tight spiral . |
| 17 | All types of medicines reputed to be the equal of branded goods except that generally they were just a load of rubbish . |
| 18 | Initially the reaction of many to Take That was that they were just a bunch of pretty boys with no talent . |
| 19 | I remember myself , one time we had we had two grand fields and it were They were almost ripe when it came an awful time of rain , and they were just a sort of flattened . |
| 20 | The potential to encourage lifestyle changes that would make retailing more environmentally sustainable are more limited than they were just a decade ago . |
| 21 | The Romans were very good at that , ultimately they just they were just a powerful military force , but they were also very clever about the way they they kept their influence in various countries . |
| 22 | They were just a few suggestions on display at a Christmas food festival , and traders are proud to say that they 're all produced locally . |
| 23 | Um Thomas Carlisle um wen was very much impressed by the work of people like Wordsworth and Coleridge because they were just a bit before him and he actually went and met Coleridge . |
| 24 | ‘ They were just an extra chore to do before he came home . ’ |
| 25 | To the rest of the guests , they were just an old couple getting to know one another . |
| 26 | They were also a happy crowd . |
| 27 | To some extent they were also a confirmation . |
| 28 | Thus , while the 1950s and 1960s saw a growth in employment , they were also a period of significant delocalization and the manufacturing sector was increasingly composed of ‘ branch plants ’ . |
| 29 | They were also a response to demands for a form of participation . |
| 30 | But they were also a guarantee . |