Example sentences of "[prep] were " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos you were going up there before twenty five past were n't you ? |
| 2 | Writing to Ellen , never her most sympathetic correspondent , was dreary work since all she could think of were frantic pleas to tell her of Oreste and she grew tired of begging long before she reached the end of the first sheet . |
| 3 | The association released details of a survey of 244 carers showing that half of were unsure of their duties under the Act . |
| 4 | The only vehicles Irena took any notice of were the thin double trams , locked inscrutably into their own system , clanging their way up and down the narrow streets making unmistakable tram noises . |
| 5 | The bricks it was built of were old and crumbly and very pale red . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , what Simon could or thought he could dispose of were the pictures . |
| 7 | Before the case came to a hearing Parliament sought to improve the revenue 's position by enacting with retrospective effect section 47(1) of the Finance Act 1986 , but this proved ineffective for the purpose and on 31 July 1987 Nolan J. [ 1987 ] S.T.C. 654 decided that the regulations complained of were ultra vires and void in so far as they purported to provide for the imposition of tax on interests and dividends paid by building societies prior to 6 April 1986 , and made an order accordingly . |
| 8 | Mr. Ashworth cited numerous cases in which the acts complained of were in themselves unlawful and in which there are many references to unlawful acts in the context of public nuisance . |
| 9 | The plaintiffs claim damages from a number of defendants , including the third defendant , under the following heads : ( 1 ) general damages for conspiracy ; ( 2 ) exemplary damages on the basis that the acts complained of were calculated to make a profit for the conspirators or their companies and constituted a cynical disregard for the plaintiffs ' rights ; and ( 3 ) damages for deceit as an alternative to damages for conspiracy . |
| 10 | We have found that are very much more sensitive , for example in detecting instability , erm we found differences pressures of were much higher in ambulatory studies . |
| 11 | The ones he was proudest of were what he called aberrations ! |
| 12 | All I could think of were the smelly corridors , the dirty waiting room with cigarette butts all over the floor , the stares of the officers , the bunches of keys at their waists . |
| 13 | Let's If I write down Okay the which I 've just suddenly thought of were er |
| 14 | All the people Timothy Gedge had spoken of were there : Freddie Bywaters and Edith Thompson , Mrs Fulham , the beautiful Mrs Maybrick , Christie and Haigh and Heath , George Joseph Smith . |
| 15 | In the men 's team event the Guinness team of were runners up to the Gale 's team . |
| 16 | Mm , that 's right , I mean that 's what , sort of people like Harrison sort of were saying , is that , it , it 's still rational to move , even in the presence of very high , very high unemployment . |
| 17 | Yes , okay , could we ask Mr Chairman , on this particular thing on this arson business in one thing that we did express concern of were a number of years that are invariably are started we 've called in to do the research into this and the investigation , so ar does this add now the fact that you 're more sophisticated , does it now mean that your having more staff er , devoted to this , because this was a question that whether we should do it , or whether the police should be doing it ? |
| 18 | Not only having gone to higher standards of were but also looking to account a motion which has already been passed by the Environment Committee on the fourteenth of September nineteen ninety three and what I was basically saying was that erm incinerator should come to That 's Life that the current E E C proposals on erm that that and I know that 's not a rule but in fact when Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution is actually considering this want to draw their attention to a motion which in some cases were saying that we would expect the highest possible standards if those developments were to go ahead with the . |
| 19 | They were sort of were n't they . |
| 20 | All the love , warmth and passion she would ever be capable of were his . |
| 21 | COLLEAGUES of were shocked to hear of the senior executive 's sudden death on February 17 at the age of 53 . |
| 22 | I thought perhaps he 'd been to you and sort of were you interested and he he 'd come back . |
| 23 | As of were all a |
| 24 | And they come out and they sort of were looking around and there was a load of cars here . |
| 25 | Er Brothers of were manufacturers of sheep dips and various disinfectants . |
| 26 | Erm and that how that but through land reform it meant that how that you had erm credit difficulties and that how that landlords who prev previously provided the credit were no longer there and so that meant that how that erm that exasperated problems of increasing productivity and also there was a severe shortage of farm implements and animals cos they were n't redistributed , there was only the surplus that was taken away from the rich peasants and landlords , it meant that how that the , the rich peasants erm you know , got back er they sort of were a self-perpetuating elite in that how the poor peasants just did n't have the means to improving their production . |
| 27 | and it will not in that sense make any difference to God love , make a lot of difference to you and to me , but it will not make any difference to God 's love whether we spend our eternity in heaven or in hell , he will not love those in heaven any more than he loves those who are already , who will be punished for ever in hell , because God 's love is eternal , it did n't start at Bethlehem , it did n't start at Calvary and it does n't end when you and I die , as love is eternal , so God has provided salvation for every body and he offers salvation to all who will come to him in repent and and seine fe and except his salvation , you see when the Lord Jesus Christ died upon Calvary 's cross he died to make salvation available for who , for every body , you see he did n't just lay your sins on Jesus , listen to what the old testament profit Isaiah says , there in that tremendous fifty third chapter , and , and in what it 's in verse six , all of us says the profit like sheep have gone astray , each of us has turn to his own way , but the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all to fall on him , whether you and I reject Jesus Christ or accept him does not alter the fact that our sin was laid on Jesus the sins are the most awful person you can think of were laid on Jesus Christ , Jesus Christ paid the sins for , for , for , for men like Hitler , he paid theirs , the price for their sins , as much as he paid the price for the sins of somebody like St Francis of Assisi So God is not partial , it 's clear from scripture that all maybe saved , he made salvation available to all in that same book of Isaiah in chapter forty five , verse twenty two , it says look unto me all the ends of the earth are being saved said the Lord , in Romans one sixteen Paul says I am not ashamed of the gospel because it is the power of God onto salvation to all who will believe , and the verse we 've already quoted John three sixty , for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son , that who so ever believe in him should not perish , but have ever lasting life and Paul when writing to Timothy says he gives his own personal testimony he says this is a good and a faithful saying , it 's worthy of every body accepting that God desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth , so it 's quite clear that all maybe saved . |
| 28 | The only Unionists who conformed to the picture of what the party was supposed to be like were either men outside the mainstream like Milner , or men too junior to have much real influence like Steel-Maitland , Aitken , Amery and Goulding . |
| 29 | Against were : Mr John Major , Mr Tony Newton and Mr Nicholas Ridley . |
| 30 | But maybe not , for on each side , one for , one against were ‘ Mr Graham ( merchant ) and Mr J. Nicolson ( merchant ) . ’ |