"But there were a couple "trouble songs" that just weren't working. They were o.k., but I wanted something different.

VOA: standard.2009.04.21

Because it was thought to be virgin, they weren't resistors, they weren't collaborators--it was there, it was martyred.

因为他本是一片净土,他们不是抵抗者,也不是法奸--只是因为存在所以殉难了

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

Well there weren't government banks; originally they were all private.

确实，不只政府银行在印制；,起初，所有银行都是私有的。

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But they weren't saying there was a link to al Qaeda, and they weren't saying it was weaponised and threatening us in 45 minutes.

BBC: Clare Short: "We were duped"

How could people be persuaded to trust local community services when they weren't there when and where they were needed?

BBC: Hywel, Betsi, Angela, Antoinette

He tried to explain that they had women at the next level down, but they weren't there in the room.

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