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A law where away beggars were punished. (O lege prin care cerşetorii erau pedepsiţi.)
After the accident the police were warning every one off. (După accident poliţiştii îi obligau pe cei de faţă să se ţină de o parte.)
Blows were raining upon him. (Asupra lui se abătuse o grindină de lovituri.)
Break were against us. (Am avut un ghinion nebun.)
His hopes were near fulfilment. (Puţin lipsea ca nădejdile sale să se împlinească.)
O, that it were possible. (O, de-ar fi posibil.)
Others were against the proposal. (Alţii erau împotriva propunerii.)
Practically there were no changes. (Practic nu au fost niciun fel de schimbări.)
Say it were true. (Să zicem că ar fi adevărat.)
Suppose the world were flat. (Să presupunem că lumea e plată.)
The birds were picking the grain. (Păsările ciuguleau boabele.)
The calculations were therefore revised accordingly. (Prin urmare, calculele au fost revizuite.)
The escaped prisoner's whereabouts were unknown. (Nu se ştia pe unde ar putea fi evadatul.)
The facts were withheld from hem. (Nu i s-au arătat faptele.)
The original measures were based on the dumping margin. (Măsurile iniţiale se bazau pe marja de dumping)
The parties were heard in oral argument. (Au fost ascultate susţinerile orale ale părţilor.)
The proportions of the catastrophe were hard to measure. (Era greu de stabilit proporţiile dezastrului.)
The stars were against it. (N-a vrut soarta!)
The waves were mountain high. (Valurile erau înalte cât munţii.)
There were five of them. (Erau cinci.)
There were giants in those days. (Grozave vremuri mai erau.)
There were may people on the platform. (Era multă lume pe peron.)
These claims were therefore rejected. (Prin urmare, aceste argumente au fost respinse.)
These measures were communicated to the commission. (Aceste măsuri au fost comunicate comisiei.)
These were the days! (De acele zile ne vom aminti toată viaţa!)
They were flown to the capital. (Au fost duşi cu avionul în capitală.)
They were his pride. (Ei erau mândria lui.)
They were sold for slaves. (Erau vânduţi ca sclavi.)
They were within sight. (Se puteau vedea.)
Things were all wrong. (Toate mergeau prost.)
Those were the days! (Ce vremuri!)
Three samples were analyzed. (Au fost analizate trei probe.)
Three zones were defined for the experiment. (S-au definit trei zone pentru experiment.)
Up to 100 guests were present. (Erau vreo 100 de oaspeţi.)
We were fellows at school. (Am fost colegi de şcoală.)
We were friends once. (Am fost cândva prieteni.)
We were perished with cold. (Eram rebegiţi de frig.)
We were shown over the castle. (Ni s-a arătat castelul.)
We were the worst treated. (Noi am fost cel mai prost trataţi.)
We were walking around. (Ne plimbam.)
Why were you absent from school? (De ce ai lipsit de la şcoală?)
You were wise not to go. (Bine ai facut că nu te-ai dus.)

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The bird wishes it were a cloud. The cloud wishes it were a bird. (Pasărea s-ar vrea nor. Norul s-ar vrea pasăre.) - Rabindranath Tagore
There were times when my pants were so thin, I could sit on a dime and know if it was heads or tails. (A existat o perioadă când pantalonii mei erau aşa de subţiri încât puteam să mă aşez pe o monedă şi să spun dacă e cap sau pajură.) - Spencer Tracy
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about. (Ne comportăm ca şi când confortul şi luxul ar fi cerinţe primordiale de viaţă, când tot ceea ce ne trebuie ca să fim fericiţi este ceva care să ne entuziasmeze.) - Charles Kingsley
How wonderful opera would be if there were no singers. (Cât de frumoasă ar fi opera dacă nu ar exista cântăreţii.) - Gioacchino Rosini
Lawyers, I suppose, were children once. (Avocaţii, presupun, au fost copii cândva.) - Charles Lamb
It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place. (E greu de crezut că un om spune adevărul când ştii că şi tu ai minţi dacă ai fi în locul lui.) - H.L. Mencken
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence. (Dacă râzi în sala de judecată, pedeapsa este şase luni de închisoare. Dacă nu ar exista această pedeapsă, juriul nu ar auzi niciodată mărturiile.) - H.L. Mencken
Only the winners decide what were war crimes. (Doar învingătorii decid care sunt crimele de război.) - Gary Wills
If there were no husbands, who would look after our mistresses? (Dacă nu ar exista soţii, cine ar mai avea grijă de iubitele noastre?) - George Moore
To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true! (E nobil să mori pentru o idee. Dar cât de nobil ar fi ca oamenii să-şi dea viaţa pentru idei adevărate!) - H.L. Mencken