Word: weren
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...then everyone went into the darkened theatre and wriggled and twisted in his seat and felt vaguely that Shaw must be hitting at him, just because Shaw was always hitting at him. One cannot blame them for wriggling, for when they weren't suffering for the actors. The actors didn't know their lines and took little pains to conceal the state of affairs from the audience. And the audience was far more distressed than the old stagers of the Repertory...
Repertory--"Caesar and Cleopatra", at 8.10: As if these two weren't made enough fun of anyway...
...know you weren't speaking to me, but I heard it and so did the Court. I object to that remark and I want it put in the record. This cross-examination may seem tedious to you, but I have my duty to perform and I am going to perform...
...Well, Mr. Field," said the canny Scot, "perhaps you weren't worth any more...
...scarcely realize it, but Harvard is a great city now. Why, twenty years ago, if I wanted my front porch repaired, I called the Superintendant of Buildings. He sent a carpenter. The other day he said that properly the new fixtures for my house weren't under his jurisdiction. Someone else must handle that...