Anne ve babası gezisinin lehinde idi.
- His parents were in favor of his trip.
Tom ve Mary bahçede idiler.
- Tom and Mary were in the garden.
They were a fine group.
Were father a king, we would have war. (= If father were a king,...).
... We found, certainly, in the kinds of things we were ...
... important mistakes and that he wanted a job. You could debate whether they actually were ...