Tom ve Mary bahçede idiler.
- Tom and Mary were in the garden.
James ve ben geçen ay Ribeirão Preto'da idik. O, São Paulo'da, Brezilyada bir şehirdir.
- James and I were in Ribeirão Preto last month. It's a city in São Paulo, Brazil.
O, bir bakıma, işin parçasıydı.
- That was, as it were, part of the job.
Bir bakıma, sorun çözülmüştür.
- As it were, the problem is solved.
If I were you, I'd see a doctor.
Konserde bir sürü insan vardı.
- There were lots of people at the concert.
Gökyüzünde görülen çok sayıda yıldızlar vardı.
- There were several stars to be seen in the sky.
Yet so strong is the parental ambition among those Polygons who are, as it were, on the fringe of the Circular class, that it is very rare to find a Nobleman of that position in society, who has neglected to place his first-born in the Circular Neo-Therapeutic Gymnasium before he has attained the age of a month.
Let's just say that mistakes were made. Twenty-eight years and plenty of mistakes were made.
John, you were the only person to see him.
They were a fine group.
We were about to leave.
Were father a king, we would have war. (= If father were a king,...).
Mary and John, you were right.