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Jake's parents knew his obsession with Star Trek (was, were) getting out of hand when he insisted that they call him Mr. Spock. |
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At one time the strait separating Alaska from Russia (was, were) frozen and people migrated across it into North America. |
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We (was, were) aghast at the amount of food my uncle was able to eat. |
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People who reported at least one half hour of brisk walking per week (was, were) half as likely to be overweight as those who didn't take walks. |
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We (was, were) pretty sure that the cub had been separated from its mother for quite some time. It was ravenous when we bottle fed it. |
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When our team won the championship, we (was, were) all ecstatic. |
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With the way Jordan is constantly getting to all of his meetings on time, you would think that he (was, were) omnipresent. |
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Her hearing impediment (was, were) diagnosed at a very early age, so she was able to learn how to read lips and use sign language to communicate. |
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Despite losing by 200 votes, Mike said he (was, were) satisfied with his campaign. |
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Although Taylor (was, were) just a peon in the company, she hoped to work hard enough to get promoted into a more important job one day. |
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He (was, were) able to compensate for being short by making every basket he shot. |
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We (was, were) ecstatic after the degenerate moved out of our neighborhood and into a different part of the city. |
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We were pretty sure that the cub had been separated from its mother for quite some time. It (was, were) ravenous when we bottle fed it. |
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Although she seemed very open to new ideas, most of her views (was, were) quite puritanical. |
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When Samuel regained his consciousness after the hard hit, he (was, were) a little dazed at first, but then remembered that he had been playing football when he got hurt. |
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We weren't sure if the tome would look good on our small coffee table, but we (was, were) pleasantly surprised that the large dictionary looked great. |
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The appetizers (was, were) an excellent overture to the rest of the dinner. |
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After coming up short in the last boxing match, Dylan King (was, were) able to reclaim his title of State Champion. |
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I don't think we are behind anybody, but I would be arrogant if I said we (was, were) significantly ahead. |
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The speaker went on so much with his prattle that I (was, were) wondering why our school paid him to talk about nothing. |
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