were very
Tom e Mary eram muito bons amigos.
Tom and Mary were very good friends.
Fisicamente, os dois homens eram muito diferentes.
Physically, the two men were very different.
Eles disseram que os custos de armazenamento eram muito altos.
They said the storage costs were too high.
Os pais de Tom eram muito rígidos.
Tom's parents were very strict.
As crianças eram muito pequenas, o que a gente ia fazer.
The children were very young, what were we going to do?
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Ela o conhece desde que eram muito novos.
She has known him since they were very young.
You were very strong.
As ideias dele eram muito extremas para mim.
His ideas were too extreme for me.
As coisas eram muito mais simples então.
Things were much simpler back then.
Pai e filho eram muito parecidos.
Father and son looked very much alike.