19 verses have
were
in Edition Clear Qur'an by Talal Itani / Al-Anbiyaa (The Prophets)

21:8We did not make them mere bodies that ate no food, nor were they immortal.

21:14They said, “Woe to us; we were unfair.”

21:17If We wanted amusement, We could have found it within Us, were We to do so.

21:22If there were in them gods other than God, they would have gone to ruin. So glory be to God, Lord of the Throne, beyond what they allege.

21:30Do the disbelievers not see that the heavens and the earth were one mass, and We tore them apart? And We made from water every living thing. Will they not believe?

21:41Messengers before you were also ridiculed, but those who jeered were surrounded by what they had ridiculed.

21:46And when a breath of your Lord’s punishment touches them, they say, “Woe to us, we were truly wicked.”

21:73And We made them leaders, guiding by Our command; and We inspired them to do good works, and to observe the prayer, and to give out charity. They were devoted servants to Us.

21:74And Lot—We gave him judgment and knowledge, and We delivered him from the town that practiced the abominations. They were wicked and perverted people.

21:76And Noah, when he called before. So We answered him, and delivered him and his family from the great disaster.

21:77And We supported him against the people who rejected Our signs. They were an evil people, so We drowned them all.

21:78And David and Solomon, when they gave judgment in the case of the field, when some people’s sheep wandered therein by night; and We were witnesses to their judgment.

21:82And of the devils were some that dived for him, and performed other, lesser tasks. But We kept them restrained.

21:84So We answered him, lifted his suffering, and restored his family to him, and their like with them—a mercy from Us, and a reminder for the worshipers.

21:86And We admitted them into Our mercy. They were among the righteous.

21:88So We answered him, and saved him from the affliction. Thus We save the faithful.

21:90So We answered him, and gave him John. And We cured his wife for him. They used to vie in doing righteous deeds, and used to call on Us in love and awe, and they used to humble themselves to Us.

21:97The promise of truth has drawn near. The eyes of those who disbelieved will stare in horror: “Woe to us. We were oblivious to this. In fact, we were wrongdoers.”

21:103The Supreme Fear will not worry them, and the angels will receive them: “This is your Day which you were promised.”