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The phrase "a dummy were" is not correct and usable in written English.
It seems to be a grammatical error, as "were" is typically used with plural subjects or with the subjunctive mood, and "a dummy" is singular.
Example: "If a dummy were to speak, it would be quite surprising."
Alternatives: "a dummy might" or "a dummy could".
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Jenkin's stunt double and a dummy were placed in the car as the rotisserie spun with additional effects work used to animate the dummy as the car rolled.
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Certainly Barr, while by no means a dummy, is not.
A "dummy" is the British term for what we would call a pacifier or soother.
("You Can Learn a Lot From a Dummy" was the slogan).
A dummy is not going to want to steer or brake or anything like a real person would.
The only person in the movie who's not a dummy is Wanda Sykes, as Viola's wisecracking assistant.
For those less ingenious than Alan, the fact that they were "throwing" their own voices into a dummy was all too visible.
"A dummy is a pretty simplified version of a human," Hu explains.
A member of staff has been suspended after a dummy was found taped to a baby's face at Stafford Hospital.
A dummy was used to obtain the trampling shot in this sequence.
A dummy was used against a green screen and the head was detonated at the point when the object was about to impact the body.
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