Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] they [was/were] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The established , and now publicized , fact that women 's sexual capacity increases with age , at least until the late twenties , and stays at this peak for decades , while men 's is already declining , came as a shock both to men , who suddenly discovered they were the unlucky sex , and to women who had not realized what they had been missing . |
| 2 | No I think he generally thought they were the same thing , I think I would of done if I was n't an educationalist , but I mean it 's his business to know really is n't it ? |
| 3 | I walked alongside the men at the head of the column and soon learned they were the Black Watch , a well-known Scottish regiment . |
| 4 | Generally small and well kept , the more well kept they were the deader they were . |
| 5 | They specifically denied they were the Arab Revolutionary Cells Group , originally believed to be holding Mr Reed . |