Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [verb] they [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | This year , by some freak of fate , the Mendozas had drawn the O'Briens in the first round , and were due to play them at the latter 's new polo club forty miles away on the first Saturday in December . |
2 | I do not therefore mind leaving these matters in the safe hands of the Germans , just as many nations before 1914 were content to leave them in the safe hands of the British . |
3 | Otherwise their existence might be a source of danger , for they had followings of their own which were likely to support them against the king in a political crisis . |
4 | So they progressed back again , Sir George clutching the letters , Maud the opened cocoon of linen and silk , and Roland the three dolls , out of some vague fancy that it was cruel to leave them in the dark . |
5 | Hooker replied that it was right to admit them to the Church 's Communion service , which , when he wrote , they were indeed obliged to attend by law . |
6 | I hunted buffalo in the swamps at Bilen ; it was exciting following them through the dense reed beds . |
7 | Prisoners offered the choice very rarely preferred death to the colonies but , because they were essentially treated in the same way as indentured servants , they could only go to America if a merchant was willing to take them on the basis of a calculation that he could sell their services at the other end . |
8 | Breeze had already heard the family mentioned the day before , at the Vicarage , and was interested to see them in the flesh . |
9 | The police questioned the three ‘ crew ’ , who were far too well trained to give anything away , and although forensic samples were taken from the Ouvéa it was impossible to examine them on the spot . |
10 | Because the cattle were the principal users of straw , it was important to have them near the barn . |
11 | She was able to repeat them at the trial of the young man — and he was sentenced to seven years in prison . |
12 | The staff were amazed at how quickly she grasped the various issues and was able to slot them into the incredible filing system of her memory . |
13 | I had seen them with the eyes of a young buy , but Edward who knew them well was able to interpret them with the mind of a man . |
14 | Die Entführung was being performed all over Austria and Germany , and , according to Leopold , the Berlin papers were advertising the new quartets , saying that Mozart 's name alone was sufficient to recommend them to the public : no other guarantee of quality was needed . |