Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [verb] they [prep] [art] " 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 | The following details of courses were sent to us recently but we were unable to include them in an earlier issue . |
| 5 | The day-to-day operation of power stations remained under the control of the six National Grid Control Centres , which ( now they were freed from the financial provisions which had governed their relationship to the independent undertakings ) were able to run them in a more efficient merit order , reducing the cost of generation . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I think it would have been perhaps better if you , somehow er , maybe er I du n no , you could erm , nothing to do with you so you ri you 're not in a position to be able to move them erm but if it was possible to put them in a , a different situation I think would have made a more interesting picture . |
| 9 | I hunted buffalo in the swamps at Bilen ; it was exciting following them through the dense reed beds . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Breeze had already heard the family mentioned the day before , at the Vicarage , and was interested to see them in the flesh . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It was ludicrous to see them as a threat to security . |
| 14 | Because the cattle were the principal users of straw , it was important to have them near the barn . |
| 15 | She was able to repeat them at the trial of the young man — and he was sentenced to seven years in prison . |
| 16 | A few days later , immediately alongside the busy M40 , a pause at traffic-lights enabled me to glance at a dense assembly of birds , as closely-packed as starlings , extending for almost a quarter of a mile along the edge of the arable field , and I was able to identify them as a mixture of Lapwing and ‘ goldies , ’ all immobile , and many of the latter with their heads tucked in as if fast asleep . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |