Example sentences of "[noun sg] they [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it was telling you you know say they were , for argument 's sake they was buying this house that was sort of up north and that . |
| 2 | Schools seem less reluctant to accept that the difficulties some children experience may well point to a more general problem in school or classroom interaction ; and teachers who have been helped to respond more appropriately to those pupils whom they had found most difficult to teach , have found that in the process they were becoming better teachers to their other pupils as well , with their job satisfaction rising accordingly . |
| 3 | So under the unlikely moon they were talking marital shop . |
| 4 | Their latest single Could It Be Magic has shot into the chart at No 9 , and earlier this week they were voted Best Band In The World by the all-powerful 11-16 year-old group in the Smash Hits Awards . |
| 5 | But against a resolute Portadown defence they were getting little change . |
| 6 | Members of the special constabulary and traffic wardens had been staffing telephones to deal with the ‘ tremendous ’ response from the public : every hour they were taking 150 calls . |
| 7 | There were concerns raised as to the sincerity of central government when at the same time as the cutbacks and increased homelessness they were building large shopping centres e.g. Castle Court . |
| 8 | On arrival they were given simple accommodation in the company camp and received their meals from the centralized kitchen . |
| 9 | In the meantime , he has given the socialists a much-needed shot in the arm which might just save them from the total disaster they were expecting next month . |
| 10 | In the meantime , he has given the Socialists a much-needed shot in the arm which might just save them from the total disaster they were expecting next month . |
| 11 | I really I was seeing her , because I was n't happy about the publicity , the way it had described audio description I did n't think it was good and Alex was unhappy about the way they were describing some language things , which cos they 're not doing erm , and we just went in and he just said right just , erm well I 've kept you some seats for a performance on the sixteenth of September , this was about the |
| 12 | Apparently they feared the burning timbers more than the bullets , but no doubt they were feeling some reaction after more than four hours in action : four hours of dodging snipers ' bullets and bursting open doors that all too often concealed a rifleman who fired , while around the houses a grenade could be dropped from any window . |
| 13 | At the same time they were given standard L.C.C . |
| 14 | In fact they were sold last year in the U K. |
| 15 | Still , he had a sense of movement ; as though in the quietness they were seeking some kind of glory . |
| 16 | The oversize was broken , or ragged , where it fell by older or stronger boys or women , using heavy sledgehammers , for which task they were paid 1½ pence per barrow load . |