Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] the [adj] [noun] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh I wish we were the last people they might have keep it |
| 2 | They were the last words they spoke to each other . |
| 3 | It was the nearest thing they could get to having a castratus ; he was already a political eunuch , him and Teixeira both . |
| 4 | It was the first time they had ever spoken of the affection they felt . |
| 5 | It was the first time they had met although he had known of her existence as he had of all the handful of people who lived , as the Lydsett villagers said , ‘ t' other side of the gate ’ . |
| 6 | It was the first time they 'd heard him admit the Store was built by humans . |
| 7 | It was the first time they had conceded four goals at home since the Manchester United of Charlton , Law and Best rammed four past them in 1969 . |
| 8 | I was playing loads of rave music , and at the end they were begging us not to go off because it was the first time they 'd ever heard it properly . |
| 9 | It was the first time they had been alone together since Abbotsfield . |
| 10 | Not that it was the first time they 'd been cut . |
| 11 | But it was the first time they had ever lived privately together . |
| 12 | This week it was the first time they 've been beaten by the Irish in the league . |
| 13 | It was the first time they had mentioned the third who was there in the room with them , though they had both felt his presence , and she , indeed , had lived with it close and uncomforted for a year . |
| 14 | I once conducted a major European orchestra , a German orchestra , and I conducted the introduction Allegro of Elgar and it was the first time they 'd ever , ever played any Elgar , and they did n't like the piece . |
| 15 | The digger careered around in a big circle , so that when the two humans crawled out of the wreckage it was the first thing they saw . |
| 16 | But it was the first place they 'd owned together , after years of managing hotels for other people . ’ |
| 17 | It was the first letter they had ever received from him . |
| 18 | Nick 's friends wrote that it was the best party they had ever been to , a truly unforgettable occasion . |
| 19 | They say when are you going to stop it , and I say , when am I going to stop it , when am I — it was the second night they were in the bar together after their week of absence I remember . |
| 20 | It was the second time they had broken up and been reconciled . |
| 21 | It was the second time they 'd searched for her , following sightings in North Oxford . |
| 22 | It was the ninth time they had passed 50 points this season , and David Johnson took his tally past 400 with three penalties , a drop goal and three conversions . |
| 23 | It was the only chance they had to let off any steam . |
| 24 | It was very useful for people , because it was the only way they could get the bit of money on a Monday . |
| 25 | Ana was no doubt used to having a chaperon as she was blind , and in this case it was the only way they would be allowed to leave the proximity of the hacienda . |
| 26 | It was from Egypt , too , that the Minoans imported a limited range of manufactured goods ; the fact that nearly all the imports of manufactured goods were Egyptian reflects the Minoans ' admiration for Egyptian culture : possibly it was the only culture they regarded as the equal of their own . |
| 27 | These children would be billeted out among local families , and for some it was the only holiday they ever had . |
| 28 | It was the only pleasure they seemed to share . |
| 29 | It was the only thing they had , they 'd got nothing except , I think it was . |
| 30 | They all loved it , thought it was the greatest thing they 'd ever drunk . ’ |