Example sentences of "[subord] they [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coventry v Arsenal Arsenal return to one of the few grounds where they were beaten last season , with their match winner against Manchester United , Groves , likely to partner Smith up front again . |
| 2 | Although they were playing stereotyped conspirators , innocents , prostitutes , courtiers and lackeys each role had a personality of its own and thus a semblance of reality . |
| 3 | There are undoubtedly people who will still say , ‘ I do n't want my little Johnny to get food poisoning and that 's the end of the story , ’ — although unfortunately , they would be misled if they were to choose irradiated food for that reason . ’ |
| 4 | But if they were to examine that bullet hole and find it was caused by the same sort of gun that killed her … ’ |
| 5 | Those with 16 or 17 passes but meeting all other requirements , and who could not keep within the ‘ 21 rule ’ if they were to take additional modules are awarded a degree without honours . |
| 6 | It was necessary therefore to originate our national network shows early in the evening if they were to reach other parts of the country before their respective peak listening hours had passed into bedtimes . |
| 7 | Patients were not included in the study if they had undergone previous gastric surgery or if they were receiving cytotoxic drugs or >5 mg/day prednisolone . |
| 8 | If they were to talk all night , they would still be no nearer to viewing life from a similar standpoint . |
| 9 | The defe most people , if they 've revised , would do very well on any one of these as a single essay if they were given three hours . |
| 10 | Educated Africans , he saw , would only fully accept European rule if they were given some access to the central institutions of government . |
| 11 | Some of these children , if they were given this attention over a two year period , could overcome this and go into the secondary school able to cope and take their place alongside the other children , and this is desperately important . |
| 12 | It was as if they were volunteering two minutes , silence . |
| 13 | The initial record of all food and drink consumed for a week helped us to see if our clients were depriving themselves of food for long periods and if they were eating balanced meals . |
| 14 | He and the other members of the company were picking out shapeless ingots , precious gems and buckled coins , licking their fingers as they burnt them , as if they were pulling roast chestnuts out of a grate . |
| 15 | Here part-time members could take on a significant role if they were allocated specific monitoring responsibilities and duties , but their current situation and pay militates against that ( Henney , 1984 ) . |
| 16 | Asked to name sources of credit out of the blue , people might well simply leave out or forget about some sources which in practice they could use , if they were offered that type of credit when they were buying . |
| 17 | Oxford had a lot to do if they were to stand any chance of taking on Italian opposition . |
| 18 | The last day of November 1845 was set by the Board of Trade as the day on which all new railway plans had to be lodged if they were to stand any hope of a parliamentary hearing . |
| 19 | The early fusion experiments looked as if they were making great strides toward the desired goal . |
| 20 | But like , I mean I do n't mind the blood or whatever , and if they were doing little things , I could handle it , but like , like on that op , operation that woman was having the other day and they cut her open and they just pulled |
| 21 | But like I mean , I do n't mind the blood or whatever , and if they were doing little things I could handle it but like , like on that op op , operation that woman was having the other day and they cut her open and they just pulled . |
| 22 | The obvious solution was to sell the leases to the operators and for them to decide what investment was required if they were to attract new business . |
| 23 | This is because economic loss can be of unforeseen proportions , can far exceed , in many cases the total contract value , and thus be a risk which it is for all practical purposes beyond the financial strength of most businessmen to assume , particularly if they were to accept such risks routinely in all their business dealings . |
| 24 | Trials were selected if they were randomised controlled trials assessing polychemotherapy vs supportive care with palliative treatments in non-resectable NSCLC ( stage III B and IV — International Union Against Cancer 1987 ) . |
| 25 | The Workers ' Birth Control Group was anxious to show that women were not going to renege on motherhood if they were permitted easier access to birth control information : ‘ the committee of this organisation consists of married women who have children , and they are not in any way out to say it is a good thing not to have children ’ . |
| 26 | If they were to find dry kindling to light a fire to cook their heron Marian knew they would have to stop soon , but not until they had found the stream again and crossed it . |
| 27 | In her opinion it was necessary if they were to have any hope of advancement . |
| 28 | Many do not remain sufficiently long as temporary workers or with any one agency to be entitled to any rights even if they were to have dependent employee status . |
| 29 | Because the term is uncorrelated with the forecast error , v t ( if they were correlated superior forecasts could be obtained , thus violating the rational expectations hypothesis ) , if we rewrite equation ( 3.1 ) as : and take the variance of both sides of the equation , we obtain : |
| 30 | When I first got it in the I was a bit , well it do n't sound too hard , bit down hard , but then again they were in a rush , I said there 's your present and I gave it to them , and they unwrapped it and me mum says oh come on we 'll be late for the club , cos they were getting free drinks at the pub , oh she , she did n't even want to look at it , I said oh , and she looked at it |