Example sentences of "and they [vb past] [pers pn] was [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they felt he was bored at home because they 're out quite a lot |
| 2 | I asked them about the war , and they said it was okay , but you could see in their eyes they did n't mean it . |
| 3 | We rang the poliuce and they said it was okay to come |
| 4 | Simon was drinking like a fish ; he was n't getting on with Mary at all ; he was working too much , and they said he was worried as he was about to switch Parties . |
| 5 | I pointed to my mouth and they understood I was hungry . ’ |
| 6 | But we said we , we could n't give over laughing about that and they thought it was hilarious because it , it 's like C & A 's they used to always say , nineteen and eleven or nine and eleven or , it was always the |
| 7 | They had a debate about it at Oxford or Cambridge recently and they thought it was alright . ’ |