Example sentences of "they [was/were] [pron] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had known when she set eyes on them that they were nothing to do with the Smoke and nothing to do with the expedition that was preparing . |
| 2 | There were odd moments when , for no reason , the two voices lifted off , as though they were nothing to do with the two people who did n't like one another . |
| 3 | This , in fact , is a relatively small total compared to the hundreds which some man-eaters killed before they were themselves removed from the earthly scene . |
| 4 | They took out large orders of tea and coffee on cardboard trays , and after wondering for a while if they were anything to do with the film business Lucy finally decided that every last one of them was probably either a builder or a shopfitter . |
| 5 | But they were on this bonus system you know , they were you know on the bonus but they were n't quarry men . |