Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pron] be the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You stopped believing in Father Christmas , tooth fairies , paternal omniscience and in the sort of over-the-top crazy heart-thudding happy-ever-after love they told you was the ideal . |
| 2 | Because the senior members on the flats that have been living here since it was put up , when they came to live on complex , they reckoned it was the place to come and live . |
| 3 | They felt it was the duty of America to stop the world toppling to Communism and did everything they could to stop Ho Chi Minh . |
| 4 | It was just that erm the other varieties around were competing too heavily against it so they thought what 's the point of passing it on to the children . |
| 5 | We found out that they thought he was the captain giving out safety instructions because we were about to sink . |
| 6 | The unionists may say OK , but they would desert and rebel if they thought it was the beginning of a united Ireland . ’ |
| 7 | We have all come across women who had children by accident , because they thought it was the thing to do , or because they wanted to qualify for Council accommodation , and we have all come across women who expected someone else to do everything for them . |
| 8 | Ah , they thought it was the cleaning head . |
| 9 | Apparently they thought it was the cleaning heads by the , the heads of it , I do n't know , I know nothing about it . |
| 10 | First of all they said she was the villain . |