Example sentences of "they [was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | And most of you are probably aware that last year the the company tried to renege on their P L C P L C status and buy out existing shareholders erm and the furore surrounding that erm the price that they were trying to repurchase the shares from the existing shareholders er caused a lot of discontentment er surrounding that scenario . |
| 2 | Would we believe someone who said they were viewing with enthusiasm the prospect of being 85 ? |
| 3 | They were putting into action the words of Sir Gordon Borrie : |
| 4 | Today they were going to replaster the house : not just the floor , which they did regularly when it became cracked and dusty , or on special occasions , such as when the house had been polluted by childbirth or death . |
| 5 | Today they were going to replaster the whole house : floors , ceilings , walls — inside and out . |