Example sentences of "they [was/were] [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were punished together by the priest in black in the crypt of the French Catholic church in Leicester Square , its sombreness relieved only by Jean Cocteau 's androgynous wall-paintings ; they were allowed no flowers and no music . |
| 2 | They were hunched together in the middle of the room . |
| 3 | Later that evening when they were seated comfortably in the bar Mary brought up the subject of the eerie feeling in the cutting ; they agreed it had been a most disturbing experience and that there must be some explanation . |
| 4 | Raine refused to speak to Diana 's mother in church even though they were seated together in the same pew . |
| 5 | They were drawing closer to the barrier now and Donna began looking for Julie , praying that her sister was waiting , hardly daring to contemplate what she would do if she was n't . |
| 6 | The non-provided schools , unless they were absorbed totally into the public system , had a choice of status . |
| 7 | They were killed almost to the man . |
| 8 | The Special Squads were the Nazis ' ‘ most demonic crime ’ , representing ‘ an attempt to shift on to others — specifically the victims — the burden of guilt , so that they were deprived even of the solace of innocence ’ . |
| 9 | I have suggested that they were replaced ecologically by the rhynchonellids . |
| 10 | They were appointed initially for the World Cup and then reappointed to take Wales through this season 's Five Nations Championship . |
| 11 | They were jounced mercilessly on the narrow fitted bench . |
| 12 | By the time they were lurching slowly along the cart track the wind had dropped , letting the clouds gather . |
| 13 | This situation could make receptiveness on ATB courses questionable but the people concerned were certain that if they were looking forward to the course they would ‘ switch over ’ fairly easily . |
| 14 | By this time , they were looking ahead to the long-term effects on the children of the arbitrary manner in which they had been removed , and the lengthy absence from their homes and families . |
| 15 | Even in extruded mesenchyme , they were detected only on the posterior side of the extrusion ( Fig. 2 g , and data not shown ) . |
| 16 | Formalities did not take long , and in no time they were riding upwards in the lift and then walking along a corridor to the door of Ven 's suite . |
| 17 | But whether they were related directly to the main body of the puzzle was not yet clear . |
| 18 | But , unless some of the coins had mortar still adhering to them , it would be more correct to assume that they were lost either during the demolition or in the occupation which followed . |
| 19 | Activists encamped for two months in the square until they were cleared away by the police at the end of May . |
| 20 | They were motivated also by the determination of the militant leadership not to be diverted by such activities from the pursuit of better wages and working conditions for their members . |
| 21 | Subsequent ribbon development has been so spectacular that they were booming even before the election announcement . |
| 22 | They were shooed away by the Sheikha , who rebuked them for being naughty and greeted me almost in the same breath . |
| 23 | The leader took the bridle of Thomas 's horse , another seized Corbett 's and they were led deeper into the forest . |
| 24 | Sensitive to open air and sometimes a sensation of breathlessness as if they were passing rapidly through the air . |
| 25 | They were done once at the other house were n't they ? |
| 26 | They were moving away from the fire door when there was a loud report , like a large cannon going off . |
| 27 | When the Hooligans first put in an appearance , the floggers and die-hards had been much in evidence , but they were eased aside with the growing recognition that Hooliganism was a pointer towards a general dislocation among the youth — and not just a ‘ hard core ’ — and that the problem was therefore immune to a narrow penal response . |
| 28 | Here and there a few barricades were erected but they were defended half-heartedly by the few who manned them . |
| 29 | From then on , Nos. 1–16 were transferred to the Sutton route in 1907 , and on which they were employed exclusively for the rest of their days . |
| 30 | But the congregation was urging them on , and the priest was waiting , and they were borne inwards by the crush of people . |