Example sentences of "they [was/were] [verb] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The church had important links with the butchers of Prague and they were given the first chapel on the left at the W end in honour of their defence of Prague , once in 1611 against the troops from Passau , and again in 1648 , against the Swedes . |
| 2 | When they were doing the first picture they had , I think it was . |
| 3 | Men , I know , talk of such things with eagerness , with a little contempt ; it is as if they were describing the last meal they had , course by course . |
| 4 | Between them they were carrying the sixth figure — the limp , white faced form of Brett Grant . |
| 5 | They were saying the last time I heard them saying anything he was sort of going |
| 6 | Taking two , freshly caught Highland sea-trout , he placed them on the mud flats below the bridge , where they were found the next morning . |