Example sentences of "they [was/were] [adj] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They were all drinking some stirrup cup or other , you said . ’ |
| 2 | They were all fortified some time after the late third century and are characterized by their broadly rectangular shape and small size . |
| 3 | And along with their stirrup cups , they were all eating humble pie . |
| 4 | They were all eating miniature versions of proper food — a sliver of lamb like a lark 's tongue , a single braised spinach leaf , a mushroom tart no bigger than a cuff-link — like guests in a doll 's house , and trying to ignore the fact that the area around their table , which might have provided space for twelve to stand at a pinch , had now about 300 people in it . |
| 5 | But they were all squiring young women . |
| 6 | They were all wearing white gloves and their hands were inside a big glass box . |
| 7 | They were pleased to have new clothes of their own and had enjoyed the company and the attention they 'd received . ’ |
| 8 | Working the 2 Step programme becomes progressively more relevant on a daily basis in the recognition that it provides such a superb philosophy of life than many recovering people come to consider that they were fortunate to have addictive disease because it led them to the 12 Step Programme . |
| 9 | Although these may not be the brightest of economic policies in a country with huge food subsidies and 60%-plus annual inflation , the opposition decided they were necessary to prevent social unrest and further strikes . |
| 10 | In many cases the Romans merely paved the existing roadways , but their needs were not always those of their predecessors , and they were obliged to pioneer new routes . |
| 11 | They were obliged to reject any book which was " contrary to good life or good manners " . |
| 12 | So economic egalitarianism was not a dominant theme in Zuwaya talk of the just society : people approved of wealth used properly , hoped to acquire it themselves , and when they were successful regarded wealth-sharing arrangements within the tribe as a no doubt prudent , but also morally desirable , way of making money grow . |
| 13 | These economists were ready to accept that there probably did exist a particular unemployment rate at which inflation was neither rising nor falling but they were unwilling to associate this rate with a state of overall full employment . |
| 14 | They were first interviewed 13 years ago in 1977-78 and were last interviewed in 1988 . |
| 15 | They were apt to see contemporary man in a radically alienated situation : estranged from his divine origins , from nature , from his fellow-men . |
| 16 | About 250 international observers — from 14 countries and the UN , the Organization of African Unity ( OAU ) and the European Communities ( EC ) — monitored the proceedings , although they were unable to visit all regions . |
| 17 | For various reasons they were unable to attend this meeting , and so all the arresting officers could do was to take the names of those who were present . |
| 18 | Watching him , they were unable to see each other so could only guess at what warned him . |
| 19 | The trolley-buses were able to manoeuvre to the curbside , but they were unable to pass each other and frequently , in awkward manoeuvres , one or both arms became disconnected from the overhead cables , resulting in a loss of power and the trolley-bus coming to a standstill . |
| 20 | Dr Tom McManus of the IIRS got up again to say that an assistant to Dr Selikoff at Mount Sinai had told him they were unable to associate any increase in asbestos-related disease to exposure below 100 nanograms , while 100,000 was considered tolerable in a factory ! |
| 21 | They were unable to pursue any line of inquiry which transgressed across the frontiers of authority of the intelligence organisations . |
| 22 | They decided to upgrade their horses by using foreign stallions , but as they were unable to buy Arabian stallions they decided to use English Thoroughbreds instead . |
| 23 | Local shopkeepers said they were unable to hear any explosion . |
| 24 | They were unable to find any link when other variables like prices and incomes were taken into account . |
| 25 | Even as other abolitionists refused that logic they were unable to find any means of reasserting the vitality of the emancipation cause and of recovering an integrated antislavery culture such that loyalty to their identity as abolitionists took precedence over religious and political differences . |
| 26 | Anne managed to get a few days off work during his ten-day leave , and as he had few relatives to visit , they were able to spend blissful hours alone . |
| 27 | First , they were able to spend more time looking at the characteristics of the turbulent environment outside the plant and exploring the implications of specific developments for their operation . |
| 28 | They say the majority of the staff group they met considered they were able to foster better relations when prisoners wore civilian clothes . |
| 29 | The reason why the ’ three wise men ’ report was produced so quickly is that the three people whom I invited to deliver it — Mr. Alexander , Mr. Rose and Mr. Woodhead — had behind them a lifetime of experience and close involvement with primary schools , and they were able to distil that lifetime 's knowledge very rapidly . |
| 30 | Immediately they thought they would make a fortune if they were able to sell this food in shops . |