Example sentences of "they [was/were] [adv] [verb] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the white man came ( what a familiar and mournful phrase ) they were not allowed the same freedom to repossess their cattle . |
| 2 | But they were probably saying the same thing at the end of the 1960s after the Socialist Party of the day , the Federation de la Gauche Democrate et Socialiste , had won a mere 16.5 per cent of the vote in the 1968 general election and Gaston Deferre , their candidate in the following year 's presidential election had polled just 5 per cent . |
| 3 | They were both dressed the same , probably for the same reason , and yet it did n't seem to make any difference because all the action was in the eyes . |
| 4 | The five-strong crew thought they were about to suffer the same disaster that struck another British Airways flight in June 1990 . |
| 5 | Oh I , I should think that about fifteen years ago er when erm the lighting manufacturers had decided that er there was a great deal more available in lighting than just the erm , type of glass bowls and shades that had been used , well in between the wars er , I mean after the war was over in nineteen forty six er they were still using the same things that they did before the war and this just carried on er and er it , it only within the last what I suppose fifty years that 's over |
| 6 | The change in their knowledge and expectations was accompanied by a change in what they saw , although they were still viewing the same physical objects . |