Example sentences of "[verb] [was/were] [verb] they [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On April 15 a group of doctors threatened to strike against the curfew , which they alleged was preventing them from attending patients . |
| 2 | All she had to do was hold them at bay for a few weeks . |
| 3 | Respondents were asked to describe how they would like to expand their training programmes : this elicited needs that libraries perceived as significant but which were not being satisfied , and information about the factors that they felt were preventing them from undertaking ‘ enough ’ training . |
| 4 | So erm I do n't whether or not I s I still do n't think they were ultimately revolutionary , I think they were just erm people who they think were exploiting them at the time sort of erm you know in a certain situation |
| 5 | Cricklewoods I think were selling them about sort of fifteen quid each . |