Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] the [adj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | So for things to get better they had to get worse ; the worse they were the better they 'd be in the future ; they could n't even start to get better before they 'd started to go drastically downhill . |
| 2 | Generally small and well kept , the more well kept they were the deader they were . |
| 3 | It was the former they were studying . |
| 4 | Both Bryan Robson and Alex Ferguson said it was the best they had ever seen a Wimbledon side play — it makes a change to get credit when it 's due . ’ |
| 5 | They boasted that it was the worst they 'd ever known , and could expect a million profit with confidence . |