Example sentences of "[vb past] they were [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , it was useful to both Romania and China to let Moscow know how deeply involved they were with the Americans , because such knowledge could deter Moscow from interfering in their internal affairs . |
| 2 | When she came to with a start she found they were in the car park below the ruins of the castle in Haverfordwest . |
| 3 | The joint team established that the temperature of the electrons in the T-3 tokamak really was as high as the Soviet scientists estimated they were on the basis of their less-direct measurements . |
| 4 | Just when it seemed they were on the slide they nit Leicester with all they had , running in seven tries in a 37–6 victory . |
| 5 | He guessed they were for the morals group , since neither he nor Mrs Frizzell ever really read a book , and he put them down again , still mystified . |
| 6 | It was then that Brough discovered they were in the middle of a minefield . |
| 7 | There followed a time of uncertainty but , it had been ‘ business as usual ’ at Alton General , with staff ‘ making do ’ and ‘ covering up the cracks ’ in their efforts to provide an atmosphere of peace and calm , however hard worked they were behind the scenes . |
| 8 | Checks revealed they were from the infected zone . |
| 9 | Checks revealed they were from the infected zone . |
| 10 | Theoretically , every person was subject to the whim of the sultan , which in practice meant they were at the mercy of his capricious subordinates . |
| 11 | Jenking said he thought they were on the Dean and that they would soon beat over it into deeper water . |
| 12 | Mm , I thought they were on the way here , I saw loads of for sale signs but I did n't see any new ones |
| 13 | And I get them er , I thought they were on the seat but they 're not . |
| 14 | The last I heard you thought they were behind the whole thing ! ’ |
| 15 | The Magharba leaders resisted this : they thought they were in the majority , and feared that after such a confrontation the Zuwaya might muster more voters for a second encounter . |
| 16 | A century and a half ago , the canal owners of England thought they were in the business of owning canals . |
| 17 | He would n't eat them , cos he thought they were in the other potato . |
| 18 | Spokesman Mr. Robinson said they were at the meeting to voice their objections to an application by Greenbanks Nursing Home to enlarge its premises . |
| 19 | 15% have plans underway , 10% said they were at the pilot stage and 11% are ‘ seriously considering ’ it — the other 56% have no open systems plans whatsoever . |
| 20 | But when people like Norman Jay and Omar said they were into the track , it sort of backed up in my own mind that it was a safe tune — they 're not the sort of people who give you compliments just to make you smile . ’ |
| 21 | Williams team management said they were on the protestors ' side . |
| 22 | Black labradors draped over chairs looked as ‘ buggered ’ as one of the ladies said they were after the four hour walk in the wake of their shooting husbands that morning . |