Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] they [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | hens who were once the oats were so were sown they had to they were closed down and that . |
| 2 | Finally , on Feb. 14 one of the remaining individuals was found not guilty , and although the other four were convicted they received on Feb. 17 in each case only suspended prison sentences ranging from 12 to 18 months . |
| 3 | Although the Orcs and Goblins were beaten they accounted for only a small part of Skarsnik 's horde . |
| 4 | When government cash was withdrawn they applied to several charitable foundations for funding . |
| 5 | Well all we had was Broadfield School and that 's where my boys had to go to Broadfield , they went into Broadfield School and erm , they all got on alright you know , they got on well there and then from there they went to when the new school was built they went to Netteswell school you see , but two of my sons are electricians and unfortunately the eldest one , one of the electricians I could n't put him to apprentice because I could n't afford it cos I had a hard to struggle to bring them up you know in those days , we did n't get erm any family allowance or anything those days , and erm , so therefore he could n't go , but he sort of got on and got his own factory , but my other son who 's an electrician , one of the twins he 's erm , he 's got his City and Guilds he passed , he went , he was able to go to the school when the new schools were built you see , when Netteswell school was built he was able to go to night school and er learn all you see , then there was the one at Burnt Mill was n't there , down the bottom ? |
| 6 | I was told they sent for a nurse who came at me with a needle so I grabbed her by the breast and threw her down on the hors d'oeuvres . |
| 7 | It was believed they differed on how to deal with the US and that Mr Garcia had pushed for a stronger stance . |