Example sentences of "[was/were] they [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where were they on the Sunday , that 'd be what … ? ’ |
| 2 | Mm , were they on the dock ? |
| 3 | So how much were they at the Swan 's then ? |
| 4 | Rye is officially what is called an ‘ Ancient Town ’ attached to the Cinque Ports , those small ports along the coasts of Kent and East Sussex which were fortified against the French ; so necessary were they to the Crown that , in 1278 , they were given legal privileges : exemption from taxes , the right to rule themselves and appoint their own judges . |
| 5 | Ceauşescu was happy to meet this condition : for him , as for any true follower of Lenin , a trade union was ‘ a transmission belt of authority ’ ; if the union officials could not get the workers to meet their targets , failed to anticipate strikes , and then did not resolve them at once , what use were they to the regime ? |
| 6 | They would lie like flatfish to protect each other from parental awareness , and so certain were they of the rightness of their cause — which was , in many cases , the pursuit of uninterrupted idleness and pleasure — that no one could disbelieve them . |
| 7 | Were they in the interests of freedom to follow tradition and protect and facilitate a march , albeit odious in its characteristics , or were they to seek a ban under the Public Order Act 1936 ? |
| 8 | How old were they in the family ? |
| 9 | Were they in the cellar ? |