Example sentences of "they [was/were] [verb] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were asked to tick those that they associated with SF . |
| 2 | Page references have been included in this file as , a/though pub have covered indexes in their information skills course , this was of the first occasions when they were asked to take much of responsibility for their own project . |
| 3 | To oversimplify : very young children of both sexes were given similar sets of building blocks with which they were asked to construct some sort of dwelling . |
| 4 | Subjects were finally shown a map on which the route was marked and they were asked to indicate those sections of the route which they had previously known . |
| 5 | They were trying to find any clues that might help in the investigation . |
| 6 | Obviously they were trying to build some publicity coup for the annual meeting . ’ |
| 7 | Oh yeah the gourmet chef was excellent , yeah , the way they were trying to integrate these two recipes into one show |
| 8 | A a at the time , they were trying to get this place looked at and surveyed , and everything to get it , you know to see what they could do about it , get it closed down , but er they had n't got that far with that then . |
| 9 | They were led to do this after major expressions of concern about the difficulties institutions were facing in their libraries in coping with the massive expansion in student numbers . |
| 10 | They were moved to attempt such a weighing feat by the observation that odorous molecules are generally more soluble in organic solvents , such as fats and oils , than in water ( Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan , vol 63 , p 3082 ) . |
| 11 | Dodges like this immediately make one suspicious about what they had to hide , and they tended to occur when they were wishing to do some ‘ personal business ’ while on duty , or simply to skive . |
| 12 | Stolpe denied that those contacts had harmed anyone , and asserted that they were undertaken to help those he represented as a lawyer for the Evangelical church in the former GDR . |
| 13 | They were made to battle all the way by Kelso who fought back bravely after flanker Clive Millar was sent off for stamping just before the interval . |
| 14 | They were made to disgorge all the profits made from the record and this sum was , according to my recollection , donated to a charity . |
| 15 | It seemed that they were determined to carry these solutions through . |
| 16 | It had become a question of the district committee 's prestige ; they were determined to use any weapon ready to their hand to vindicate their authority , and grossly abused the quite frightening powers at their command . ’ |
| 17 | On June 23 they were instructed to exclude all former EDUP members . |
| 18 | One day they were invited to visit some old friends who had moved to Hereford . |
| 19 | They were invited to add any further comments on SSE generally . |
| 20 | Following reorganization the Labour-controlled Tameside Metropolitan District made arrangements for the introduction of comprehensive education , but in May 1976 , shortly before the changeover was scheduled , the Conservatives won control of the local authority and they were pledged to retain some grammar schools . |
| 21 | It was as if by drinking from the cold spring they were hoping to appease some spirit of the place so that it would n't turn unfriendly to their studies ; but they could not settle as they tried to read and make notes . |
| 22 | They were hoping to have some choice about their future occupation after graduation . |
| 23 | They were designed to allow some comparison of the films in terms of the type and amount of information actually present . |
| 24 | Perhaps they would tell us , if they were allowed to spend more , where do they think the funds come from , and who do they think 's going to pay ? |
| 25 | In the second paragraph they expressly referred to the right of an over-subscribed school to adopt reasonable criteria for selection , the criteria had been published in this case , and that they were required to take such criteria into account . |
| 26 | They were threatening to bring that up , too . |
| 27 | They were standing facing each other in an empty attic room , bare walls squared with the pale imprints of discarded pictures , floorboards harsh to the feet , two naked strangers in a void , herself trying to reach out her hands to touch Stella 's fingers , but unable to lift the heavy monstrous bolsters of flesh that had become her arms . |
| 28 | Many , however , also pointed out that the organisations in which they were working had little alternative to some recourse to temporary working . |
| 29 | There was still no acknowledgment from the castle , even when a wailing , sorry concourse was driven up in terror , children screaming , women sobbing , men beseeching , frantic as they were forced to penetrate that shouting ring of circling horsemen . |
| 30 | Eventually , they were forced to accept some significant wage reductions , although the French invasion of the Ruhr , and the consequent interruption of coal output , plus the American coal strike of 1924 helped to reduce and delay the downward trend of coal prices and the rate of decrease in the wages of coal miners . |