Example sentences of "they [was/were] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well in the Midland Bank and they were wearing them the last time you were there . |
| 2 | When they were asked what the ( say ) ‘ egg ’ was ‘ really , really ’ the three-year-olds answered correctly that it was a stone , but when asked what the object ‘ looks like to your eyes ’ they also said ‘ stone ’ . |
| 3 | Not one organisation wrote to the Home Secretary indicating they were supporting what the Government is now putting for the House . |
| 4 | I never did think they were primitive and they always told the truth ( except when they were teaching me the language ) and were a damn sight more trustworthy than some of the white men we had on the job . |
| 5 | But Lothar then extracted a further concession , " since he would not have , he said , in the share [ of the regnum ] they were offering him the wherewithal to make good to his own supporters that which they had lost . |