Example sentences of "they [vb past] [pers pn] [was/were] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | when they found it was time to go back . |
| 2 | They had not yet got Richards , however , and when Collis King joined him they decided it was time to entertain the crowd . |
| 3 | Changes in how you look can drastically affect your life , many ‘ skinnys ’ were so distressed about being able to ‘ pinch-an-inch ’ they felt it was time to place their heads in nooses . |
| 4 | They were pilgrims in this world , aliens in the society of their pagan fellows , but they knew they were part of a vast community : ‘ this church which is now travelling on its journey , is joined to that heavenly church where we have the angels as our fellow-citizens ’ , said Augustine , faithfully echoing the conviction of all early Christians . |
| 5 | My mother and father both encouraged me in my playing , but I was n't encouraged to get into the business because they knew it was kind of tough . |
| 6 | Then the alarm buzzed and they knew it was time to restart their deadly game . |
| 7 | Well no , he has got a bad throat an you know , he had a little lump in his throat , I think they thought it was cancer or something or a little growth , but you often get that in the throat . |
| 8 | Certainly there were some areas of the city they thought it was Death to enter . |
| 9 | Perhaps they thought she was part of his troupe ? |
| 10 | Normal was what people said some of their actions and relations were , from time to time , and in Marcus 's experience what they said they were bore only a vague relation to their actual forms and configurations . |
| 11 | They said it was depression . |
| 12 | ‘ They said it was engine failure , ’ he said . |
| 13 | At the very first meeting in St Margaret 's Hope village hall they had asked for monetary pledges , at the second meeting in the local school they said it was time to call in those promises and start counting the cash . |
| 14 | At the Department of Health they said it was Department of Social Security matter . |