Example sentences of "they [vb past] was the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All they got was the usual complacent , superficial parroting of the empty nonsense about commitments and guarantees . |
| 2 | These files are indexed by the use of BDAM ( Basic Direct Access Method ) and in a typical database of just over 2 Gbytes , which they found was the average size of those they examined , the number of characters in the files comprising the database was as follows : |
| 3 | And every single thing they found was the same . |
| 4 | The teachers at Howard were given government grants for their work but the money they received was the standard Salvation Army allowance . |
| 5 | His beatification aroused criticism from some Catholics not only because of the relatively short time that had elapsed since his death , but also because of what they claimed was the right-wing content of his views . |
| 6 | The point they selected was the western extremity of the Verdun salient , between the villages of Malancourt and Avocourt , where the front swung south through the tip of the Forest of Hesse . |
| 7 | The target they chose was the Green Room , a club in Wardour Street . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm sure whoever was responsible at the time acted in what they thought was the best interests of the council . ’ |
| 9 | Surprisingly , given the folk image of policemen , on the one occasion when the field-worker accompanied some policemen on court duty , the men expressed a preference for ‘ fair ’ judges and actually criticized what they thought was the excessive penalty imposed by a ‘ hard ’ judge for the offence of throwing an empty can ( FN 9/3/87 , p. 10 ) . |
| 10 | Or the second model they gave was the special constable either a newly recruited special or a person who is an existing special to work in the in the parish . |
| 11 | The main drawback of the bankruptcy laws as they stood was the high cost to creditors of realizing the estates of their insolvent debtors — between 30 and 40 per cent of the amount they hoped to recover . |
| 12 | and what they wanted was the easiest ones and they came up with the answer economics Gerald simply , we Ge Gerry and I put our heads together and went bib bib bib bib bib , you know as good parents do and we both presented him with a fait accompli you either take an engineering degree , we do n't care what sort or you go out to work in a bank because economics you will not get a first because you are not reader and t to get a first in economics , which is what you 'll need if you 're gon na make any money out of it |
| 13 | All that they wanted was the full recognition of their king 's sovereign rights in the duchy , a moderate enough approach in which they had the support of the papacy , now becoming increasingly aware of its obligation to help in the diplomatic negotiations between the two countries . |