Example sentences of "they [was/were] [verb] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , since tests are always used by different people in different settings , it is also necessary to know something about the extent to which the same tester may achieve stable scores , when the test is given to the same person on different occasions , or the extent to which the scores from different testers would be comparable if they were to test the same individual . |
| 2 | She and Charles worked hard and , despite the fact that they were pursuing the same course , without rivalry . |
| 3 | The TA bring up the rear , dressed in their lightweight trousers , boots and shirts ; many a member of staff and Regular recruit wishes that they were dressed the same , as the sun is high in the sky and their No 2 dress is somewhat warm . |
| 4 | They should have been , as they were given the same rations as a British farm labourer . |
| 5 | Around 65% of people with meters found they were paying the same as or less than they did under the old system . |
| 6 | Elsewhere , in the Danube province of Upper Moesia , stratores were to be found supervising road stations at both Nis ( Naissus ) and Cuprija ( Horreum Margi ) , and it is not impossible that they were doing the same in Britain . |
| 7 | They were doing the same thing as the driver ants , and for the same reasons . |
| 8 | Olive Saunderson and Norman Field met and fell in love in predictably romantic circumstances when the Fields and the Saundersons were guests on board Lord Vestey 's yacht on a cruise to Norway in 1909 They were married the same year in Dublin and returned to England to set up home . |
| 9 | When Maggie and Susan left the house they were carrying the same pail and enamel container that they 'd used earlier . |
| 10 | After all , they were paid the same sum whether Nigel arrived by Rolls Royce or dustcart . |
| 11 | While these groups and individuals may not always have shared our analysis , they were asking the same questions about the link between government claims and reality in relation to job creation and training in West Belfast . |
| 12 | The more they were squeezed the more chrome was exuded , as if from a tube , at each end . |
| 13 | Cos there was different er things do you see , infantry , Royal Welsh and things like that , they were going the same as us . |
| 14 | They were offered the same curriculum as the rest of the unstreamed class , i.e. they were on course to fail the 11 plus . |