Example sentences of "they [was/were] [vb pp] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gerry Kerr who steered the Glenavy side to a mid-table position in Division I A of the Amateur League after they were relegated the previous season , has been told his services are no longer required . |
| 2 | Accordingly , they were asked the direct question : " Would you describe this as science fiction ? " |
| 3 | I knew all about them when they were called the Savage Sausages and they used to play the Powerhaus singing ‘ Louie Louie ’ through a 20 watt PA … |
| 4 | They were named the best Scout and Guide band and took the main award for the best band overall . |
| 5 | Cayley attracted his friend Sylvester into studying invariants ( the term " invariant " is due to Sylvester ) and these two did so much research on the subject that they were named the Invariant Twins . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It was only when Cairo confirmed their names and service numbers that they were given the honoured status of the first Eighth Army troops to meet up with the First Army . |
| 8 | The two families , who have had no contact and do not plan to meet , face a week of agony before knowing if they were given the right child . |
| 9 | The church had important links with the butchers of Prague and they were given the first chapel on the left at the W end in honour of their defence of Prague , once in 1611 against the troops from Passau , and again in 1648 , against the Swedes . |
| 10 | As Table 55c of Appendix I shows , although differences between groups were very small , it was often women more than men , older people more than younger people , and those with lower rather than higher educational levels who most often changed to a different choice after they were given the extra information about APR and/ or total credit cost . |
| 11 | They were given the big round table near the piano . |
| 12 | But they were given the wrong tape machine . |
| 13 | They should have been , as they were given the same rations as a British farm labourer . |
| 14 | That may be of course because they were denied the Liberal Democrats panacea for everything namely erm proportional representation . |
| 15 | Taught to believe that sex was shameful , they were denied the spiritual experience of sex passion which involved the transfiguration of the lower by the higher elements . |
| 16 | This is a kind of degradation which indicates that when they were formed the Mercurian surface may have been warm enough for it to be slightly plastic . |
| 17 | They were nicknamed the Urban Gorillas , producing witty , hard-hitting features on subjects like the Playboy Bunny Mansion . |
| 18 | But by the time that they were completed the largest space of all was the nave , which might serve various purposes — as a shelter for great processions , as a substantial public hall and meeting place ; but above all provided space for visitors and lay worshippers . |
| 19 | They were divorced the following year . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | In retrospect , it now seems odd that they were considered the ultimate heavy metal band . |
| 22 | In retrospect , it now seems odd that they were considered the ultimate heavy metal band . |
| 23 | After all , they were paid the same sum whether Nigel arrived by Rolls Royce or dustcart . |
| 24 | The applicants were not consulted but they were told the minimum period of imprisonment they would have to serve before their cases would be reviewed . |
| 25 | They were released the following day when a crowd of 4000 people gathered outside the police station . |
| 26 | No-one was hurt and they were found the following day , after a search by RAF aircraft , Crocombe and the other seven passengers were rescued by an RAF Vickers Valencia transport . |
| 27 | Taking two , freshly caught Highland sea-trout , he placed them on the mud flats below the bridge , where they were found the next morning . |
| 28 | The more they were squeezed the more chrome was exuded , as if from a tube , at each end . |
| 29 | Though they missed the opportunity for a rapid spurt in growth in the 1970s , they were spared the social and political strains of vulnerability to the subsequent cut-off in bank credit . |
| 30 | And when they attempted to claim them , they were offered the ultimate solution — the street . |