Example sentences of "they [verb] was [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Officers employed in northern Europe , where much of the navy was inevitably disposed , had little patronage at their disposal , and what they got was obtained only after a battle with the Board of Admiralty . |
| 2 | The volume of material they produced was staggering . |
| 3 | What did they think was going to happen after the last British troops evacuated the Canal Zone on 13 June 1956 ? |
| 4 | Peter Nutting , who led the association of Outhwaite members to a succesful settlement , said he sympathised with Gooda Walker names , but ‘ if the names were not going to pay these calls , who did they think was going to pay them ? ’ |
| 5 | He realized that his last chance was to make his captors believe that Donna knew where the book they sought was hidden , whatever it was . |
| 6 | Engels believed that the ‘ callous , narrow-minded and conceited ’ Junkers had learned from the French Revolution that the system they maintained was doomed , but in reality the Junkers crushed the rising and insisted on ‘ service ’ until an agricultural review had been conducted in 1865 — after which they abandoned serfdom with great reluctance . |
| 7 | With the ribbon of blacktop offering a new perspective , he realised that the vortex within which they fled was turning away from the mountains . |
| 8 | ‘ Richmond 's complaint is based on what they say was shown up by the video . |
| 9 | They oil was discovered in Kuwait . |
| 10 | The solution they adopted was to assess , in respect of each category of problems identified , what would constitute ‘ … a risk of substantial loss or disadvantage which would be important for the individual concerned . ’ |
| 11 | Clients would arrive with specific problems , often of a financial nature , but what they received was questioning directed at matters that seemed entirely irrelevant to the needs they were presenting . |
| 12 | If the pressure was on McSharry from the accountants concerned about ever increasing costs , it was also coming from the environmentalists who were objecting to taxpayers funding intensive farming which they believed was damaging the environment . |
| 13 | Here officers are tracking a car they believed was stolen in Milton Keynes . |
| 14 | My first suspicion that these chaps were not what they seemed was aroused as I listened . |
| 15 | Adolf Hitler 's ruthless occupation policy across Europe and the discovery of the concentration camps ensured that Germans were loathed and hated and the destruction they suffered was seen as deserved . |
| 16 | They party was conducted by mounted YUGOSLAV troops . |
| 17 | THREE vigilantes who took the law into their own hands after a burglary were convicted yesterday after a man they confronted was killed on his own doorstep . |
| 18 | On April 15 a group of doctors threatened to strike against the curfew , which they alleged was preventing them from attending patients . |
| 19 | The greatest laugh they enjoyed was pretending Patsy was a little girl . |
| 20 | On the most mundane level , repayment of any debts they owed was postponed until their return ; while they were on the crusade their property was taken under the protection of the church . |
| 21 | The Brahmins were custodians of the law , and the legal system which they administered was based largely on their pronouncements . |
| 22 | The legal framework within which they operate was established by the Credit Union Act of 1979 . |
| 23 | The government agency withdrew facilities for 160 centres countrywide , because the beef they handled was deemed below the required level . |
| 24 | It seems the piece they took was holding up a window sash . |
| 25 | The first step they took was to estimate figures for national income after the war , so that the scale of spending necessary to raise employment could be estimated . |
| 26 | Every step they took was dogged by police officers . |
| 27 | The relief they felt was emphasised by the way Gustafsson 's team-mates jumped on to the court , picked him up and tossed him high in the air in celebration at the end . |
| 28 | That is an analysis by the officers of what additional funds they felt was needed for them to fulfil their statutory duties . |
| 29 | The same person the same person all I 'm saying the reason that the meeting was convened this evening and the reason that Paul wants the meeting this evening was to get the views from the public about what they felt was going on at the playhouse and what they would like to see that is n't taken place I think that was the thing behind the meeting and that 's what we 'd like to see right okay . . . |
| 30 | This later point reflects the concern voiced by this administration to reduce the ‘ dependency culture ’ which they felt was promoted by universal and ‘ overgenerous ’ state welfare systems . |