Example sentences of "they [verb] were [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've lodged an official complaint against the police , who they say were treating the case as suicide . |
| 2 | Now the forces of law and order that left vandals to do as they pleased were putting him behind bars . |
| 3 | [ The Faroese has earlier appealed to Greenpeace — which had strongly campaigned against the islanders ' traditional whale-hunt — for help in countering pollution which they claimed were making the whales inedible — see ED 49/50 . ] |
| 4 | In the ensuing days there were further raids on campuses throughout the country as the authorities sought to arrest those whom they alleged were fomenting the unrest . |
| 5 | As reported , the authors found ‘ disturbing ’ the fact that half of the sample CID investigations they examined were lacking in some details or were actually unsatisfactory ’ . |
| 6 | Respondents were asked to describe how they would like to expand their training programmes : this elicited needs that libraries perceived as significant but which were not being satisfied , and information about the factors that they felt were preventing them from undertaking ‘ enough ’ training . |
| 7 | But Citrine and Self defended their policy against critics , whom they felt were ignoring the new and differing requirements of larger organisations . |
| 8 | So erm I do n't whether or not I s I still do n't think they were ultimately revolutionary , I think they were just erm people who they think were exploiting them at the time sort of erm you know in a certain situation |
| 9 | And they rang up , and they said were sending you a list of what we expect to be available in the way of food at Christmas because we always have the same thing . |
| 10 | So I think that what if they care were listening to nominal words about retaining trees and hedges , because trees and hedges have a very clear habit of falling down by accident , |