Example sentences of "[pron] they [verb] were [adj] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 In their study of civic culture in 1959 , Almond and Verba repeatedly noted that the better educated in all five countries that they studied were more likely to participate in the political process , and to believe that they could do something to change laws which they felt were unjust through the conventional channels of political participation .
2 The swamps through which they waddled were thick with great horsetail and clubmoss trees .
3 He then went on to discuss whether an employee could use his recollection of any features of the plaintiff 's plant , machinery or process which they claimed were peculiar to them even though they admitted that their competitors used similar machinery .
4 Several thousand demostrators had taken to the streets , attacked " indecently dressed " women ( who they claimed were responsible for a drought ) , set fire to the head office of the Niger Women 's Association ( AFN ) , and also attacked the residences of the local prefect and sultan .
5 Most were inherent cowards who picked only on people whom they knew were frightened of them .
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