Example sentences of "[conj] they [verb] [pers pn] was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We found out that they thought he was the captain giving out safety instructions because we were about to sink . |
| 2 | And they reckon it was the best class of of er Douglas fir they ever had . |
| 3 | The unionists may say OK , but they would desert and rebel if they thought it was the beginning of a united Ireland . ’ |
| 4 | No brickbats for that , for neither of them did it out of a sense of malice , but merely because they thought it was the right thing to do , and no doubt also because they believed , quite wrongly , that to instil a sense of guilt into me would ultimately be for my good , If I did what they thought was wrong then I was made to feel that someone , usually them , had suffered . |
| 5 | Children would normally go to London when they ran away from home , because they thought it was the best place to go to get a job , and where they could sleep easily . |
| 6 | We have all come across women who had children by accident , because they thought it was the thing to do , or because they wanted to qualify for Council accommodation , and we have all come across women who expected someone else to do everything for them . |
| 7 | ‘ I went away and left him ’ , now even if they went , went away and left and , because they had to bring the children home , or if they went away and left him because they knew it was the best thing for everyone concerned , because the foreign office wants as many people , we all need as many people to get out of the area as possible ; their guilt will be huge . |