Example sentences of "[be] [conj] they [vb past] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could equally be that they had spotted my men following them and were attempting to shake them off . ’ |
| 2 | If they exercised them , it should be because they had earned them . |
| 3 | . I think it 's cos they kept pestering him and all that . |
| 4 | I suppose that 's because they had to kill him first . |
| 5 | Ted 's initial fear was that they 'd done something stupid and run away together , but then after a while he 'd begun to hope for this and nothing worse . |
| 6 | The problem with the building was that they had made it suicide-proof , so there were no windows you could open on the front . |
| 7 | Er but nobody could tell me for certain what it was that they intended to use it for , er but it was apparently not guaranteed that it would continue to be used er as a market hall . |
| 8 | There had been a great Victorian pile of a hospital there then , maybe still was unless they had demolished it , its chimney concealed inside a mock campanile . |
| 9 | Because so many people so badly wanted it to succeed when it did they almost believed it was because they had willed it to . |
| 10 | When asked why they were giving such big pay increases in a difficult period , they said it was because they feared losing their skilled men . |
| 11 | The only reason the police got anything out of me was because they threatened to question my daughter . |
| 12 | ‘ Only one , ’ said Ken , ‘ and that was n't because I forgot it : it was because they 'd given me bad directions . ’ |
| 13 | It was after they 'd finished their porcheddu and the conversation had switched to other things that Guido suddenly excused himself . |
| 14 | And this was after they tried to victimize you ? |