Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [to-vb] [conj] [verb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hatty , Finance Minister in Whitehead 's liberal Cabinet , London-born , is a thoughtful man who has given outstanding service ; he was largely responsible for starting Marimba Township , where Africans working in Salisbury were enabled to build and own their own houses . |
| 2 | Rather , it was a ‘ haphazard ’ sample in that users who arrived to ‘ score ’ at the houses under study while the researcher was present were asked to participate and ask their friends to participate . |
| 3 | The linguists were allowed to diminish or extinguish their study of the sciences : the scientists , if they were to maintain a full programme in three separate sciences , had no time to waste on languages . |
| 4 | In order to help them come to terms with the loss , the grief stricken couple and their close relatives were encouraged to go and see their dead baby and pay their last respects . |
| 5 | Nor did he raise one word about the history of his own great movement , about the fact that the working people of this country were urged to organise and to use their vote , through which they could change the policies under which they lived . |