Example sentences of "[coord] [was/were] [verb] [conj] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Crown Prosecution Service were informed of Buckley J. 's order and of the plaintiffs ' intention to appeal from the decision of Wright J. , and were asked whether they wished to intervene or make representations in the appeal . |
| 2 | In the present case the Crown Prosecution Service were informed of the order made by Buckley J. including paragraph 33 and were asked whether they wished to intervene in the hearing before the Court of Appeal or otherwise make representations in the appeal . |
| 3 | Parents who requested places on a Kindertransport were warned that orthodox foster homes were not on offer and were asked if they objected to Christian hospitality . |
| 4 | Schools varied in their capacity to manage resources effectively and were learning as they went along . |
| 5 | We enquired and were told that they had been disbanded . |
| 6 | The Decameron stories are used merely as test material and were chosen because they seemed intuitively to be constructed primarily in narrative terms , as opposed to psychological , philosophical or descriptive ones . |
| 7 | We have ourselves observed and documented many such cases in our studies of local politics in Kensington and Chelsea , and Croydon , where relatively powerless groups of underprivileged people were frequently ignored by councillors when they played by the rules of the game , and were vilified when they did not . |
| 8 | The letter was dated almost a week previously , and as Merrill read it she realised with dismay that Richard was already in the area and was suggesting that they meet in the lounge of Frobishers ' at seven o'clock on Saturday — this evening . |
| 9 | Happily my inspector friend was at hand , He opened the Chief Constable 's hospitality cupboard , I had a dram and was told that they had been tipped off that afternoon about some Scot that would run some sheep through the Lion . |
| 10 | But when they were late in arriving , Mr Stokes rang the agent and was told that they had been impounded at Dover for five weeks while checks were made for drugs . |
| 11 | The officer had not seen the girl 's boyfriend and was told that they did not know where he was . |
| 12 | It went into the crowd , deflated and insubstantial , and was caught as they surged forwards . |
| 13 | Some may be seen 20 or more years later to have been seminal but were ignored because they did not fit into the theories current at the time . |
| 14 | While he was boss , he nurtured several youngsters who are now worth millions — but was sacked before they blossomed . |
| 15 | She complained that her children had apparently not been allowed access to a Baptist minister , but was told that they had not asked for religious support when it was offered . |
| 16 | I went to the bar racks , the caserna , in Fontanellato to find out when my father was going to be released , but was told that they did not know , for he was in the hands of the Secret Police . |