Example sentences of "[subord] they [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the leading scholars amongst the South Slavs during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries were widely travelled and had studied in France , Germany , Austria and Italy , where they were caught up in the intellectual ferment which was abroad at that time . |
| 2 | It is noticeable that parents often react against their own experience so that , for example , if they were brought up in a too restrictive atmosphere with little spoiling , they may spoil and leave their children without enough boundaries and routine . |
| 3 | Yeah well maybe he wanted to see if they were going up in even and odd numbers side of the road . |
| 4 | Now we knew they had accepted the box as their home and would probably come back to it even if they were allowed out in the open . |
| 5 | Cos they were going off in their like their lingo |
| 6 | That may be why chatlines , costing up to 48p a minute , have been popular with young people since they were set up in the late Eighties dangerously popular , in some cases . |
| 7 | When they were riding up in the lift , Damian said , ‘ I think we should go over the minutes together . ’ |
| 8 | Only when they were sitting down in the chop-house and Dr Neil had ordered them soup and rolls , followed by lamb chops with seasonal vegetables , and a glass of red wine each — ‘ Good for your shattered nerves , ’ he said gravely — and they were waiting for the soup to arrive did Sally-Anne have time to look about her . |
| 9 | These cornerstones remain as firm in principle now as when they were laid down in 1981 , or when the blueprint was drawn in 1978 . |
| 10 | Blenning Bombers , er were these Bostons and Harvards they er quite a twin engine quite a wide wingspan and quite heavy for what they were , but as they were stripped down in , in the top hanger , and like I say a lot of stuff was salvaged from them , which was still good as they went out reconditioned at the other end . |
| 11 | As they were milling about in front of the camera , Rosie said to her husband , ‘ Just think — at breakfast-time you were saying when we opened the shop , we probably would n't have any customers at all , and here they are , queueing up to have their pictures taken . ’ |