Example sentences of "they [vb past] [conj] they [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They realised that they would be diplomatically isolated on these issues in any representative convention of the Great Powers and regional Third World states . |
| 2 | In May 1314 they maintained that they could be taxed only in their own assemblies ; when Edward tried to proceed through parliament he often found himself thwarted — as in January 1316 — by the inadequate attendance of the clergy . |
| 3 | If they threw that they would be painlessly killed . |
| 4 | Several subjects reported that they felt that they would be able to give far more information if they were permitted to recall the junctions in the order in which they had been driven . |
| 5 | They knew that they would be pursued by the Dragoons so they posted lookouts on Loudoun Hill and other vantage points . |
| 6 | They had not been consulted and they knew that they would be caught in the middle if , as for a time seemed probable , there should be violent local protests . |