Example sentences of "[adj] they [vb past] were " in BNC.

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1 My God , if all they had were Haggisburgers , I 'd eat those .
2 But the dig , which involved drilling three holes , was called off after all they found were eighteenth century foundations .
3 They had no change of clothing and those they wore were never washed .
4 The squads from the Department of Public Security always did their work at night , taking into custody those they claimed were a threat to the regime .
5 Two one they did were n't they ?
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