Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] they were " in BNC.
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| 1 | She and her friends seldom discussed the concept of happiness : when they were not either bored or depressed they were having a good time and enjoying themselves . |
| 2 | According to Mark Siegel , who worked in the Carter White House , With Reagan in the executive mansion the atmosphere was different ; members of congress were pleased to have their telephone calls returned ; where possible they were provided with assistance and they were carefully plyed with the ‘ small potatoes ’ of presidential patronage . |
| 3 | Of course , in the 1960s or 1970s they were less likely to be called projects : they were ‘ schemes ’ , or ‘ plans ’ , all very redolent of the ‘ planning ’ of the public sector , indeed of all economic life in those Wilsonian days . |
| 4 | Yet the political authority was to an extent dependent on the company 's sources of information , however suspect or inadequate they were seen to be ; according to one civil servant interviewed , the PSO requirement was ‘ basically calculated by taking on trust the figures which RENFE gave ’ . |
| 5 | Most of the er riveting squads were friends or cousins or all They were all |
| 6 | Where necessary they were also prepared to set up enterprise works committees with employees ' representatives , whilst at the same time strongly opposing external industrial or national unions . |
| 7 | They said , they erm they said something or other they were going to be closing down somewhere in Cornwall because the Directory Enquiry service was not being used |
| 8 | These weapons were apparently unremarkable other than that they were old and battered and the letters ‘ NB ’ were engraved in gold on the barrels . |
| 9 | When things go wrong we tend to assume that the police have offended , rather than that they were defeated by real cognitive problems . |
| 10 | But other than that they were identical . |
| 11 | In this , as in much else , the fallen Communist leaders could plead that all they were doing was imitating Lenin . |
| 12 | Although independent they were linked to each other . |
| 13 | Perpendicular without intermission , taking steps of the same length at the same intervals , their arms hanging useless and helpless they were no better than trussed chickens but for their faces which , even in repose , suggested movement no less than a bird 's wings … . |
| 14 | I know these boots we bought off him they were three pound twelve and six they were . |
| 15 | Seven and six they were . |
| 16 | The tribespeople , if such they were , fought savagely , automatically , instinctively , screaming incomprehensible blasphemies . |
| 17 | He said nice things about the children — how brave and clever they were — and then he sat down . |
| 18 | Between 1957 and 1960 they were fitted with the large single indicator box , which did not suit their designs . |
| 19 | In both 1845 and 1862 they were encouraged to assist their education by the same means , and the 1870 Act created school boards and the London Schools Board . |
| 20 | If this is the perceived basis of conservatism , then there is a problem for these Young Conservatives : by and large they were not ambitiously greedy , nor were they the ‘ high-flyers ’ the councillor had talked glowingly about . |
| 21 | Now I was at a wedding a little while back and all they were asking me was are you gon na be the next one ? |
| 22 | Now they were thinner and leaner and much dirtier and all they were taking with them were the torn and grubby clothes they stood up in . |
| 23 | Well they were suitable and cheaper they were too blooming cheap for the they were usually condemned by the time we got them . |
| 24 | I recalled how sane and healthy they were , and I contrasted them with the fiends with whom I had to deal in 1816 ! |
| 25 | As women escalated their campaign of militant action in 1912 and 1913 they were acutely conscious that male attitudes-deeply embedded in the legal profession , the police and the courts-sustained not just men 's political power but also women 's sexual oppression . |
| 26 | D'Arcy thought how clear and green and beautiful they were . |
| 27 | Green and overeager they were distinctly optimistic to their clients over the telephone . |
| 28 | I think that often people did n't realise how tired and desperate they were until they 'd sat with her for a while . |
| 29 | Rosemary Sandford of Darlington Association on Disability , said they were saddened and disappointed they were not given the opportunity to express their views at the meeting . |
| 30 | Frostbite forced them to abandon the expedition.In 1988 and 1989 they were defeated by freak weather conditions . |