Example sentences of "[is] what they [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's what they told us to do at school — ask a policeman if we 're lost . |
| 2 | ‘ That 's what they told me , ’ said Scarlet . |
| 3 | ‘ That 's what they told me , anyway . ’ |
| 4 | At least that 's what they told me , it could be sheer bull . |
| 5 | ‘ That 's what they told Valesio . ’ |
| 6 | No , I think that 's what they told you to take Oh , how often you expect me to write to you . |
| 7 | That 's what they told us ! |
| 8 | Well that 's what they told us , |
| 9 | Well that 's what they told me anyway . |
| 10 | Cos that 's what they asked for |
| 11 | Yeah that 's that 's what they asked me . |
| 12 | Ah that 's what they thought , and I can nae in a long . |
| 13 | At least I think that 's what they thought . |
| 14 | At least , I suppose that 's what they thought . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ So that 's what they looked like . |
| 16 | That 's what they 'd been told to do . |
| 17 | That 's what they 'd been fighting for for twenty years . |
| 18 | Well that 's what they 'd said to Melody Maker . |
| 19 | Yeah that 's what they 'd said to Melody Maker . |
| 20 | It 's what they baptized her at the Foundling Hospital . ’ |
| 21 | She let the woman lodger answer since that 's what they seemed to want . |
| 22 | But that 's what they meant . |
| 23 | That 's what they led us to believe anyway , even if they were the ones who had most of the food and clothes . |
| 24 | because the cry of the Soviets was at the time , in nineteen seventeen , the cry of the Soviets was not for communism or socialism but their cry , and they had it inscribed on their banners , peace land and bread , that 's what they had there , peace , land and bread , not communism . |
| 25 | But there was always them as just wanted to come and do nothing and pick the money up and that 's what they had to sort out the firms . |
| 26 | That 's what they had been doing before . |
| 27 | Well you see that 's what they had to do . |
| 28 | Yes , was it because you think that , they , that 's what they had for in the house |
| 29 | We gave them a sheet of paper which said what we were , what we 're doing , and said please , if you want any help in any of those areas , just tick the box , and if you do n't want any help , tick this little box , and that 's what they had to fill in . |
| 30 | You know fair enough , some of the older men ca n't move as fast as a eighteen year old , but on the other hand it 's what they got in their head that counts . |