Example sentences of "[pron] were [verb] [to-vb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | This self-propelled weapon was not yet a serious threat ; it still had an effective range of less than a mile , but the tiny torpedo-boats which were beginning to make their appearance heralded a whole new range of warships for the future . |
| 2 | Most of the cuts , which were negotiated over 20 months [ see pp. 37201 ; 37267 ; 37335 ; 37473-74 ; 37796-97 ] , would be made by the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact countries , which were expected to reduce their total arsenal by as much as 40 per cent . |
| 3 | Well , the last time he was in , he actually went to a group of people who were determined to make their decision , were determined what their decision was . |
| 4 | In one test , different responses were noted of pupils who were asked to explain their methods of working out their answers to a question about a set of related patterns of tiles . |
| 5 | In Exeter the wool staplers moved quickly in 1787 to imprison some striking wool sorters who were seeking to advance their wages , but at several other times since the statute they employed had been enacted in 1726 , they had conceded advances sought by their journeymen . |
| 6 | Not simply the women dying of too many children , but the women who were compelled to sell their bodies because that was all that they had to sell . |
| 7 | It was there for all to see — BR became less of a corporate business , more an overlord for the sectors who were expected to find their own feet with or without government subsidy . |
| 8 | Young women married to salesmen , for once , took an interest in where their husbands would be on the great day ; the older men , who ricocheted between various business interests , were lectured steadily , any time they put in an appearance at home , on the necessity of being in Tollemarche at this time ; and those males who were doomed to spend their lives in Tollemarche found themselves with intolerable lists of jobs to be done , from laying out backyard skating rinks to pinning up the hems on their female relatives ' costumes . |
| 9 | Only recently he 'd bought more land off the Roscarrocks ( who were selling to pay their church fines ) and built himself a new house made of ship 's beams and red brick , with upstairs rooms , a panelled hall , latticed windows and six curly chimneys . |
| 10 | Thus , owners who were forced to sell their land to public authorities considered themselves to be very badly treated in comparison with those who were able to sell at the enhanced prices resulting in part from planning restrictions on other sites . |
| 11 | Although the authorities declared that the customs ban only applied to large consignments of books , which had to be sent via the Ministry of Culture in Bucharest , Hungary was still complaining in June that the Romanian post office was failing to deliver Hungarian-language publications to subscribers , who were forced to form their own distribution networks . |
| 12 | However , he will have increased his unpopularity among those eagerly awaiting the return of the king , those who were forced to put their ‘ welcome home Michael ’ T-shirts away once again . |
| 13 | The implementation of comprehensive education was not just significant for teachers in secondary schools , who were forced to reassess their curriculum and school organisation . |
| 14 | Deep well-springs of ideas were tapped and a new Renaissance set in motion by men who were unafraid to let their spirits roam in the new universe of science and invention . |
| 15 | A hospital has began an inquiry into how the parents of a cot death baby who were encouraged to cuddle their dead child were given the wrong body to hold . |
| 16 | Hence the attempt to ‘ hold the scales evenly between those who were allowed to develop their land and those who were not ’ was abandoned , but the use of 1947 development values as a ‘ permanent basis for compensation ’ safeguarded the public purse . |
| 17 | We were invited to contemplate their respective personalities , their little foibles , their dress sense , their wives and even such physical features ( supposedly indicative of their state of mind ) as the colour of their eyes . |
| 18 | I suppose they imagined we were going to expose their uninteresting little rackets , whereas I was only interested in what the Josephs were up to . ’ |
| 19 | But they were sent to spend their fourth night in a hotel after failing to agree verdicts on the seven other accused at the end of a trial which has lasted nearly five months . |
| 20 | It was easy for them to feel that they were struggling to restrain their ally from some madcap act . |
| 21 | In a world of perfect competition it would not be possible for managers to deviate from the profit-maximization norm for any length of time even if they were tempted to pursue their own rather than the shareholders ' interests . |
| 22 | Also buried deep in the text of the announcement was the fact that they were intending to develop their own page description language . |
| 23 | They were asked to use their influence with local officials to get the water supply re-connected to the £1 million villa rented by Mona Bauwens . |
| 24 | They were asked to monitor their progress not only with scales but with a tape measure . |
| 25 | If they were asked to describe their partner 's motions at such times , they would be embarrassed . |
| 26 | Both speakers gave papers on the employment of women in printing , and such local interest was aroused that they were asked to repeat their lectures in Edinburgh a few days later . |
| 27 | Most of those consulted by the Commission are Anglican and they were asked to give their views on ten specific points . |
| 28 | The choices were that of European , Maori , Pacific Islander , and other ( in which case they were asked to specify their race ) . |
| 29 | They were asked to write their statements down as quickly as possible and to answer as though describing themselves to themselves rather than to anybody else . |
| 30 | Cos they were trying to fill their quota |