Example sentences of "[verb] they were [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I bet you did n't know , like I did n't know they were tested on animals |
| 2 | If ones came as in little wee pi pickups we called them the little lorry things you would sort of keep your eye very much because you did n't know they were looking for scrap and if you told them you had nothing they might go away with your iron gates or something . |
| 3 | ‘ But I do know they were killed in retaliation for the attack on the base camp . |
| 4 | I did n't know they were coming from She never said she sai just said I 'm just holding out for some |
| 5 | And although the guys knew each other pretty well , they did n't know they were each coming to me , and they also did n't know they were asking for essentially the same mods ! |
| 6 | She had completely forgotten they were looking for Garry — she had them deep in a holiday romance . |
| 7 | When first built they were driven by a water-balance system . |
| 8 | HEALTH inspectors swooped on a flower stall suspected of illegally selling tortoises — only to find they were made of stone . |
| 9 | He moved so rapidly that by the time she had recovered enough to scream they were driving towards her flat . |
| 10 | As they uncovered it , they found they were looking at not a human , but an animal . |
| 11 | H. P. We used to keep an eye on pubs where the sergeant and the constable used to do a month at a time , visiting the cinemas , theatres , and public houses , licensed places , and do some pubs , night after night — just checking things , and at five past ten , you 'd be right in checking they were keeping to closing time . |
| 12 | Right , do you think do you think did the army consider they were going into a colonial situation ? |
| 13 | so I mean if , if they caught one , they actually took a photo , managed to take a photo out of all those hundreds of people , look how many more were , were there , and it just seems like basically their not sure who fired first , obviously the Irish say it was the British them and the British say they were fired upon first and erm , on , on the strength of it , who , who would you rather believe I mean , somebody that 's been living in Ireland for twenty odd yea twenty years now with all that happening around him being able to be got at by the I R A or a British body who may , may be up on a murder trial , you know , the , at the end of the day its six of one and half a dozen of the other , they 've both got stuffed by a bleeding troop |
| 14 | The hunt saboteurs say they were threatened after the incident . |
| 15 | Both say they were convicted on the basis of fabricated confessions . |
| 16 | The orphans say they were beaten with straps , paddles and fists , sexually and psychologically abused , restrained in strait-jackets weeks at a time , plunged into ice water , lashed to beds . |
| 17 | Mills and Poole admit fighting with Wiltshire , but say they were acting in self defence . |
| 18 | ‘ Meanwhile , ’ said Marshall , ‘ if you want a laugh you could read what the staff say they were wearing on Friday . |
| 19 | Only 1 man in 5 had planned the occasion , for 17% it was a one-night stand , for 13% it happened at a party , while 11% say they were drunk at the time . |
| 20 | I say they were all born in the US but they say they were born in Ireland , Canada or other places . |
| 21 | Negro slaves brought okra seeds ( some say they were smuggled in their hair ! ) , which they called gumbo , and they introduced slow-cooked African stews . |
| 22 | Administrators say they were taken by surprise … |
| 23 | In both , defendants say they were tortured in detention ; one says he was kidnapped from neighbouring Uganda . |
| 24 | And they netted £10,000 from generous customers who believed they were donating to charity . |
| 25 | They believed they were operating with Government approval and even risked their lives to spy on Saddam . |
| 26 | After their 10km walk they were invited to Backnong for a special lunch that had been laid on by the Canal Dignitaries of the town . |
| 27 | She says they were quarrelling over money and women . ’ |
| 28 | What he says they were intended for and what their actual use was to be , were , I suspect , quite different . ’ |
| 29 | I could do park parade tha , a girl was , er er anywa , I went in the factory and one of the girls says they were saying about a dance , says ooh I quite a few you ought to see him dance the park parade ! |
| 30 | The management says they were closed for commercial reasons . |