Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] that they [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following data , assembled by Easterlin ( 1974:105 ) , however , examined the relationship across various countries from surveys conducted around 1960 ; the personal happiness rating was the average reply to a scale where 0 indicated that respondents were very unhappy and 10 that they were very happy . |
| 2 | For a brief period , between 1901 and 1905 this proved a source of resentment among worker activists keen to assert themselves and conscious that they were often in the best position to decide such questions as the timing of strikes . |
| 3 | and I remember doing my first , one of my first essays erm saying that I did n't think they were and all that they were erm was the fact that er er of and you said to me at the end that 's fine as far you 've argued it but I think you 'll change your views as you go on and I do n't know if I have . |
| 4 | Erm , but he also thought it was quite nice that they were , and good that they were , as generous , or have been as generous as they have . |
| 5 | She felt sure and confident that they were true . |
| 6 | How could he let it be known to all and sundry that they were ‘ engaged ’ — how could he ? |
| 7 | He went in acting very worried , looking at people as though ashamed that they were seeing him in a cinema . |