Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [coord] [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | I still have some letters which Mother and Father wrote to each other — beautiful letters , which are a revelation of their lives , both when they were courting and after they were married . |
| 2 | It was a while before these plans were divulged and when they were , Wilson 's first reaction was one of alarm . |
| 3 | Study 4 was an attempt to see whether the effects observed in Studies 2 and 3 were specific to the particular stimuli which were used or whether they can also be observed with a wider range of stimuli and a larger number of responses contributing to the ROC curves to improve the reliability of the recognition measures . |
| 4 | ‘ We do n't know where the men had been or where they were going or whether they had been drinking or not . |
| 5 | News of the Sheikhs , where they were going and where they had been . |
| 6 | stated that members needed official visible support as many were employed and if they refused could face disciplinary action or dismissal . |
| 7 | There is no doubt that Unionists believed in what they were doing or that they saw the government 's actions as justifying their responses . |
| 8 | Prime Minister John Major announced to the House of Commons on Dec. 9 that the Prince and Princess of Wales , who married in 1981 [ see p. 31116 ] , were to separate but that they had no plans to divorce and that their constitutional positions were unaffected , adding : " There is no reason why the Princess of Wales should not be crowned queen in due course . " |
| 9 | Much will depend on where they were trained and whether they are skilled in other therapies and techniques such as reflexology ( pressure point massage of the feet ) , Touch For Health ( muscle testing , a diagnostic technique ) , medical herbalism , spiritual healing or perhaps nutrition . |
| 10 | In 1681 he launched Pennsylvania ( which included three counties that in 1702 became Delaware ) as an immense private estate to which settlers were welcomed and where they could buy land on relatively easy terms . |
| 11 | The letter from the Air Ministry stated that the International Red Cross had informed them that Thomas 's aircraft had crashed at Bourbourg outside Cherbourg , that all four crew were killed and that they were buried in the Tourlaville Communal Cemetery . |
| 12 | In the next story in the Gospel , John the Baptist sent some disciples to Jesus to ask if he was the one who was to come or whether they should begin to look elsewhere . |
| 13 | ‘ It tells us nothing in terms of lessons that can be learned , what sort of materials were used for the curtains , whether a sprinkler system was installed and whether they worked properly . |
| 14 | What 's new is that the old defence , that a director did not ‘ knowingly or willingly ’ allow something to happen has been eroded and , Bell said , ‘ directors will have to show specifically and beyond a shadow of doubt they could not know what was happening or that they had minuted their protest ’ . |
| 15 | He tried to remember that Fiver was under-sized and that they had had an anxious time and were all weary . |
| 16 | Since they were flourishing during the period when the land was invaded and since they certainly possessed limb-like fins , it seemed likely that they were the creatures from which the first land vertebrates were descended . |
| 17 | The Redcar lifeboat was alerted and when they tried bring him on board , the man , in his mid-30s , refused point blank to be rescued . |
| 18 | The Redcar lifeboat was alerted and when they tried bring him on board , the man , in his mid-thirties , refused point blank to be rescued . |