Example sentences of "be [adv] [conj] they [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The celebrations of selflessness and sacrifice are much as they were in the wartime films , but this time there seems little point in asserting them , nothing to be argued for . |
| 2 | C. The functions of Edinburgh today are much as they were long ago . |
| 3 | Most of the restoration has been on the exterior of the buildings ; most of the interiors are still as they were the day the Germans were defeated . |
| 4 | For many , the figure would be less if they were to avoid having their spending capped . |
| 5 | She and Dmitri could still be here when they were seventy . |
| 6 | that ducks do have eggs it 's possible they could of been there but they were n't . |
| 7 | If plants have anything wrong with them it may have already been there when they were obtained , or it is a sign that they are not being grown in the right conditions . |
| 8 | For example , nearly one-quarter of people in prison are there because they were unable to pay their fine , others are there because of ‘ consenting ’ sex below the age of consent , drug addiction , being drunk and disorderly , or begging abroad . |
| 9 | And then it would get dark , and , since conditions were much as they were last night , there would be mist over the marshes — it was coming up a little on my walk . |
| 10 | I 'm thinking I 'm sure you were Hannah because actually you were inside and they were outside , there 's like a door and the rest of the house between you ! |
| 11 | Something had happened to them — they were charged for just a while into being better than they were . |
| 12 | They were together and they were in love . |
| 13 | ‘ It was great , the letters were just as they were when we received them . ’ |
| 14 | I ca n't believe it , you see I thought things were still as they were . |
| 15 | They were everywhere and they were nowhere . |
| 16 | It 's just that they were not inclined to help him out . |
| 17 | Endill asked Mcduff , the only person in Nettles who had made friends with him , why this was so as they were throwing stones into the water from the dormitory window . |
| 18 | I decided that it was perhaps because they were n't possessive and had given no other human being the feeling that having been once disgorged he was n't safe and at any moment might find himself gobbled up again and back in the confines of a body not his own . |
| 19 | Both babies would smile stickily when they saw me over the edge of the cot , which was gratifying in a way , but I knew it was only because they were programmed that way , like public relations men . |
| 20 | It was only because they were short-handed that I agreed to help out and … ’ |
| 21 | And they were grown apiece while he was away and they were better than ever and the deal was been that he had was gon na give them the best two cattle you see and this was this was the best two animals he had . |
| 22 | It was just that they were all in profile and virtually identical . |
| 23 | It was n't Lloyds fault , it was just that they were complying with the original P E P regulations about reporting and , and er so on , so they had to charge more . |
| 24 | Well that , that could be an idea but I think people would put up with that I , I think it was just because they were , then old fashioned . |
| 25 | and there 's a bit with Helen and Steve and you know what Helen was like when they was |
| 26 | He did sometimes break up meetings but that was usually when they were political . |
| 27 | The traditional justification for lower wages for women was always that they were not responsible for the livelihood of a household . |
| 28 | The bottom line argument against heritage languages was always that they were bad for the children . |
| 29 | True , they had behaved coldly to her afterwards but that was probably because they were envious of the success of her tea parties , to which she did not always feel obliged to invite them … |
| 30 | This was partly because they were unsure about the outcome , partly because they were not able to segment the market with precision , and partly because the account executives in their advertising agencies , in common with many media directors , still appear to believe that prosperity is equated with youth . |