Example sentences of "but they [was/were] [adv] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | There must have been a proportion of shy , bashful ones around , but they were not in evidence amongst the mob which harassed us day by day as we tried to make our way around the town on our own affairs . |
| 2 | But they were not in Great Britain in 1984 , and adjacent areas with similar relatively isolated mining communities ( notably Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire ) differed very substantially not only in their support for the strike call but also in their level of industrial militancy over a substantial period of time . |
| 3 | But they were not in conflict . |
| 4 | er I ca n't remember where I got them from , but they were n't in two dozen packets they were in dozens |
| 5 | But they were up in arms on Saturday as Liverpool crashed to Wimbledon . |
| 6 | Oh , he had greased a few of the Old Bill 's palms over the years , such as the Chief Constable 's , but they were both in the Masons . |
| 7 | But they were usually in a minority . |
| 8 | This had previously been the monopoly of Portugal and Spain , but they were still in disarray following the defeat of the Armada in 1588 . |