Example sentences of "two [noun pl] [pron] were [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every flipping two minutes they were coming to the toilet . |
| 2 | We have been able to show in this population based study that at least 10% ( 12/123 ) of subjects over 40 years did not have a bowel cancer , including two cases who were found to have multiple polyps at 66 and 69 years of age , but no carcinoma . |
| 3 | After two hours we were dismissed upstairs , only to find our rooms wrecked again . |
| 4 | Her misery was made complete because she was separated from her two sons who were flying first class . |
| 5 | I myself have a sister with two sons who were martyred in the war … |
| 6 | ‘ I was pursuing two Germans who were attempting to escape . ’ |
| 7 | The practice consisted of two offices which were run independently by B and W respectively . |
| 8 | SIX members of the Parachute Regiment face charges in connection with the death of two teenagers who were killed when a stolen car was fired on , on Upper Glen Road , Belfast , on September 30 , 1990 . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , ’ I answered , glad to have his attention , ‘ those two messengers who were killed by the Maillotins . |
| 10 | TWO youngsters who were strangled after warnings that they could be at risk were put on a council child protection register in June , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 11 | In the neutral zone between the two countries there were estimated reserves of 5,000 million barrels , a strong economic incentive for reunification . |
| 12 | Two masons who were chiselling at the finials which Flemyng had ordered for the gables would stop their clinking from time to time to confirm something that one or other had said . |
| 13 | He gazed at the two Sub-prioresses who were staring fixedly at him . |
| 14 | Bitter correspondence in July and August failed to resolve the dispute although Smith & Jones did make a without prejudice offer of £500 ( in respect of the two deliveries which were made on time without damaged goods ) to settle the matter . |
| 15 | Within two weeks we were encouraging our readers to lobby their MPs concerning the restrictive Night Assemblies Bill , Robert Tripp was regaling us with tales of groupies and interviews had taken on a new air of contention , seriousness and madness . |
| 16 | The same applies to the so called accident to two Hungarians who were drowned in the Danube . |
| 17 | There was a shortage of trained teachers and the planning of schools reflected this circumstance ; most of the instruction was done in a large school-room , off which there might be one or two classrooms which were used for teaching smaller groups . |
| 18 | Senior Planning Officer , Andrew Lewis says that after various planning applications over the past two years which were turned down , due to objections from local residents , the latest plans have now been cleared , regarding the extension and the feelings of the local residents . |
| 19 | When I was very young , and indeed Malcolm Rifkind , who was even younger , was my counsel , we represented two individuals who were charged with a serious assault . |
| 20 | At this Council , on the last day and perhaps without premeditation , Urban pronounced two anathemas which were to have a delayed but decisive influence on Anselm 's later years . |
| 21 | A darker shadow inched its way along one of the walls of the Drum , a few yards from the two trolls who were guarding the door . |
| 22 | On the same page we read about a vision of Christ and a seeking forgiveness of the common people — two ideas which were abandoned . |
| 23 | An emotional reunion after more than fifty years has taken place today , between two Britons who were evacuated as children to the United States and their American foster mother . |
| 24 | It is however important to note the two questions which were referred to the Court of Appeal for consideration [ 1992 ] 3 W.L.R. 9 , 11 : |
| 25 | He had in his background two things which were missing from Fisher 's background . |
| 26 | Because er I knew the area very well , I was er we had two committees which were composed of two counties , we had the Priory Committee th that was a home at Selkirk , a children 's home , and we had in cooperation with Berwickshire , Berwickshire and Selkirkshire were the owners of the Priory children 's home . |
| 27 | The two officers who were scribbling eyed her curiously . |
| 28 | The most that can be said with any certainty is that the revolt was led by two families who were to play a great part in the next generation of Aquitainian politics , two families with whom Richard was to become very familiar : the house of Lusignan and the house of Angoulême . |
| 29 | But Coun Shephard , who is chairman of the district 's environmental health committee , said he had spoken to two families who were told only last month they would have to wait 50 weeks . |
| 30 | There was nobody else except two strangers who were standing at the back of the church . |