Example sentences of "they [vb past] be " in BNC.
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| 31 | Some collectors used to visit the museum weekly to check up on how the art they lent was being shown , or if it was shown at all ’ , says one long-time curator . |
| 32 | The answer they devised is called Compact Disc Interactive ( CD-I ) . |
| 33 | The funds they manipulated were substantially other people 's . |
| 34 | The first thing they realised was that they would have to slow things down . |
| 35 | A few minutes passed as they congratulated Cara on what they realised was something of a very large achievement . |
| 36 | Between the bouts of keen pain a curious life took possession of his brain , a life in which kings and queens floated on the water and white-clad saracens rode up and down before a cage in which was a crowned lion , and then , suddenly , the cage was empty and the saracens were knights in armour and the water on which they rode was a mountain like a tree in which birds nested and which burst into flames and was the phoenix ; and somewhere was the Holy Grail for which he reached out in vain , and a jewelled sword , and a unicorn that spoke but said nothing . |
| 37 | Typically , the figurines which they made are 20 centimetres high and depict worshippers in attitudes of adoration , or reclining goats , or cattle . |
| 38 | The first membranes they made were far too thin and would not survive transfer into air , let alone freeze-drying . |
| 39 | On average they had only five or six peasant households at their disposal , and since they lacked the capital , the expertise , and the time to raise peasant productivity , the exactions they made were onerous . |
| 40 | It is worth noting that although the children produced passages which facilitated greater learning , the changes which they made were not necessarily ones which would be picked up by a readability formula . |
| 41 | But perhaps the most crucial changes they made were to what Gordon referred to as the " macrostructure signalling " within the passage . |
| 42 | Such concessions as they made were mere delaying tactics . |
| 43 | Yes , there have been some very vigorous objections made by local residents , and that is particularly why the application that preceded this one was refused planning permission because er the objections they made were considered to be well founded by the Planning Committee and supported many of their views . |
| 44 | When our informants were encouraged to think of their own society in terms of groups or categories , the most basic distinction they made was that of sex and age . |
| 45 | ‘ All that they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor . ’ |
| 46 | The question they asked was : |
| 47 | The support from those in the demonstration and those shouting messages of support as they passed was greatly appreciated . |
| 48 | Every time they looked up last night all they experienced was rain , rain and more rain . |
| 49 | Did the judges think the rule they applied was a good one ? |
| 50 | Writers and the books they produced were of the same type , full of antiquarian information and the archaic vocabulary that went with it . |
| 51 | But what they produced were at best permanent monuments of erudition on which we still draw , and at worst giant-sized pamphlets which are now read , if at all , only for their interest as literature . |
| 52 | The volume of material they produced was staggering . |
| 53 | Although it is convenient to treat Gloucester 's northern acquisitions separately , the affinity they produced was a unity . |
| 54 | Although it is convenient to treat Gloucester 's northern acquisitions separately , the affinity they produced was a unity . |
| 55 | The context in which they arose was that of the capitalist world economy and imperialism ; hence there has also been , in many of these movements a substantial socialist influence , and in some countries , notably in China , nationalist movements have culminated in a social revolution . |
| 56 | I 'm a fool , she thought tearfully , knowing the very last vestiges of the shaky companionship they shared were gone for good . |
| 57 | Knowing what they shared was enough for now , and she was content for him to pick his moment , take his time and let Celeste down gently . |
| 58 | The kiss they shared was a mutual one . |
| 59 | The form of ‘ unofficial ’ war which they fought was more characteristic of brigandage and open robbery , but it would be wrong to assume that those who constituted the Companies were all , of necessity , men of criminal background or low degree . |
| 60 | The background against which they fought was arid red desert ; they might have been fighting to make it green again ; yet one had the feeling that if either defeated the other it would be disaster . |