Example sentences of "was [noun] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where there was money they played . |
| 2 | They had dug up those bones at Wyvis Hall and had decided it was murder they were investigating . |
| 3 | Well cos at er , there were n't enough tide to take it away , I mean you ta you get clay well that 's , that 's solid and the amount of stuff I was dredge they use and use it , now we 're not the only ones got it , they got people from Harwich , people from Felixstowe , they were all dumping out there . |
| 4 | United 's Frenchman milked the applause after his tap-in equaliser ended the excitement , but the red army hailed the wrong player at the end — it was Sharpe they should have saluted . |
| 5 | The instigators of the revolt were Hugh and Matfrid , the dis-honoured of 828 : it was Pippin they turned to first ; and when Charles 's mother Judith was taken from her husband 's side , and accused of adultery with Bernard , she was sent to custody in Aquitaine , at Ste-Croix , Poitiers . |
| 6 | When it was midnight they took the body of the Cid , fastened to the saddle as it was , and placed it upon his horse Bavieca , and fastened the saddle well : and the body sate so upright and well that it seemed as if he was alive . |
| 7 | The fears of the city builders were , it seems , justified after all , and it was God they had to fear . |
| 8 | Besides it was Colm they were talking about . |
| 9 | The Judge said the gang may have been in a state of panic , but the police were unarmed and it was miracle they were n't seriously injured . |
| 10 | Before , every time there was games they would kick her and everything . |
| 11 | I was suspect they the same problem with France and Germany . |
| 12 | It was shrapnel they call it . |
| 13 | I could only presume that as this was April they were concerned with spawning and were only doing all the strange things that other species do when pre-occupied with that activity . |
| 14 | It was women they wanted up there to spread some common sense among them . |
| 15 | and Jenny was saying she went to Debenhams yesterday they had a twelve day spectacular at eight thirty to eight thirty at night there was clothes they were half price plus you got a third of ten per cent off . |
| 16 | So there was way they were going to let the standard bearer go on his own and face all these fierce fighters . |
| 17 | For many men in the groups , losing their virginity was proof they 'd reached adulthood . |
| 18 | It was madness they had stayed , drank still , and deeply , of the heady wine . |
| 19 | They had er his name was Jimmy they had er well one used t one old gentleman used to be a yes and his name was Jimmy , the waiter , that 's right I , I get a , I have to think because I , I sometimes get mixed up and I 'm at Cambridge and you see it was a long time ago , you see , so , since I was young and I was then . |
| 20 | Although her mum was upset and her dad was cross they did n't chuck her out but have been very supportive and she still lives at home with her two-year-old son . |
| 21 | It was time they stopped designing buildings without a thought for the people who had to live in them , he said . |
| 22 | It was time they transferred their attentions from ‘ the municipal privy ’ to suites at top hotels where those sort of drugs deals are carried out . |
| 23 | She took in the scene and told Seth it was time they straightened out . |
| 24 | Already the warmth was draining from the air and he knew that it was time they were moving . |
| 25 | It seemed to Annie that no sooner had Tamar arrived in the market hall , than Goodison was by her side , suggesting that it was time they started off for home . |
| 26 | Carrie was afraid at first that Albert would despise such a babyish pastime but he seemed to enjoy it as much as Nick did , shouting with laughter when he tripped over bumps in the ice and not wanting to stop , even when she said it was time they were going . |
| 27 | It was time they were down . |
| 28 | It was time they all had a holiday . |
| 29 | Perhaps , thought Theodora dispassionately , it was time they had to answer advertisements for their posts , satisfy a set of agreed criteria and become answerable to those who paid for their upkeep . |
| 30 | At last the golden afternoon was over , and Robbie heard with regret Fen 's decree that it was time they returned to Water Gypsy . |