Example sentences of "[verb] they [vb past] be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the trial the court had heard from a succession of alleged victims , all now adults , who claimed they had been ill-treated by the Hanbys . |
| 2 | I do n't have to look too far back in there when we started this whole process , four or five years of throwing it all up in the air to say that I felt every pupil could comment in some way , something that they had enjoyed , something they felt they 'd been successful at , something they felt they found difficult , something that had pleased them , surely every child could comment on wo , if it 's just one of those things |
| 3 | He did n't really care if she and Nick were happy or not but if he thought they had been happier at Druid 's Bottom than they were at his house , he might stop them going again . |
| 4 | Of the 532 — members of all social classes and from all over the country — 24 girls and 13 boys said they had been involved in prostitution at some time . |
| 5 | Some parents even said they had been aware of being watched for some considerable time . |
| 6 | Two members of the jury threatened to sue , because the comments ( which were based upon mis-statements of fact ) suggested they had been false to their oaths by acquitting black defendants because they ( the jurors ) were black . |