Example sentences of "[noun sg] they [was/were] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No wonder they were in a tizz in Brighton . |
| 2 | The Russian nobility were much less formidable than their counterparts elsewhere , they had not yet begun to export grain , and for the great landowners serfdom was not an unmitigated blessing : as long as there was still peasant mobility they were in a position to attract labour away from the estates of their weaker rivals . |
| 3 | He could also make an error of judgement in his choice of sailors , at least one of whom turned on him the moment they were inside the door and threatened to beat him up if he did not hand over money . |
| 4 | When Jack and Alison were in the house together by day they were in the studio ( where Jack was supposed to be teaching Alison to paint ) or else in the drawing room , often watching television . |
| 5 | They say when are you going to stop it , and I say , when am I going to stop it , when am I — it was the second night they were in the bar together after their week of absence I remember . |
| 6 | Erm they were at the start they were at the finish and both days in between . |
| 7 | Even if the authorities had wanted to rule the countryside with a rod of iron they were in no position to do so . |
| 8 | Allen thought they were wolves but though he kept the fire going all night he assured Marian that at this time of the year with the forest full of game they were in no danger from wolves or from any creatures but men . |
| 9 | Allen thought they were wolves but though he kept the fire going all night he assured Marian that at this time of the year with the forest full of game they were in no danger from wolves or from any creatures but men . |
| 10 | He based this on the belief that only where property considerations were absent — as by definition they were in the proletariat — could ‘ true sex-love ’ develop . |
| 11 | Slowing down , she listened in case they were in the middle of a talk too personal to be interrupted ; but it soon became clear that they were discussing the house and the various improvements that might be made once Europe had reached some kind of normality again . |
| 12 | Cognito , the UK two-way paging service re-born after a management buyout last year , has got coverage and subscriber numbers back to around the level they were before the service 's first incarnation folded . |
| 13 | Before midday they were across the border into Luxembourg , surrounded by cliffs looming over the narrow serpentine road . |
| 14 | When they moved , every muscle ached but by midday they were in the fields again . |
| 15 | The titles of both episodes are also confused in the way they were on the Police Squad TV series . |
| 16 | Lesbians and gays are expressing themselves differently from the way they were before the Clause , but they are still saying as openly and as proudly as ever that they want the boundaries changed . |
| 17 | you know , how that change has taken place and I as I say we we were we were compared to some we were well off , we 'd got a tap in the house.So many people had n't even got a tap they were in the yard , and that tap was shared by a dozen families . |
| 18 | And er at one time they were on the evening papers , opposite . |
| 19 | The main force should have got into the town under the cover of a raid by the RAF , but by the time they were at the foot of the escarpment , this was almost over . |
| 20 | This would hardly have been necessary if at that time they were in a position to dictate the policy and actions of the association . |
| 21 | It was raining intermittently all the time they were in the cemetery , the pines bowing and shivering in the wind . |
| 22 | " When they were out of a ship they were more or less in a state of intoxication , during which time they were in the society of the very lowest description that could be found . |
| 23 | In fact they were on a bridge hanging innocently above two feet of pleasant , placid water , that on this balmy summer afternoon looked inviting enough to jump into anyway . |
| 24 | Life after Brian could not after started better for United … just 41 seconds after kick-off they were in the lead … a defence slip-up by watford but they all count … |
| 25 | Life after Brian could not after started better for United … just 41 seconds after kick-off they were in the lead … a defence slip-up by watford but they all count … |