Example sentences of "they [was/were] [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were punished together by the priest in black in the crypt of the French Catholic church in Leicester Square , its sombreness relieved only by Jean Cocteau 's androgynous wall-paintings ; they were allowed no flowers and no music . |
| 2 | They were hunched together in the middle of the room . |
| 3 | Later that evening when they were seated comfortably in the bar Mary brought up the subject of the eerie feeling in the cutting ; they agreed it had been a most disturbing experience and that there must be some explanation . |
| 4 | Raine refused to speak to Diana 's mother in church even though they were seated together in the same pew . |
| 5 | They were drawing closer to the barrier now and Donna began looking for Julie , praying that her sister was waiting , hardly daring to contemplate what she would do if she was n't . |
| 6 | They were straying back into the realms of evidence , and that would be a matter for the court when the Proof was heard . |
| 7 | and they got chaff from the farms you see , they were sent down before the fishing and they filled that and they lay on that . |
| 8 | We wo n't know till tomorrow what sort of dog 's breakfast they 'll dish up out of it , but they were waffling on about the poor little guinea-pig baby . |
| 9 | The non-provided schools , unless they were absorbed totally into the public system , had a choice of status . |
| 10 | Well they were hung up on the board in O S D on Friday when I went down there |
| 11 | Although many of the yeniçeri forgot all about their origins and became fanatical Muslims , behaving oppressively to their former compatriots when they were posted back into the Balkans , others , like Sokolović , kept in contact with their people and tried to help them . |
| 12 | They were killed almost to the man . |
| 13 | Much of liberal politics before they were snuffed out by the Dej regime had been dominated by the Bratianu family . |
| 14 | The Special Squads were the Nazis ' ‘ most demonic crime ’ , representing ‘ an attempt to shift on to others — specifically the victims — the burden of guilt , so that they were deprived even of the solace of innocence ’ . |
| 15 | I have suggested that they were replaced ecologically by the rhynchonellids . |
| 16 | They were appointed initially for the World Cup and then reappointed to take Wales through this season 's Five Nations Championship . |
| 17 | Since they were cut off from the mainstream anyway , both sexually and socially , they had nothing to lose by outrageousness in their clothes ’ . |
| 18 | In the few moments they stood looking at each other , both were acutely aware they were cut off from the rest of the world . |
| 19 | Hutchesons/Aloysians ' victory by 31-13 at Union Park against Corstorphine was not enough and they were edged out of the race on points difference . |
| 20 | They were jounced mercilessly on the narrow fitted bench . |
| 21 | Entitled Swizzlewick , it ‘ starred ’ a Mrs Smallgood , a Councillor Salt — the chairman of the NVALA committee was a Birmingham councillor by the name of Pepper — and Ernest the postman , Ernest being the name of Mr Whitehouse and ‘ Postman 's Piece ’ the name of the house they were living in at the time . |
| 22 | By the time they were lurching slowly along the cart track the wind had dropped , letting the clouds gather . |
| 23 | They were flapping round on the |
| 24 | They were broken up on the spot and only the saloon seats retained for further use . |
| 25 | As the first group of pulses were directed to the satellite high above the Indian Ocean , mixed up with all the other transmissions going out to the Far East , they were snatched out of the ether by the NSA 's giant aerials at Morwenstow 60 miles up the coast to the east of Goonhilly , and compared with the watch lists of ‘ interesting ’ numbers on their computer memories . |
| 26 | This situation could make receptiveness on ATB courses questionable but the people concerned were certain that if they were looking forward to the course they would ‘ switch over ’ fairly easily . |
| 27 | By this time , they were looking ahead to the long-term effects on the children of the arbitrary manner in which they had been removed , and the lengthy absence from their homes and families . |
| 28 | Vangmoor came up on the screen as if they were looking out of the window , but Vangmoor in summer without the wind and with leaves on the trees . |
| 29 | They were looking down at the new Japanese car factory , Sakata , which had just opened in Humberside . |
| 30 | RUGBY Union rookies Tony Underwood and Martin Hynes received a boost to their England hopes yesterday when they were called up for the today 's game against Leicester . |