Example sentences of "[noun sg] they [vb past] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The proportion of stock they held was , respectively 11.5 per cent , 6.3 per cent , 10.2 per cent and 7.7 per cent . |
| 2 | Mordecai had said that he usually approached the shop through the bazaar , and that was the side they had been watching . |
| 3 | The classroom was the warehouse they 'd been in before . |
| 4 | As a result they had been driven out of the city by Richard 's agents and the cathedral was closed for twenty-one months . |
| 5 | Here officers are tracking a car they believed was stolen in Milton Keynes . |
| 6 | No one was jumping for joy because they 'd finally got the piece they 'd been searching for for years . |
| 7 | It seems the piece they took was holding up a window sash . |
| 8 | Once again there was a flurry of bodies from the doorway they had been defending and another charge . |
| 9 | Maybe this was the break they had been waiting for . |
| 10 | I 'm a fool , she thought tearfully , knowing the very last vestiges of the shaky companionship they shared were gone for good . |
| 11 | All the seats had been taken , but once Myeloski had waved his warrant-card at the ticket-desk they had been given seats . |
| 12 | For many , the first reggae album they bought was 1974 's ‘ Natty Dread ’ . |
| 13 | Even in their heyday they had been fluid entities which could be dormant in specific areas for years at a time , but the decline at the turn of the century was much more widespread than earlier fluctuations . |
| 14 | Did the judges think the rule they applied was a good one ? |
| 15 | The havoc they wreaked was total . |
| 16 | No wonder they had been covered up . |
| 17 | Shortly after lunch they had been reduced to 57 for eight . |
| 18 | Nell guessed from the centrifuges and freezers what type of work they had been designed for . |
| 19 | But the work they did was , as far as Theodora could see , amongst the best the Church could offer . |
| 20 | Chris described to her in painstaking detail the story of the cartoon they 'd been watching . |
| 21 | Any extra help they received was through the dedication of any class teacher who had enough energy left over from dealing with the demands of the class as a whole . |
| 22 | Aye everything was gi really fantastic the people that helped the people that gave to the strike , out of this world I know the help they had was really fantastic . |
| 23 | ‘ They should feel angry that the help they needed was n't available . ’ |
| 24 | Source C " The impression left on the minds of those who heard the speech , after the first sensations of surprise had passed , was that the whole thing had been arranged long before and that , while in the Cabinet and committee they had been making panic stricken efforts to balance the budget , the whole business had been a humbug and make-believe . " |
| 25 | In opposition the Conservatives had , it is true , pressed for a select committee , but when they returned to power the Commons committee they established was quite ineffective . |
| 26 | ‘ I have n't been drinking , Harvey , ’ she said patiently , as if this was a dialogue they had been through many times before . |
| 27 | All over Spain , rebel officers put into action the plan they had been elaborating since December of the previous year . |
| 28 | I 'll need dog-handlers immediately and they 'll have to be sent out to Pontino , there 's no need for them to check in here first — the girl they released is in shock . |
| 29 | While at Croydon SSD , Ambache had to support his director in a battle with a while couple who wanted to adopt a black child they had been fostering . |
| 30 | The question they asked was : |