Example sentences of "[adj] they [vb past] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That hurt , especially after all they had been through together . |
| 2 | This father insisted that all they wanted was for their children to receive a schooling based on English traditions and values . |
| 3 | Feeling a twinge of guilt because she 'd inadvertently brought it all up when all they wanted was for it to remain buried , and pushing aside for the moment the whys and wherefores of her grandfather 's involvement , Ellie apologised quietly , ‘ I 'm sorry . |
| 4 | All they wanted was for him to sit still as a stone — to be a piece of scenery , a decoration like one of the stone angels he had watched the Mason carve , up in the roofs of churches . |
| 5 | She thought how rough they had been with each other , how savage almost , sometimes in an odd way wanting to be done so that they could begin all over again . |
| 6 | What little they spoke was in the specially reverent voice reserved by the middle classes for times of bereavement . |
| 7 | At a media briefing in the House of Commons , the five main polling organisations — Gallup , Harris , ICM , NOP and MORI — reminded political editors and other interested journalists how accurate they had been in the past . |
| 8 | Instead , it reflected how successful they had been in aggressively promoting their rather indifferent work . |