Example sentences of "[vb past] they [vb mod] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After they were finally discovered to be there , the minister pleaded for them to be allowed to stay the night , and guaranteed they would be at the Children 's Panel Hearing in Kirkwall the next day . |
| 2 | This meant they would be at least doubling their monthly instalment payments . |
| 3 | They told me to keep in touch and call them if I felt they could be of assistance . |
| 4 | Many saw themselves as being above the grubby world of traditional politics and the professions , but often felt they could be like Richard Branson , the one-time hippy and promoter of alternative music who had joined the system and made a fortune . |
| 5 | The paternalistic Tillers knew they would be at risk so William was taken on to carry out these arrangements . |
| 6 | I just avoided the boys in the town for a while , only going in with my father or at times when I knew they would be in school . |
| 7 | He was well-read and clever , and he made it easy for stupid men to respect his intellect if he thought they could be of use to him . |
| 8 | If this involves going back to first principles , then however removed they may be from our present experience , we have a responsibility to go back . |
| 9 | They want to use condoms — nine out of 10 agreed it was sensible to carry condoms ‘ just in case ’ — but half those surveyed said they would be to embarrassed to buy them . |
| 10 | Special Branch , which works closely with MI5 , has its own computer system which keeps records on many millions of people none of whom have committed any offence ( if they had they would be on the Police National Computer ) split into 27 different groups such as ‘ interesting ’ , ‘ controversial ’ and ‘ subversive ’ . |