Example sentences of "they [vb past] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given the conception we have , are mental events as we have conceived them excluded from being physical ? |
| 2 | In these circumstances , a determined mother could be free to groom herself , hold office in this or that community activity , or find a job , in order to fulfil herself ; though none of them seemed to be able to explain why acting as a bank teller or the secretary of a charity , for example , was more fulfilling than looking after their own children . |
| 3 | All of them seemed to be toy shops . |
| 4 | They agreed to support policies most of them knew to be damaging , misguided and inhuman . |
| 5 | Furthermore , it is logical that models which can yield an investment strategy capable of beating a process of random selection and ‘ buy-and-hold ’ would not be published until they ceased to be profitable for their creators . |
| 6 | They were as shy as I was and the effort they made to be friendly was the most heartening thing I had experienced since I had been taken prisoner . |
| 7 | The Insured considered the safety of the property and took precautions even though they transpired to be inadequate . |
| 8 | Firefighters formed a human chain to carry the four brothers to safety but they found to be dead at hospital . |
| 9 | They tried to be friendly ; they frequented the cafés and even ventured into people 's houses , and they did n't seem to do any harm . |
| 10 | The pair you may recall , kidnapped and threatened a youth whom they believed to be involved in a series of thefts . |
| 11 | The pair you may recall , kidnapped and threatened a youth whom they believed to be involved in a series of thefts . |
| 12 | ‘ It is shocking that Unionists should attempt to use bullying tactics to instill fear into staff and stop them from voicing what they believed to be genuine concerns . ’ |
| 13 | I certainly both dreaded and disliked the prospect of the law and order debate , for the atmosphere was so strangely hostile and so different from that accorded to all one 's colleagues … pressure and even bullying by so-called ‘ hangers and floggers ’ served only to force Conservative MPs who were against hanging to stand up for what they believed to be right . |
| 14 | But that was a fact under the sectional council number three , the one that I was represented by , they seemed to be poor . |
| 15 | Many of the projects arose not just because they seemed to be suitable topics for academic research , but at the direct instigation of teachers or sometimes students . |
| 16 | ‘ I mean , they seemed to be incompetent morons like you . |
| 17 | They seemed to be gleaming behind the glass . |
| 18 | They seemed to be selective in the evidence that they quoted . |
| 19 | In spite of their success they seemed to be vulnerable to extirpation in a way that some of the less imaginative molluscs , like the bivalves seemed to be immune . |
| 20 | They seemed to be personal constructions arising from his knowledge of Greek or Latin roots , and proving how clever he is with words . |
| 21 | Those dark eyes had softened considerably , but they seemed to be boring into her and she had a ridiculous urge to duck her head . |
| 22 | They seemed to be deep in conversation . |
| 23 | Once they were revealed , it seemed extraordinary that either operation should have borne the stamp of the American government ; they seemed to be bad dreams . |
| 24 | They came over to meet some people and they seemed to be interested . |
| 25 | They seemed to be able to move through the red death without being frozen in time . |
| 26 | Mm , it 's a thought , they seemed to be able to manage ok . |
| 27 | If they , if they seemed to be alright then I just sign a copy and that goes into our records . |
| 28 | They seemed to be local business men and visiting ‘ reps ’ . |
| 29 | And they seemed to be old friends . ’ |
| 30 | Nonetheless , it seems to me that the rule requires the justices to record and to announce the facts which they judged to be significant in the making of their decision and also the salient considerations which have led them to their conclusion . |