Example sentences of "they were [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Respondents were also asked how satisfied they were with each decision-making process , and this was measured using the same seven point scale . |
| 2 | They were on that gate with us very often , in the mornings and that . |
| 3 | I mean , they were on this trip . |
| 4 | So the women said , they were on this morning 's programme . |
| 5 | But they were on this bonus system you know , they were you know on the bonus but they were n't quarry men . |
| 6 | Lord , she 'd been awake ten minutes and already they were at each other 's throats ! |
| 7 | They were at all times called by their Yiddish names Bashelaya , Shinageetel , and Riffka . |
| 8 | They were at that stage of going out that was n't yet a Relationship . |
| 9 | The sale agreed and completed was thus for the land and buildings as they were at that time . |
| 10 | Sir Daniel bade his brother Roger , then living at Coniston Hall , make a report on the mines as they were at that time . |
| 11 | Least they were at that time . |
| 12 | the ministers of the forest … have taken again into the forest lands and woods as entirely as they were at any time , contrary to the Charter … and cause ditches to be thrown down , and interfere with their cultivation , and take from them grievous and excessive ransoms . |
| 13 | I think from my reflection , they did say they were at some stage in the future , they 've not ruled it out . |
| 14 | They were at this time boycotting the Security Council in protest at the UN refusal to replace Taiwan by Communist China ; hence there was no Soviet veto on sending UN forces to support South Korea . |
| 15 | Though all were to achieve success , Oliver as a poet , Bruce as picture journalist and Jeffrey as sports journalist and author of The Spectator 's column , ‘ Low Life ’ , they were at this time a little like characters out of a Chekhov play , searching and bewildered . |
| 16 | It was quite clear to them that they were at this moment standing in the presence of a master . |
| 17 | Both young men then glanced at each other , clamming up in some embarrassment as they recalled that the fortune they were at this moment vying for had been lost by Benedict Beckenham , for the story of the will was naturally common knowledge among his intimates . |
| 18 | At least she and Dionne knew how precious they were to each other . |
| 19 | To begin with , he thought I was as close to Steve and Paul as they were to each other — and they were like a single amoeba that wo n't let anyone else into its world . |
| 20 | I saw how kind they were to each other . |
| 21 | He mentions his father 's visit again , when they were to some extent reconciled , with Sien sitting unrevealed in the waiting room . |
| 22 | The content of the Tables is reminiscent of the Tables in the Universal Decimal Classification , and , indeed , they were to some extent inspired by the latter . |
| 23 | They were for all ages , from the very young to the schoolroom young lady ; some might even be classed as adult fiction , though they were never again to be published as such . |
| 24 | They stayed where they were for another minute or so , although Jack had to practically hold Ho down while they waited . |
| 25 | During the bad weather we experienced a few disasters and events , but they were of little consequence . |
| 26 | But for other cancers they were of little use . |
| 27 | Manuela no doubt had her personal preferences and tastes , like everyone else , but she did n't make the mistake of thinking that they were of any importance in the matter . |
| 28 | In practice , not unexpectedly , they were of more value to the temporarily displaced skilled worker than to the chronically under-employed — the most intractable problem . |
| 29 | They were of some kind of fibre , painted glossy chestnut , now dimmed and dulled , with bands of wood to give them strength . |
| 30 | My Lord the defence admit that no such advice was given to the plaintiff but they deny that they were under any duty er to give such advice and it is pleaded in the that er the defendants will rely upon the fact that Mr er held himself out to be er an experienced man of business and as such it was not necessary on their part to advise him upon the adequacy and arrangements for the financing of the operation . |