Example sentences of "what they [vb past] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What they 'd been over there to a stallion ? |
| 2 | He used to sort of let the girls know what they 'd been at . |
| 3 | Some of his male colleagues boasted about how they 'd felt with various women , raising an arm to show what they 'd been like . |
| 4 | But what they produced were at best permanent monuments of erudition on which we still draw , and at worst giant-sized pamphlets which are now read , if at all , only for their interest as literature . |
| 5 | She knew very well what they had been at ; she and Patten had been the same , when they were young . |
| 6 | This was a soft seduction of her senses , a sensuous reminder of what they had been to each other and what they had lost . |
| 7 | After that , the possibilities for the disturbed were very much what they were to remain until the introduction of the major tranquillisers — and indeed what they had been from Roman times . |
| 8 | I thought , would n't it be good though if they , if what they did is on that day we went they pick everyone who wanted like the jobs yeah |