Example sentences of "they [vb past] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last time they met was in the old second division at the county ground . |
| 2 | The only place they lived was in the northern mountains , the Greshorns . |
| 3 | But perhaps the most crucial changes they made were to what Gordon referred to as the " macrostructure signalling " within the passage . |
| 4 | Writers and the books they produced were of the same type , full of antiquarian information and the archaic vocabulary that went with it . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Looking back on their ten years of marriage , Davina and Alastair feel they stopped being in touch with what their needs were after their children were born . |
| 7 | Those whom they encountered were for the most part leading precarious lives ; they lacked the leisure , the mental energy , even the vocabulary , for speculation about the great issues of heaven and hell , death and judgement . |
| 8 | But they only shots they encountered were from cameras . |
| 9 | The whole Cabinet agreed that there should be a cut in the amount that the unemployed were receiving ; where they disagreed was in whether this should include a cut in the standard rate of benefit . |
| 10 | ‘ The impression they created was of two young men , very smart , well-spoken , trading high-value stones for far too much money , ’ Mr Curtis told the jury . |
| 11 | These and many other factors are of great importance to practising physicians , but to do justice to them and to the controversies which they provoked is beyond the purpose of this book . |
| 12 | All the phone calls they received were for him , and Gina never had any mail . |
| 13 | Any extra help they received was through the dedication of any class teacher who had enough energy left over from dealing with the demands of the class as a whole . |
| 14 | The first play they mounted was for Alan and his family — to celebrate the completion of the pageant . |
| 15 | The closest they came was in the mid-Eighties when their group , Trash , Flash And Money — ‘ straight down-the-line uninteresting Billy Idol rock music ’ — was signed to a development deal by Capitol records in America ( in a development deal they give you some money while they decide whether you are any cop after all ) . |
| 16 | Celtic finished the half well on top , though the closest they came was from the powerful long range shooting of Polish defender Wdowczyk . |
| 17 | All of which explained that when I arrived at the BMC 's International Meet halfway through the week , the climbers that drifted into breakfast that morning looked like they 'd been on the receiving end of a very nasty artillery barrage . |
| 18 | So that created a problem and we then found that a number of people were leaving Brothers to seek their fortunes elsewhere because the work that they liked to work on and you know traditionally they 'd been on it for years , er was no longer there and er subsequently there was a slip in the numbers employed . |
| 19 | They 'd let him resign , just when they 'd been on the point of sacking him . |
| 20 | She knew they 'd been on the verge of drawing at least a little closer to each other , yet she had been the one to ruin the opportunity . |
| 21 | It would encourage newcomers ; especially if they 'd been on a few walks and seen the problems . |
| 22 | I th I think they 'd been on holiday and , she took ill on the holiday and , and came erm , she was stopping at erm , Edith 's and er it happened then . |
| 23 | They 'd been out and er I do n't know who they 'd been with like but he must of had a bit to drink . |
| 24 | Father and son exchanged looks , in better temper with each other than they 'd been for years . |
| 25 | They were both drunker than they 'd been for years . |
| 26 | They came up to view Heidi 's riding display then I went back with them and Vicki and Malcolm diverted from Barford on the Sunday where they 'd been for lunch and picked me up Sunday afternoon the sort of following weekend . |
| 27 | They 'd been for a meal and they came to the flat and they rung us to say they were there . |
| 28 | Cos they 'd been for a meal on the way as well ! |
| 29 | ‘ They 'd been to other schools and the standard is high ? |
| 30 | What parties they 'd been to when they were young , and Tom Reynard was holding court for his friends and their children . |