Example sentences of "they [vb past] be of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Writers and the books they produced were of the same type , full of antiquarian information and the archaic vocabulary that went with it . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | Although the history of Scotmid is very much of local interest , the carriages they collected are of national importance . |
| 4 | In spite of which , the impression they gave was of being identical , and it was left to the owners to give their property whatever signs of individuality they could , by making neat little gardens , or by not doing so , by cleaning the windows once a month , or by not doing so . |
| 5 | Encouraged by the pride of the town authorities , the Guy Fawkes celebrations provided an annual explosion for the town 's poor : deprived as they had been of saints ' days with the advent of Puritanism , they came from the miserable hovels cramped in the town 's back alleys to protest not only against the symbols of oppression but also , in bad years , against the local oligarchy . |
| 6 | The audience were no surer of this than they had been of the song . |
| 7 | Compulsory ‘ liberal studies ’ was , however , not to remain a distinctive feature of CNAA degrees as they had been of the Diploma in Technology . |
| 8 | Neither of them was able to identify any they came away they did not feel they had been of much help . |