Example sentences of "they [vb past] were [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | But perhaps the most crucial changes they made were to what Gordon referred to as the " macrostructure signalling " within the passage . |
2 | Writers and the books they produced were of the same type , full of antiquarian information and the archaic vocabulary that went with it . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | But they only shots they encountered were from cameras . |
6 | All the phone calls they received were for him , and Gina never had any mail . |
7 | Then they stared at each other in silence and saw into each other 's heart , sensing that each was a little afraid of what was to come , and of the powers that they felt were in their wings and across their lives and which had brought them together . |