Example sentences of "they [verb] 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 | Our participants lived on a large 1960s council estate on the outskirts of a county town and the schoolrooms they describe were in the local comprehensive school situated on the estate . |
| 8 | The prophets they portray were at once more civilized than their masters and more closely in touch with the divine will . |
| 9 | 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 . |