Examples of 'was they' in a sentence

Meaning of "was they"

was they: This phrase appears to have a grammatical error. It might be a colloquial or dialectal variation of 'were they,' in which 'they' is the subject of a past tense verb

How to use "was they" in a sentence

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Rumour was they were disappeared by a police death squad.
The only trouble was they were real nuns.
It was they who stabbed me in the back.
But the result was they threw me out.
It was they who suffered the consequences.
Well whoever it was they did not get far.
It was they who taught me the art of sewing.
The only problem was they had no imagination.
It was they who made the place tick.
The hardest part was they often died.
It was they who very nearly destroyed him.
Who the architect was they do not relate.
It was they who nailed him to the cross.
Another requirement was they wanted a sex clinic.
It was they who made this report possible.

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But what happened was they put us on at.
It was they who lost everything in the flooding.
That they found was they did not burn.
It was they who came promising me rivers of gold.
The only problem was they had no song.
It was they who put it on the political agenda.
The good part was they realized that.
It was they that awakened the sleeping giant.
The truth of the matter was they were backslidden.
It was they who gave it this amazing nickname.
That was me who figured out what it was they were up to.
So what they did was they asked us an important question.
I do not remember what it was they answered.
The thing was they never got it right.
They are asked to describe what it was they touched.
What they did was they made a fake body.
Before the letter was taken out it was they are.
Surprising thing was they were not there to do research.
Everyone at the table stopped doing whatever it was they were doing.
The compromise was they could add a subtitle.
Was they were not paying me to walk away.
What happened was they come hereto do a search.
Was they owned the politicians.
The best part was they had no allegiance.
Was they wishedto remain anonymous.
Crazy how was they can get you.
Was they wished to remain anonymous.
The problem was they had nowhere to play.
The albums really consolidated what it was they were about.
The fact was they did not want to know.
And so what they did was they built and.
Whoever it was they would be dead by now anyway.
And the worse part was they knew it.
One was they were the captives from conquest.
Still seeing whatever it was they wanted to see.

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