Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] they be be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not clear if they were being tempted to the south in search of sugar or if the Atlantic voyages were mainly concerned with fishing . |
| 2 | It is quite clear from studies of aboriginal peoples elsewhere that they could be astute traders and politicians , using the European newcomers for their own ends as much as they were being used . |
| 3 | If your bugs get sick a possibility is they 're gon na get sick because they 're being attacked by one of these things , and it 's a virus , terribly small of course . |
| 4 | Due to a limited response to their invitation , the steering committee felt frustrated because they were being thwarted by the very establishments that were meant to help prepare our youth for tomorrow to spread the ‘ Word ’ . |
| 5 | I also know of several productive bream waters where the bream never show themselves at all until they are being brought to the landing net . |
| 6 | no they just like , think that it looks good because they are being seen to go to church |
| 7 | The figure for inventory investment can be positive or negative ; positive when inventories are being added to , negative when they are being depleted . |
| 8 | As you suspect your plant are probably disappearing because they are being eaten by your fish ( Platy 's , Clown Loach ) . |
| 9 | Keeping track of young people is particularly difficult when they are being looked after by an SSD . |
| 10 | Many wild animals , such as rare parrots , are rare because they are being taken and used as pets . |
| 11 | The seals , one 1,000-years-old and the other 300-years-old , were stolen from a car parked in Linthorpe , Middlesbrough , in August 1989 as they were being taken to be valued . |