Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [subord] they [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's people who do n't tell you who they are when they answer the phone . |
| 2 | If I sounded dubious about The Smiths , it 's because they represented the first threat to us . ’ |
| 3 | I believe it 's because they have the best connections , and they 're paying the most money . |
| 4 | It is because they make the decisions that they are often under sharp pressure both from those above them in the hierarchy who allocate resources and from those with whom they deal who want to receive them . |
| 5 | Seven out of the forty women specifically mention the pleasure they obtain from seeing a line full of clean clothes ; some explain it is because they anticipate the silent admiration of neighbours at this visible ( though shortlived ) achievement . |
| 6 | Well I suppose ultimately it is if they use the yeah . |
| 7 | It was as they left the café that Kelly noticed a Lamborghini , bearing the number plate FAY 1 , badly parked outside a chemist 's shop on the High Street . |
| 8 | It was as they approached the gates that Joe pointed away to the left and towards the hills where a man was walking and he cried excitedly , ‘ There 's Mick ! ’ |