Example sentences of "[adv] they [verb] [pron] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally they took what was on offer , and no doubt thoroughly enjoyed the experience — just as a later Scottish politician , James VI , did when he collected £58,000 in pensions from the notoriously parsimonious Elizabeth , without feeling any need to deviate from the path which suited him and his kingdom , and without being regarded as particularly unprincipled . |
| 2 | Perhaps they thought it was for unwanted babies ; she did start to explain about the new home for blind children , but never had to finish . |
| 3 | Now they thought they were in a new thing in nineteen fifties when they brought in one man operated buses but they were n't . |
| 4 | Now they hope they 're on the verge of finally finding out what happened to her . |
| 5 | At least then they knew they were in trouble . |
| 6 | They asked me to set up a buffet for a press launch , then they said it was for me ! ’ |
| 7 | The state 's increasing insistence , for example , that what people study and how they study it are of government concern and to be directed at ends which a government finds acceptable is part of the character of our critical environment . |
| 8 | Else they know I 'm in touch with Chrissie . ’ |
| 9 | I think it 's part of a vicious circle , that sometimes it 's guilt which leads to depression and then women feel guilty about being depressed and that 's why they take what is on offer to them . |