Example sentences of "[noun sg] that they be [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clasper screamed back at the chanting mob that they were management lackeys who had been conned by Peters , and sold down the river by Bunker . |
| 2 | ‘ They thought it was a huge joke that they were IRA sympathisers working inside the Palace grounds . ’ |
| 3 | As far as sentencing is concerned it would seem to be the case that long-firm fraudsters are sentenced on the basis that they are business law-breakers rather than ‘ villains ’ . |
| 4 | The charge that they were World Champions by default clearly rankled with the Wallabies . |
| 5 | Many would take grave exception to the suggestion that they are problem drinkers , yet the volume of alcohol they consume at home can be far above recommended safe levels . |
| 6 | Here hundreds of birds were wheeling and soaring and we realised with excitement that they were frigate birds . |
| 7 | Peter Donaldson said that quite a few people came into his shop and tried to exchange Dillons vouchers under the misapprehension that they were Book Tokens . |
| 8 | I mean the fact that they 're peasants means that , you know , they 're not worth much |