Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [pron] be [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought the newt or the Knifefish might be eating the fish , but one of my books says they are community fish , and another says they are not . |
| 2 | and it was money prizes but they took , they were looking for things to take marks off cos all the other schools doing it were state schools |
| 3 | Good estates ensure there are shelter belts of trees available ; they feed the deer in winter and shoot the full recommended quota to keep the numbers down to what the ground can support . |
| 4 | But the medals have continued to arrive in this country and among the latest batch of heroes to receive one is Darlington man George Stevens . |
| 5 | A campaign group that 's been set up to lobby on behalf of the thousands of people who are thought to have lost their pensions says there 's lttle hope of Alan 's ever being refunded … |
| 6 | Community leaders believe they were copycat incidents inspired by Rostock . |
| 7 | It was diagnosed eventually as congenital heart failure , though at first doctors thought it was liver failure , but it had also affected the lungs . |
| 8 | We see another bunch of outdoor reporters huddled into their coat collars , clutching mikes like they were chocolate lollies . |
| 9 | I do n't know whether you will consider this good news or bad , sir , but Andropulos knows there are hydrogen bombs aboard that bomber . |
| 10 | Sipping a Sling does not have the same flavour of nostalgia when you are not sitting in the old hotel with the arches and verandahs imagining you are Somerset Maugham . |
| 11 | They were ghastly , the more discerning smokers vowed they were 50% weed , 50% elephant dung ! |