Example sentences of "[adv] they be [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Suddenly they were on different planets .
2 That is not to say that necessarily they are in any sense physical , that a theory which identifies the mental with the physical , or some of the physical , is forced upon us , whatever our attitude to such a theory .
3 Perhaps they 're in financial difficulty .
4 Perhaps they were in telepathic communication ? ’
5 Soon they were in grey twilight and could see that the stream bordered the farther edge of the wood .
6 They would meet , they would go on meeting , but already they were on opposite sides .
7 Lord , she 'd been awake ten minutes and already they were at each other 's throats !
8 Individually they are of little importance , but collectively .
9 What the men did next is also not disclosed but clearly something impressed the ladies again because before the year was out they spontaneously and bountifully agreed to ‘ always let the men through directly they are in any way pressed ’ , a decision now overtaken by the bye-laws .
10 Well it 's a joke , because , they take up all the seats , like they 're in two seats of four , and a , there is no way you can , half the students , these silly old people come in and they take up four seats and eat our lunch .
11 You know , people And I did n't , well you were suppose Well we did mark the book at perhaps a p a pound to a book you know , like they were in those days .
12 Now they are for small children to celebrate occasionally .
13 Until today only season ticket- and voucher-holders could apply for tickets for Monday 's Play-Off Final against Leicester , but now they 're on general sale .
14 They were being kept nine to a cell in the jail.At first they were sleeping on the concrete floor , now they 're on wooden slats .
15 But now they 're in terrible danger .
16 Rather they were with practical home skills and formal qualifications .
17 Clara and Rebecca had worked as a team before this but today they were on different jobs .
18 Fifty years ago they were in closer touch .
19 Maybe they were in some room somewhere where the husband and the child were not on either of their minds .
20 The spins of the two protons are measured along axes which for each proton on each occasion are selected at random from the possible choices unc Sometimes both protons have their spins measured in the same directions ( both o , say ) , sometimes they are in different directions ( one A one y , say ) .
21 If the authorities do not respond to the opinions of the players then they are on dangerous ground and their motives might be questioned .
22 They stood in silence for a few seconds ; then they were in each other 's arms .
23 Their faces were a few inches apart — and then they were in each other 's arms and she whispered , ‘ Yes — I still love you .
24 For a moment they looked at each other , and then they were in each other 's arms again .
25 Least they were at that time .
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