Example sentences of "perhaps they [be] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Perhaps they are pests to a lot of people , but we did n't see too many flies around our estate during the hot summer , so they had their uses . |
| 2 | Perhaps they are nighthawks from space ! |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps they are Spaniards , then . |
| 4 | ‘ Perhaps they 're Hassan 's father and mother , ’ Anna thought . |
| 5 | Perhaps they were exhibitionists — flashers . |
| 6 | Perhaps they were pewter . |
| 7 | Perhaps they were criminals keeping one step ahead of the police ! ’ jokes Gedge . |
| 8 | Maggie had never bothered to resist their reasoning , and she folded her clothes partly from the natural instinct of obedience , and partly because she had never been entirely sure that these external appendages did indeed belong to her , Maggie Petherington , or if perhaps they were loans from the mysterious outer world ; loans that would doubtless be called in some day . |
| 9 | Perhaps they were pirates ! |
| 10 | It makes no sense to contemplate a general policy of reducing adverse events in people 's lives , even if it were possible , unless perhaps they were crises which might unavoidably lead to the person becoming trapped into a highly stressful lifestyle . |
| 11 | Perhaps they were IRA , wanting to damage his firm . |
| 12 | erm , cos Mary that still works in there she , her husband worked for either Mr Henry , I ca n't remember his name , the man that owned it , and I think , I think perhaps they were brothers or something , she , her husband owns it now it 's Freyers or something now |