Example sentences of "be [adj] [conj] i [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mary , who works for a publishing firm , said last night : ‘ People are speechless when I tell them where they 're calling . |
| 2 | The staff all know what 's got to be done and they go off and do it ; it 's just when jobs are different that I give them any guidance . |
| 3 | My legs are warm and I give them a feel . |
| 4 | And that 's moved them no less than three places up the second division table , they 're higher than I think they 've been for many a long day . |
| 5 | Oh goodness knows , I mean that them gates have been renewed and I remember them being renewed , these gates what they got there now . |
| 6 | At Oxford I discovered that most people were only too willing to be friendly if I gave them a chance . |
| 7 | He 'd be suspicious if I kept them long . |
| 8 | I think these 'd probably be better if I did them on the one you suggested for |
| 9 | They think I 'm wonderful and I think they 're wonderful . |
| 10 | Yes they are small cos I got them |
| 11 | ‘ I would n't mind if they were prepared to say they were wrong when I prove them wrong but they never do . ’ |
| 12 | These were lozenge-shaped and I remembered them particularly because they were decorated with golden love knots . |
| 13 | The sums of money were enormous and I told them that there would be no more money once it had been spent . ’ |
| 14 | The dogs were surprised when I disturbed them in the middle of the night and they chased in their runs when I left again , strained to see me departing through the rain , and hear the car door opening , their bowls clanking as I threw them inside . |
| 15 | It 's just a little bit sort of er the waves themselves are nice but I think they do need something else in it just to erm break up the linearity of the er er , of the composition . |
| 16 | The Duke and Duchess of Windsor would have been marvellous and I suspect they might have done it , too . |
| 17 | They are special and I want them back |
| 18 | My guess was right when I thought they would get an awful lot from a Video Course , even though it was n't in their language . |
| 19 | So I was wrong when I thought they were fantastically healthy and a good advert for the Jungle . |
| 20 | But I 'm afraid the trail was cold before I called them in , and we did n't take it the length of broadcasting or advertising . |