Example sentences of "be [adv] [subord] they [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It ca n't be long before they cross the Atlantic as the children of the 90s start replacing designer bodies with designer minds . |
| 2 | They would not be there unless they shared the European ideal and believed themselves to be an integral part of the process of European unity . |
| 3 | He would like to be there when they shot the bastard . |
| 4 | The men here are here because they broke the law . |
| 5 | It 's with an apostrophe is an abbreviation for it is , because you never , and I I think those three little rules there only apply only nouns have an apostrophe , pronouns never have an apostrophe and it 's only nouns ending in s , have an apostrophe and it 's only when they own the thing that follows , except when they , when they do n't end with an s , but you know the exception of men 's , women 's , children 's and sheep . |
| 6 | With sequencers that 's achievable , but then much of the performance is over before they touch the stage . |
| 7 | THE reign of the supermodel is over as they become the losers in a takeover led by Dracula actress Monica Bellucci . |
| 8 | If training officers who devote their full time to training are rare , it is usually because they combine the role of training officer with other functions . |
| 9 | funny it 's like cos they had the keyboard and that sort of rap beat it 's like , and all my kebabs are in salad cream , rap it on , stack it on , that 's my scene , gim me some kebab kebab gim me ages , wicked tune , I mean all these words |
| 10 | They brought me down that day from Edinburgh , bundled me into a transit van with seats but no windows , handcuffed to a big quiet London lad who would n't talk to me at all and did n't even say much to the other two cops in the back of the transit just sat staring ahead and we seemed to drive all night just stopping once at some service station on the Ml , took a while to arrange everything , then they came in with a selection of cans of soft drinks and sandwiches and pasties and pork pies and chocolate and we all sat there munching then they asked me did I need the toilet and I said yes and they opened the door and it was straight over the grass into the gents ' toilets , two cops guarding the door and some men , looked like truckers , standing watching me , waiting for their turn after I 'd had my private visit ; only wanted a pee but I could n't do it even though the big lad was n't actually watching just having him standing there handcuffed to me was enough so they checked the stalls and then took the cuffs off me and I had to leave the door open a crack while I went , then back out and I see the other cop cars Christ a Range Rover and a Senator too I 'm a fucking VIP , then it 's into the van and on with the journey to London where the questioning starts ; they 're concentrating on Sir Rufus 's murder , for now , because they found a card a fucking business card in the woods near the burned cottage ; not mine that would have been too obvious but a card from a guy I know on Jane 's Defence Weekly with some scribbled notes on the back : |
| 11 | His tale was verified by another member of the party Hawick 's B international hooker Jim Hay , who recounted that his fellow Teri , Jim Renwick , had been so intent on chasing and tackling the electrifyingly quick Eric Rush that he had failed to notice a helicopter land on the pitch and it was only when they felt the down-draft from the rotor blades that they put on the anchors . |
| 12 | It was here where they dazzled the minds of the masses with their pioneering space rock sound , a true alternative to Lennon & McCartney 's elegant pop confections and one that would later become the blueprint for numerous ‘ progressive ’ outfits in the early '70s . |
| 13 | It was n't until they reached the walls of Assisi that she spoke again . |
| 14 | But I think the pre er well not the present A nine but the A nine that was there before they made the new one , it was made about eighteen thirty I think . |
| 15 | I was there when they took the Enchantment of the Beastline and laid it across the Silver Loom , and I was there as it fell to shreds in their hands . |