Example sentences of "they be now [vb pp] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let us hope that the Danes will vote ‘ No ’ in their referendum on June 2 , thus forcing all members to renegotiate the treaty , as many of them are now said to be having second thoughts of their own . |
| 2 | In the light of this passage we can interpret one of Wordsworth 's gnomic sayings — ‘ The Child is Father of the Man ’ — and can understand what the attractive childhood episodes are doing in Books i and ii ; they are now seen to be similar ‘ spots of time … enshrined … for future restoration ’ . |
| 3 | They are now thought to be the oldest planked boats built anywhere in the world outside Egypt . |
| 4 | Mid-waters of the Southern Ocean are little explored ; for long considered empty , they are now known to be the haunt , possibly the refuge , of several species of fish and squid which feed either near the surface or at the bottom . |
| 5 | Rough Trade , for instance , had to dip into the piggy bank to move into the American market , where they 're now said to be pulling out . |