Example sentences of "and they [det] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been his job to grow all the flowers in the first place , and they all had to be at their best on this particular auspicious day in June . |
| 2 | After that lot was safely in , behold another flock drawing near the pier and they all had to be stored in too , one would wonder wherever they packed themselves . |
| 3 | And they all had to be executed in the delicate , exquisite detail that had become Jessamy 's trademark . |
| 4 | Years of dust and cobwebs had settled on their fur and skin and they all seemed to be snarling or growling . |
| 5 | They had a very large number of Scots sergeants and they all seemed to be very close . |
| 6 | ‘ They own 8 million bicycles — and they all seem to be on the road at once , every day ! ’ |
| 7 | Signs are to be seen everywhere and they all need to be decoded . |
| 8 | Wallace was his usual lively self , and they both looked to be working well together . |
| 9 | Essentially , in an explanation of a case of soil erosion , there are two sets of specificity to be tackled - that of the physical system and that of the social/economic system , and they both have to be brought together and analytically integrated . |