Example sentences of "[verb] they [am/are] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondaries can usually be identified because they cluster around the larger primary , often forming chains and other small groups , and because the impacts producing them are at low angles and low speeds and so the craters are usually elongated . |
| 2 | Those horses , all right , I 'm not denying they 're in bad condition , but I did choose 'em . |
| 3 | Out on the fields , the flocks of golden plover begin to show an increasing number of black-fronted birds as they moult , and the extent of these markings suggest they are of more northerly origin . |
| 4 | But the haemorrhage of people since travel was eased in the past few years , and the mass exodus of the past weeks suggest they are in a minority . |
| 5 | ‘ They must know they 're in the frame otherwise why the decoy ? ’ |
| 6 | If one says that they are both in the second row you will know they are on the two n's of nomen . |
| 7 | ‘ They are all blonde and are all about the same size and although none of them are identical you would know they are from the same family . |
| 8 | I expect they 're among the most important people in the country . |
| 9 | oh I expect they are on , on the Council |
| 10 | Where written records do survive they are as a rule woefully incomplete , and for prehistoric communities they are by definition completely absent . |
| 11 | ‘ I do think visitors to this country like to know they 're in Scotland , especially in a large hotel like the Sheraton where you could be anywhere . ’ |
| 12 | Teachers say they 're of no benefit . |
| 13 | Well , four days on with thousands of people still on the site at Castle Morton Common , there 's growing anger locally that nobody seems to have the power to do anything about the travellers.Villagers say they 're under siege . |
| 14 | But now , people who use the Prestbury Day centre and other similar centres in Gloucestershire , say they 're under threat . |
| 15 | This may sound obvious , but it is surprising how many editors say they are for ever clearing out photographs which have no identification . |
| 16 | They say they are from the People 's Liberation Army . |
| 17 | Robert Bosch GmbH and Northern Telecom Ltd say they are in discussions that could lead to a 50-50 joint venture to develop , manufacture , and market transmission equipment — yes , Bosch 's main business is motor components , but we 're talking data transmission here — under the global CCITT standard , including Synchronous Digital Hierarchy systems : Northern Telecom says the deal would complements its strategic tie with Matra Communication SA . |
| 18 | I got out to the shops this afternoon and have you noticed they 're into Christmas already ? |
| 19 | Lewis 's family lawyer says they are considering suing for compensation . |
| 20 | Meanwhile the family 's solicitor says they are considering seeking compensation from Boots . |
| 21 | He says they are in a long term partnership with our local hospitals and they want to do all they can to support them . |
| 22 | Albert says they 're like emeralds . ’ |
| 23 | She says they 're in soft skinnned vehicles and any shooting they encounter is dangerous but so far there 've been no injuries . |
| 24 | you know , we we 're obliged to put that little bit in you know , there 's year seven , year eight , year ten the there wo n't be a tick in there and so the the these levels will be whatever you 've decided they are in the way that you asses but at the end of the key stage this report will go out in Au i in September now following SATS . |
| 25 | ‘ She takes her golf very seriously ; she told me her clubs are a matched set and I imagine they 're worth quite a lot of money . |
| 26 | Old ladies trapped in time imagine they are in 1929 and love 's first blossoms are just around the corner , an old man feels angry and cheated that 40 years of his life have disappeared . |
| 27 | The Official Receiver has not heard from the family and has no idea where they are , but assumes they are on the road . |
| 28 | Squatters have long felt they 're at the receiving end of a bad press and have have welcomed tonight 's opportunity to express their side of the story . |
| 29 | They hand over responsibility to teenage , growing up and growing away , young people , who should gradually feel they are in charge of their own lives , and eventually become fully independent . |
| 30 | The Ministry of Defence ( MoD ) must feel they are in a no-win situation . |