Example sentences of "[vb past] and they [be] " in BNC.

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1 It does give them the opportunity to provide the facilities , and on top of that on top of classification we now have grading , where every aspect of that hotel 's operation is examined and inspected and they are giving erm the classification as well as the grading , which could be highly commended or commended , and to give you some idea , out of the hotels in this region , you know , very , very few so far have reached the highly commended accolade , and those that do are well worth it , you know .
2 I asked and they were non-committal , but erm I 'll do some chasing .
3 The neon quality vanished and they were all together as one flesh with three faces .
4 They also have no qualms about cannibalism ; my first six specimens rapidly decreased to three before realisation dawned and they were separated .
5 Er and I do n't think any other most of them started and they 're still here some of them .
6 And gathering chickweed out of the neep the chickens and that for green feed when they needed and they were confined in a small small space where there was no green grass to feed them on .
7 I think that 's what Tony 's harking back to , the old style when you went and they were a bit er callous .
8 When the words came , they were hissed and halting , each of them separately delivered and stressed and they were in answer to Harry 's first remark as if those that had followed had not yet been absorbed .
9 But , you know , some of the cleft palates you saw and they were
10 Sometimes people or Men changed for a moment into some semblance of shape , but then they moved and the mist drifted and they were gone as if they had never been .
11 That 's what Oxford thought and they were very nearly punished , as the Geordies hit back with 2 goals in 4 minutes .
12 A London Ambulance Service spokesman said : ‘ We are aware of the two cases where people died and they are being investigated to discover what happened . ’
13 Few stations of the first generation survived the vast increase of railway traffic , but some did and they are well worth seeing Railways added a vast amount of detail to the English landscape , besides manipulating it at times on a large scale .
14 One day a cable shorted and they were electrocuted .
15 I did n't even eat tea nothing because by the time hoovered and they were away .
16 Well I told you that Fenwicks had and they were cheaper than
17 She said and they 're about seven foot high she said did n't she Bet ?
18 I said and they 're very happy and ninety nine percent of the people on this site are happy .
19 About thirty three thousand but you see what he said is , head office make the rule and he said and they 're not
20 and his mate had one and he had the other one and he said I 'll never be able to use them he said and they 're in the way , can you do anything with them ?
21 he said and they was doing six hundred mile an hour oh yeah ?
22 Contributions to their efforts snowballed and they were handsomely supported by donations of superb prizes for fund-raising events , including a holiday for four in Tenerife , a cricket bat autographed by the England team and a 1-iron from top professional golfer David Gilford which he used in winning the Dunhill World Cup .
23 Jess said urgently as the door closed and they were temporarily alone .
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