Example sentences of "[prep] they [conj] [pers pn] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some women make such a fuss about them but they 're wrong , really they are . |
| 2 | If we also consider thoughts about them qua spectacles , then we would say that I have not succeeded in thinking about them unless I am thinking about artefacts , thinking about items that can be worn on the nose , that aid vision , that are more-or-less breakable , that did not exist a thousand years ago , that this pair existed yesterday but did not exist in 1983 , and so on . |
| 3 | And lo , the angel of the Lord came upon them , and the glory of the Lord shone round about them and they were sore afraid . |
| 4 | And there 's these hills where it 's hot and rains all the time , and in the rain forests there are these very tall trees and right in the top branches of the trees there are these like great big flowers called bromeliads and water gets into the flowers and makes little pools and there 's a type of frog that lays eggs in the pools and tadpoles hatch and grow into new frogs and these little frogs live their whole lives in the flowers right at the top of the trees and do n't even know about the ground and the world is full of things like that and now I know about them and I 'm never ever going to be able to see them and then you , ’ she gulped for breath , ‘ want me to come and live with you in a hole and wash your socks ! ’ |
| 5 | Peter and Paul will want to remember their Mummy as she was before she got ill , and how much she loved and cared about them when they were younger , even if the illness makes here different . |
| 6 | I knew all about them when they were called the Savage Sausages and they used to play the Powerhaus singing ‘ Louie Louie ’ through a 20 watt PA … |
| 7 | I knew about them when I was bloody ten ! |
| 8 | I can not imagine how on earth he even came to know about them because it was long before radio was introduced . |
| 9 | But you could jump off them while they were going , so I , an |
| 10 | You know , if the erm that if the family think you 're going to actually take the child off them because they 're not looking after it properly , then I mean obviously they 're not perhaps going to be as frank with you as they might otherwise . |
| 11 | Erm the sums behind it I 'm not too bothered about but I 'm gon na go through them because they 're quite instructive and I dare say there 's some poor souls here who 'd actually quite enjoy me to do that so we 're gon na go through some of the sums , not now but a bit later on . |
| 12 | And on H Little H and I 'm skipping through them because I 'm sure a lot of you would like to get to the tea pot . |
| 13 | And she could n't ring for them unless he was really awake . |
| 14 | And they 'll look for them while we 're away . |
| 15 | Some treated Charles Manson as a hero , and the underground newspaper , the Los Angeles Free Press allowed Manson to write a column for them while he was in jail ; another , called Tuesday 's Child depicted him on a cross . |
| 16 | ‘ You could look for them while you 're drinking the coffee . ’ |
| 17 | As Anthony Alexander , the group 's chief operating officer in Britain , put it , ‘ If we think we can get more for them than they are worth to us , we will sell . ’ |
| 18 | So one reason why many women are less easily aroused in the morning may well be because social factors are more important for them than they are for men . |
| 19 | steps up and right footed he blasts it into the bottom corner , it subdues the Shrewsbury crowd somewhat , Blackburn fans are rampant because at last there 's some light for them but they 're still trailing Shrewsbury by three goals to two . |
| 20 | Well I do n't mean that I 'm not gon na vote for them but I am disappointed |
| 21 | Meg Dennison — she housekeeps for the Reverend and Mrs Copley at the Old Rectory — thinks we ought to do more for them but it 's difficult to see precisely what . |
| 22 | Most employers spoken to made clear that , were permanent vacancies to arise , temporary workers would be in the best position to compete for them since they were known to the organisation . |
| 23 | He 's a young fellow , and there 's no work for them so they 're going to get money somehow . |
| 24 | They used to be in the garden here , but Her Majesty doesnae care for them so they were thrown out on the rubbish heap , but the rubbish heap was by the river so the seeds were carried down by the water and sprouted by themselves on the bank . |
| 25 | Who begged and argued and fought for them until they were free to go ? ’ |
| 26 | Well they ai n't going to anyway does a two or three years , they 're old age pensioners , the house is too big for them cos they 're waiting for a place to move , that 's why I want to get it , get this hedge grow before the next one comes in |
| 27 | She give us all these , like diseases and we had to learn parrot learn them the definition for them cos she were giving us a test on them . |
| 28 | ‘ We hope the Government will agree to an amicable settlement but it will mean a big climbdown for them because we 're not going to give way on the principle , ’ Mr Neil said . |
| 29 | I tipped Arsenal for the championship at the start of the season and that 's the measure of respect I have for them because they are so resolute . |
| 30 | A : I 'm afraid for them because they 're so huge |