Example sentences of "[pron] be [adv] they [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So this poor woman is er anaesthetized , intubated , which is when they put the tube down the throat and connect you up to the life-support machine , and then she 's supposed to be being maintained in her unconscious state with inhalation anaesthesia , in other words they give her er gas and air to breathe to keep her unconscious . |
| 2 | Men only seem able to do it when they are in their teens — which is when they peak sexually . |
| 3 | Dryness , a dry , hacking , barking cough in cold air , which is when they feel most uncomfortable ; copious expectoration of mucus in the warm which produces a general amelioration . |
| 4 | Which is why they get us wrong . |
| 5 | This is covered in rush mats which is why they ask you to wear slippers , not shoes , when you go into your bedroom . |
| 6 | You tend to be rather poorly which is why they 've given you the blood transfusion . |
| 7 | Dealing with fatigue and increasing confidence are all part of listening and social strategies , which is why they have a chapter all to themselves later on . |
| 8 | But electors ca n't be ordered around in the way Labour Party members can , and they have made pretty clear they did n't like the result ( neither do Labour Party members , which is why they have left in droves ) . |
| 9 | The commonest of these are asbestos and mica , which is why they have their peculiar and useful properties . |
| 10 | They can live with it for a few months , but not longer which is why they have such a high turnover of staff . |
| 11 | It may be that they have feelings stronger than law-abiding persons , which is why they have committed crimes . |
| 12 | Unlike us , the horse 's teeth continuously grow upwards to compensate for wear which is why they need regular checking and rasping . |
| 13 | One of the things they do tend to do is upset cells , upset the way cells replicate , which is why they start doing weird things and go off and get cancerous . |
| 14 | I had to strap them to my bicycle , which is why they look a bit battered . ’ |
| 15 | Quantum leaps from working class to the chair of a board of directors of a multinational corporation are rare , which is why they attract so much attention when they occur . |
| 16 | Most European nations understand that , which is why they want to be active members of the European Community . |
| 17 | Yes it is and they have you know most of their own own brands which is where they make their money obviously . |
| 18 | Interestingly , the design requirements of eyes on the side of your head , which is where they need to be for all-round vision , plus the need for excellent binocular vision , leads to the cutaway snout or long face , such as we find in many rodents , including squirrels ( see Figure 4.3 ) . |
| 19 | Though true , this has never struck Democrats as sufficient reason for another vulnerable land-based missile with a hair trigger which is how they see the MX . |
| 20 | Though true , this has never struck Democrats as sufficient reason for another vulnerable land-based missile with a hair trigger , which is how they see the MX . |
| 21 | In fact , they all look like they should be in different bands — which is how they manage to slip from soul to jazz , from funk to thrash , so easily . |
| 22 | Now when you 're often they phone up and say , There 's someone here to see you . |
| 23 | Father 's this chap she 's now they 've bought a house down near fruit packing . |
| 24 | One is where they pay in escalating or level , the other , what else affects the allocation ? |
| 25 | Let them know what expertise you have and there 's when they have a problem , they come , is that the one by Mr ? |
| 26 | It 's no good just saying you can report fraud er to er t t to the regulator , they should also be responsible to the shareholders , the stake holders , everybody involved er in er er er a company er and in fact er they are n't they have really responsibility to no one except the directors er who appoint them , the company share holders are given very little information , the choice of auditors er is firmly in the director 's director 's hands , the depositors , the consumers , the employees er have no say er in the appointment of er auditors and more important the recent legal cases for instance and the Al Saudi Bank er er and Berg er sons er and company also decided that er auditors do n't owe a duty of care er to individual shareholders , potential investors , the current or potential creditors er even though that information is supposed to be there to help markets understand what is happening to that committee and the government showed no indication that it wants to reverse these judgements , it should reverse them , there should be specific responsibilities attached to er auditors to give them a duty of care er so that we get the information er and er spend more widely and the share holders and the stake holders know what 's going on er er er as well as er the bank or the financial er institution er itself . |
| 27 | But they are there they 've even got them in the warehouse |
| 28 | I think there 've been one or two not er brush ups you know in the pubs once er or twice , they er they wo n't drink with them and that and er some of the lads some of the lads that have gone back have really realized the situation they 've put themselves in you know , and they sorry and now they 're on they do n't know which way to turn . |
| 29 | Erm unless it 's actually a meeting that you 're recording use the other things cos they 're just they 've got bigger spaces for writing down what people 's first words were and stuff like that , |
| 30 | Oh no they 're not they 've shoved them down there |