Example sentences of "[be] [art] [noun sg] they [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there are those who wonder whether Celtic will ever again be the force they once were in British and European football . |
| 2 | ‘ They broadcast the show and at the end of it Christopher Trace [ one of the presenters ] said something like , ‘ Whoever designed the Daleks really deserves a gold Blue Peter badge ’ , which is the badge they only award for very , very special achievements . |
| 3 | ‘ You tell him , ’ is the refrain they often take to the local schools , in admission that authority and control has been exhausted at home . |
| 4 | What makes things harder still for the Morleys is the fact they still do n't seem any nearer receiving compensation . |
| 5 | That 's the trouble they just run see . |
| 6 | He says there are lots of tourists and it 's a shame they just come for that . |
| 7 | They 've made him lie with his hands behind his head , which is a trick they probably picked from a Miami Vice afternoon repeat , except it looks stupid when the guy 's hairy legs are sticking out from the tail of his shirt . |
| 8 | IT WAS the result they least expected and most feared . |
| 9 | Brynteg was a subject they never discussed . |
| 10 | He and Warnie , for example , had decided that they would erect a memorial window to their parents in St Mark 's , but it was a decision they quickly came to regret when the Lewis , Hamilton and Ewart cousins all weighed in with suggestions of what should go into the window . |
| 11 | Maybe it was a job they never finished . ’ |
| 12 | It was a rule they later applied also ( in the face of considerable opposition ) to the guests whom a member signed for in the Visitors Book and introduced on to the floor of the Baltic Exchange . |
| 13 | ‘ Seems there was a lot they never told us , ’ said William . |
| 14 | And it was a challenge they eagerly accepted . |
| 15 | When Henry VIII and his Parliament said that England was an empire they simply wanted to say that it was a sovereign state independent of the Pope 's judicial authority . |
| 16 | To maintain that Moses was an Egyptian they never . |