Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [noun pl] and they " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I think that secretly the vice-chancellor and the other grown-ups were delighted by this kind of behaviour , as it proved beyond any reasonable doubt that we were students and they were teachers . |
| 2 | They are Arabs and they will never be integrated . " |
| 3 | They are foreigners and they appear to be drinking . |
| 4 | Those who choose to risk their lives earning a living at sea do not want to be forced to give up , but they are realists and they do not want to go bankrupt either . |
| 5 | A lot of people think that they 're housewives and they 're cabbages ; I do n't like to think I 'm only a housewife … |
| 6 | I think it I think they 're thickies and they 'll wan na read something else ! |
| 7 | Now it did n't mean that you build his war machine , but the Kuwaiti people being so close , or actually bordering , we helped the economy of Baghdad , we helped the economy of the Iraq , and we contributed thirteen billion dollars , just the government alone , to their economy and the people of Kuwait also helped with their own private donation to help the schools , the hospitals , the food , whatever they needed , and the country of Kuwait was erm trying to be , as my friend said , as neutral as possible because there is Irani interest in Kuwait , very great through trade , through Iranis who work in Kuwait , so we had a very difficult position with respect to keeping both parties erm sort of in sight , not lose sight of them from our humanistic point of view , but it was erm difficult to avoid being on the side of the Iraqui , mainly because they 're neighbours and they 're Arabs , and you 're part of the league of Arab states , so you ca n't draw the line and say the government was pro or against , but that was the atmosphere which we were leaving . |
| 8 | There 's this other two and erm they 're brothers and they 're both they 're both quite big . |
| 9 | They were friends and they expected never to see each other again . |
| 10 | They were singers and they could n't sing a note in tune . |
| 11 | They started off knowing they were rocks and they ended up not knowing anything . |
| 12 | I guess they were animals and they had their rights . |
| 13 | and they , that was when they were kids and they still remember it |
| 14 | Oh I suppose he 's invested it wrongly or whatever I do n't know I I can understand why they did n't come to his rescue , you know , I mean , they 've got their livelihood to think about and he was a bachelor where as they 've got children , or and he 's brothers and they 're |