Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] they [vb base] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their understanding of how they happen is the same as ours . |
| 2 | Despite being so ubiquitous , until now they 've been solely a male preserve . |
| 3 | Until now they have been spared the encounter with large ‘ megastores ’ , fast becoming commonplace in every major city . |
| 4 | Which may not rank the outsiders in the eyes of the Ladbrokes odds-maker , but if they look over the fence they will certainly be able to see the outsiders from where they have been placed . |
| 5 | Dressed from head to toe in space armour and waving the legs of horses still bloody from where they have been gnawed off , The Rosaries cross the room and eat Lemmy — alive ! |
| 6 | A group of them , maybe as many as half a dozen , will slowly get to their feet from where they have been lying with the rest of the pride and , leaving the cubs and the males behind , walk off in a fashion which , although leisurely , has a grimly purposeful air . |
| 7 | He takes yachts from wherever they 've been laid up for the winter to their summer cruising grounds . ’ |
| 8 | well to somewhere they 've been |
| 9 | Up to now they have been well looked after by the Pakistan government and established in villages of 50,000 to 60,000 people . |
| 10 | In a sense responding to our questions , naturally , depending on how they 've been treated by their employer can we have your comments about the sort of legal framework you think the pension fund should be in and then Jeremy will take over . |
| 11 | Since then they have been effecting a gradual programme of repair , restoration and alteration . |
| 12 | In 1983 they even considered leaving the EMS ; since then they have been obliged to keep their interest rates 2% or 3% higher than in Germany , in pursuit of a strong franc . |
| 13 | Lord Joseph ( as Secretary of State , Sir Keith ) saw to it that there should be more parents on the governing bodies of schools ; and since then they have been more and more frequently invoked . |
| 14 | Since then they have been on active duty in Aden , Persian Gulf , Malaya , Borneo , Northern Ireland , and Operation Desert Storm in the Gulf . |
| 15 | Since then they have been both warmer and colder , with oscillations of the order of 1–2°C about annual mean temperatures . |
| 16 | For this I gave them about 30p , which is rather a lot , & since then they have been running up to me when they see me , offering to polish up my briefcase etc . |
| 17 | It is simplest to describe them according to how they have been preserved . |
| 18 | Horses can produce all sorts of conditioned psychological needs , according to how they have been handled by their owners . |
| 19 | The men also can be said to live up to how they have been described . |
| 20 | I find the serenity of mainstream forecasters in the face of their debâcle discreditable because they now gravely confuse the public discussion as they go on popping up with one optimistic forecast after another , without any meaningful explanation as to why they have been so wrong . |
| 21 | Get as much information as to why they have been put on that list . |
| 22 | Erm the R M I F bloke was there and he said that 's the second one he 's been to where they 've been doing the training and the launch at the same time and neither of them 've gone well . |
| 23 | I do n't question people very hard about where they 've been . |
| 24 | At least they 've been shouting out . |
| 25 | The two rivers are very different to look at , or at least they have been whenever I have seen them . |
| 26 | The same can not be said of the keyboard itself which uses really nasty little keytops and has stick-on legends but at least they have been stuck on for you this time . |
| 27 | By 8am they have been joined by over 50 more , and at least 80 vehicles . |