Example sentences of "[adv] they be [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Generally they are border plants of the usual herbaceous nature , which although needing plenty of moisture to grow prolifically , can not tolerate standing water .
2 This is because technically they are State officials .
3 In that decade the owners were lots of individual investors ; now they are pension funds acting on behalf of lots of savers .
4 Oh well they 're bon bons but they 're horrible anyway .
5 Well they 're car fitters look .
6 Yeah well they 're safety things for kids do n't like that Like this one though .
7 The Japanese learned that their Far Eastern neighbours were better at making portable radios and black and white televisions and for some years now have passed over production of these items when only 10 years ago they were world leaders .
8 Ah , then they were ice boxes were n't they ?
9 There they are meat machines .
10 — And yet they 're cult figures at the height of their fame .
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