Example sentences of "[vb past] they be [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was difficult to see what she was offering at first but as I took them from her I saw they were credit cards , an Access and a Visa , both made out in the name of Mrs J. A. Scamp . |
| 2 | ‘ I thought they were ballet dancers ! ’ |
| 3 | The old man said they were love songs he had written when young , but they seemed to be by Robert Burns as far as Nigel could remember . |
| 4 | ‘ Some people said they were fund managers but we ca n't really be sure , ’ says a BP spokesman , darkly . |
| 5 | Bryony said they were daddy ones . |