Example sentences of "[am/are] [adj] [coord] they [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That poems are alive but they run away from you , you know and you have difficulty catching them like you have difficulty catching foxes . |
| 2 | Here is what you must memorise : These words are Latin and they form the basis of the secret to this trick . |
| 3 | They are patronising and they insult us by not understanding — and ignoring — the real requirements of our time . |
| 4 | They are damp but they do n't feel too bad |
| 5 | Well , they are interested and they play games around it with their friends . |
| 6 | People are different and they do n't want to be treated the same . |
| 7 | Certainly the style and type of projects in the schools are different and they offer a markedly different approach to user education in schools than was prevalent before the present period of research funding . |
| 8 | Graham Paulter , sales manager of Ford Crouch End Motor Company , says : ‘ People still feel their jobs are insecure and they have mortgages to pay rather than get a new car . |
| 9 | I think it 's a stigma that a lot of men feel they ca n't show that they 're depressed or they 've got a problem so they 'll pick up a ph , a phone . |
| 10 | When they 're pregnant or they 've got a little baby . |
| 11 | Well yeah they 're free but they 've got their advert on it have n't they ? |
| 12 | I do n't think that er , I think that unfortunately some of the older doctors definitely were misinformed and were n't educated and I think nowadays that the doctors are becoming very much more educated and perhaps the ones who have the bad time are the fortunate ones in so far as they 're getting the hormone replacement therapy if they 're lucky and they have sympathetic general practitioner . |
| 13 | And then but also with the poor peasants I mean you , you 've given them a , enough land so that they , they still ca n't meet subsistence , given them some land but not enough , but you know because they 're resourceful and they 've got other things that they , they do n't need to have enough land to give subsistence , they 'd rather go and do something else and make it up . |
| 14 | Surely the whole point about Telecasters is that they 're tough , they 're basic and they sound ace , and how can you really play a Tele if you 're worried about scratching the thing ? |
| 15 | They 're ambitious and they strive for upward social mobility . |
| 16 | When you 're poor and they 've got to find all the bills . |
| 17 | and , and if she 's already scared of his temper and they 've not even lived together , well they have lived together for quite a while actually so I mean it 's not like they do n't know each other but once they 're married and they 've been married for a couple of years I reckon , and he starts thinking of her more as a possession sort of thing I can , I can really imagine |
| 18 | They 're very they 're good and they have very few side effects , this is the beauty |
| 19 | They 're mean … they 're tough and they mean business … the Oxford Saints are on the march . |
| 20 | And you know they have a very distinctive characteristic do n't they , they have round faces and they 're short and they have slightly slanting eyes , etcetera etcetera , well these children have very marked physical erm appearance they 're fair haired and blue eyed the reason for that is that this substance venial alanine is responsible for the production of pigment , so if that 's interfered with they 're going to be fair haired and blue eyed , they get eczema a lot , they have small heads and they have very widely spaced teeth , sorry down a bit , is that what you want ? |
| 21 | Lately this town there 's more layabouts in this town and some and anywhere in Lancashire you do n't , they 're not Lancashire people , oh they 're homeless and they live in , in boarding houses at the expense of er the tax payers |
| 22 | When they 're young and they 've got the chance . |
| 23 | And they are erm a very go ahead company ; they 're young and they have this maverick style , which they think we can erm come into quite reasonably well . |
| 24 | They 're expensive but they collect pure rainfall , because coral never gets dirty . ’ |
| 25 | They wriggle , they 're slimey and they give some people the creeps . |
| 26 | They like a clear structure , they 're logical , they 're analytical and they want things to be delivered in such a way . |
| 27 | ‘ People come here aged maybe 50 or 60 and their blood pressure goes down to what it was in adolescence , they are no longer constipated , digestive problems seem to disappear , their sex lives improve , their eyes are shiny and they have a feeling of optimism instead of carrying a heavy load of despondency . |
| 28 | Well after extensive tests it can be revealed that they are human and they do have a heart . |
| 29 | Paul McCartney said , ‘ Bootlegs are illegal and they cheat the public . ’ |
| 30 | Then they are sure and they stoop |