Example sentences of "they [verb] [be] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fine , if I get them done be ready for the |
| 2 | And he 's had it slapped in his face , because this council has provided an adequate budget for the police authority , it has pr , treated it fairly and squarely like every other council committee , and made sure that the service they provide is adequate for the people of this county . |
| 3 | While the Labour Government were anxious to preserve an image of political fairness and reasonable salary flexibility in order to attract the technocratic skills that they recognised were essential for success , they were none the less clear that the public corporations should not simply be the old gang operating ‘ business as usual ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ They 'd been married for nearly forty years , did you know that ? ’ she said in a small voice . |
| 5 | But she never suspecting it was , you know , when they 'd been alright for seven years you |
| 6 | Several thousand demostrators had taken to the streets , attacked " indecently dressed " women ( who they claimed were responsible for a drought ) , set fire to the head office of the Niger Women 's Association ( AFN ) , and also attacked the residences of the local prefect and sultan . |
| 7 | I repeat , however , my conviction that primary teachers can adapt to the new legislation without abandoning the good practice which they know is right for children . |
| 8 | The Muddles have acquired a site of undeveloped agricultural land west of Birmingham which is well served by motorways and which they believe is perfect for building the ultimate racecourse . |
| 9 | Unfortunately their ideas have not been tested out a great deal in other areas of London or the rest of the country , so we can not be at all sure whether the findings they claim are appropriate for application to the whole of our society are in fact so . |
| 10 | ‘ I suppose not , ’ Alyssia commented neutrally , then she said with a little more of her customary fire , ‘ although I feel as though I 've gone through my entire life with people doing what they felt was best for me . ’ |
| 11 | But er he never asked me , put it that way , what I thought was suitable machinery and he , as far as I know he never asked other rock men what they thought was suitable for the rock and other slate makers what they thought was suitable for inside the mill , or the diamond saw operators , what sort of saws they thought were the best . |
| 12 | But er he never asked me , put it that way , what I thought was suitable machinery and he , as far as I know he never asked other rock men what they thought was suitable for the rock and other slate makers what they thought was suitable for inside the mill , or the diamond saw operators , what sort of saws they thought were the best . |
| 13 | Chariots are relatively expensive models and the added protection they offer is useful for your Warlord and maybe your best Shaman . |
| 14 | ‘ Self governing hospitals ’ , for example , have much more freedom to provide the services they think are best for their locality . |
| 15 | When they get together and they need money , the old school tie , the old party tie comes into play and money can be found for things that they think are profitable for them and their consultancies , and their companies , and their interests . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , I do n't pay any attention to what they think is best for me . |
| 17 | It is precisely because I am so in favour of family planning — of women ( and men ) planning their own families — that I am so supicious of any population policy that attempts to do anything but help them have the number of children they think is best for them . |
| 18 | It is precisely because I am so in favour of family planning — of women ( and men ) planning their own families — that I am so supicious of any population policy that attempts to do anything but help them have the number of children they think is best for them . |
| 19 | They 've been available for two weeks at 350 Oxfam shops . |
| 20 | They 've been married for 11 years and they 've always been so happy . |
| 21 | 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 |
| 22 | They 've been responsible for making Joan Collins a sex symbol at fifty-three . |
| 23 | if it 's just like one exam or two exams that they 've failed or they 've been ill for or they 've missed or something they 're offered the opportunity to sit those in September then we have another exam board in September |
| 24 | As two young married couples they had been close for a time when they lived near Stoke , although Carole had not got on at all well with Amaranth . |
| 25 | They had been married for more years than she and Rob had lived . |
| 26 | They had been married for only a few weeks before he had been hacked down by a sabre . |
| 27 | They had been married for about a year . |
| 28 | When Esther visited Alix and Sebastian , they had been married for three weeks , and the marriage had been consummated . |
| 29 | They had been married for fifty years , but was his mother forty-nine or only forty-eight ? |
| 30 | He spoke as if they had been married for years , and could joke about sharing a bed . |