Example sentences of "they be [adj] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Cos they 're going flat out when they 're like that , it 's not like you gon na say like , when you go on a , like overtake mode , when you 're like that , they are flat out down the straight , all you go to get a out . |
2 | 4 If you 're a Vet remember the good times ( sub-56 minutes for me ) , but do n't chase them when they are far out of reach . |
3 | Young men with pale , waxy skins , they are straight out of some Moscow academy . |
4 | No , they 're , they are complete up to programme by Wednesday dinner time . |
5 | Could I also ask a question which you might be completely clear on , but I 'm not , when we do back checks on files and make sure they are all up to date and so on , we come across maybe a research approval which has n't been signed off in the right places , how far back in time do we need to get that signed off . |
6 | That they are all up to date and er I 'll just do a final check up after the meeting . |
7 | They are all out of the top positions . |
8 | If the subject is a " classical " one — one that changes little and is of long standing — you may find old editions of early textbooks on the library shelves but , if the subject is a developing one , you have n't a hope of borrowing the right texts , because they are all out on loan : give up the idea . |
9 | They are all out in the street now , in every city in the world , and their eyes follow the rich and plan their revenge . |
10 | With four teams to qualify from six for the semi-finals , they are 100-1 on to finish last , but if any of the others has a bowling off-day against them , it could well be thank you and goodbye . |
11 | They are 2-1 down in the series . |
12 | They are fast out of their bunks and the hut shakes from the futile cursing . |
13 | As far as APEX is concerned they are OK up to a point but they just want to follow the legal procedures and we want them to take some kind of militant action . |
14 | Erm spooling , I would say , department thinks they 're one up on everybody else . |
15 | But then again , as he said , there 's plenty of grass and as for turning them out or taking their does , if they 're all up to his size and weight they 've nothing to fear from a crowd like us . |
16 | Cos I know they 're all up to date . |
17 | Erm they 're all up in the library . |
18 | Do you think they 're all in at school ? |
19 | They 're all off to the pictures or somewhere . |
20 | Well they 're all off in Bromsgrove this week . |
21 | And anyone with a ponytail — mind you , they 're all out of a job now , are n't they ? |
22 | they 're all out of it now . |
23 | It 's just so dumb , I mean the whole movie is like , it 's in the nineteen seventies , yeah , and like they 've all got these big fucking boobs and they 're stuck out in space it 's fucking odd . |
24 | Well they got to court without a solicitor cos they were n't entitled to Legal Aid , and now you see that 's another thing , they 're both out of work , they were n't entitled to any Legal Aid , so they had to go on their own to court |
25 | ‘ They 're leveraged up to their ears , ’ he says . |
26 | They 're top out of twenty teams . ’ |
27 | They were all having a packet of chips and fish — whoever fetched them I do n't know , cos they were all up for a good age : tell you , she were a hundred just in St Patrick 's Day . |
28 | Cos they were all on about it . |
29 | Yeah , they come round and they were all on about it and er , erm and that was it , Darren called us all into the canteen , well I , I mean Pam must have told you that I was , I could n't get over it and he said thanks for all you 've done , all your support and I thought yeah |
30 | They were all off in the woods somewhere . |