Example sentences of "they be [noun pl] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | And there are special things we can do with functions , and we need to make sure they 're functions before we do them . |
| 32 | I reckon they 're friends cos they do n't really look like each other and there ai n't no grown up with them , like they 're a family out with their mum and dad . |
| 33 | It 's like they 're sharks or summat , or fish with these big white eyes looking for things to eat . |
| 34 | A lot of people think that they 're housewives and they 're cabbages ; I do n't like to think I 'm only a housewife … |
| 35 | ‘ It 's not very clever , because it makes the parents look as if they 're idiots when they 're not — it says more about him than the people he 's speaking about . ’ |
| 36 | I think it I think they 're thickies and they 'll wan na read something else ! |
| 37 | But they 're idols because they take the place of God . |
| 38 | Now it did n't mean that you build his war machine , but the Kuwaiti people being so close , or actually bordering , we helped the economy of Baghdad , we helped the economy of the Iraq , and we contributed thirteen billion dollars , just the government alone , to their economy and the people of Kuwait also helped with their own private donation to help the schools , the hospitals , the food , whatever they needed , and the country of Kuwait was erm trying to be , as my friend said , as neutral as possible because there is Irani interest in Kuwait , very great through trade , through Iranis who work in Kuwait , so we had a very difficult position with respect to keeping both parties erm sort of in sight , not lose sight of them from our humanistic point of view , but it was erm difficult to avoid being on the side of the Iraqui , mainly because they 're neighbours and they 're Arabs , and you 're part of the league of Arab states , so you ca n't draw the line and say the government was pro or against , but that was the atmosphere which we were leaving . |
| 39 | There 's this other two and erm they 're brothers and they 're both they 're both quite big . |
| 40 | Almost looks as if they 're gates or something . |
| 41 | They 're humbugs or something . |
| 42 | Usually they were gulls and I tied thick orange nylon fishing-line to a leg each , then sat on a dune and watched . |
| 43 | They were friends and they expected never to see each other again . |
| 44 | Did he hate them because they lived in Sea House , because there was the garden and the setters , because they were friends and he had no friends himself ? |
| 45 | They were things that you took to blot out your life . |
| 46 | They were things that you took to enhance your experience and to make it more intense — to make your personal development became part of your life , It was a very high-minded approach and when one looks at what has happened to the drug scene today and one looks back to the prevailing attitudes at the time , one can see the absolute , total abhorrence among drug takers that I knew in those days of amphetamines , heroin , barbiturates , mandrax — all those things that had an adverse physical effect which were considered to by highly dangerous to one 's personal development and to one 's daily living . |
| 47 | He used to make the black and whites and the black coats with a silk stripe ; and I quite thought they were costermongers until I went to help a friend of mine — she kept a public house — and I met quite a lot of them there . |
| 48 | They were singers and they could n't sing a note in tune . |
| 49 | They were dockets that we had , after the war , to buy our furniture , because there was n't much furniture around , we was only allowed so many per family . |
| 50 | One ‘ unofficial ’ source told me ‘ the club did nt mind what went on with young Ryan on away trips — after all they were roommates and what roommates do — well they do at this club anyway — but Sir Matt 's dog ! |
| 51 | Well , see these are the ones that I sent in and I did n't think they would , they would agree with because they were duplicates unless they found the original . |
| 52 | The proprietor must have thought that they were lovers because he showed them to the most secluded table in the place , talking all the while in rapid French , which she could n't understand at all , but which Piers had no trouble in comprehending . |
| 53 | The fact that he obviously thought she was a good nurse pleased her and gave her confidence , while the fact that Belinda had not betrayed his secret and gossiped about his wife and her illness earned his gratitude and respect , so that now they were allies and she knew she would be able to go to him if ever she had a problem at the hospital . |
| 54 | The officers , who had been observing Scott 's house after the robbery , denied this but Scott insisted they were police as he attacked them . |
| 55 | They started off knowing they were rocks and they ended up not knowing anything . |
| 56 | The other is that they were Christians but they received at this point more of the Holy Spirit , they were filled with the Spirit ‘ as at the beginning . ’ |
| 57 | You know or f or or you know always it was that they were men cos they came from during the strike . |
| 58 | Yes they look like erm yeah I thought they were gourds when I first saw them . |
| 59 | erm , cos Mary that still works in there she , her husband worked for either Mr Henry , I ca n't remember his name , the man that owned it , and I think , I think perhaps they were brothers or something , she , her husband owns it now it 's Freyers or something now |
| 60 | I guess they were animals and they had their rights . |