Example sentences of "they [verb] [vb pp] it be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liz married a farmer from when they got married , just before they got married it was her birthday and he bought her a Porsche . |
| 2 | And when they got married it was and in the paper and that 's the truth that . |
| 3 | Absolutely no interest in politics whatsoever you know all they 'd done it 's you know it 's sad to see things the way they are but it seems to be that with the world over at the moment so . |
| 4 | If they 'd been wise and told their government that this tax should not happen , as indeed many of their former ministers , like Michael Heseltine said , they 'd said it was incredibly complicated although seemed sounding easy , and would in fact bring higher levels of taxation to the lowest income people , then er if the local tories had actually acted on that and put pressure on their central party , perhaps their government would n't be in such a mess about this issue now . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd like to think that our audience here came out because of the last gig , because that caused a real stir here and I 'd like to think they were here because they 'd heard it was special . |
| 6 | They 'd heard this awful racket you see and they 'd thought it was me coming and falling or something on the stairs . |
| 7 | But if they get arrested it 's down to you . |
| 8 | What I was interested in at , at the briefing er , for the Committee , was that we do n't actually go out and sell this in inverted commas , to other authorities , they come to us , because they 've heard it 's good practice . |
| 9 | They 've concluded it 's overemphasised … and that broad statistics do n't help . |
| 10 | I do n't think they 've seen it 's obverse side . |
| 11 | Oh that 's right , that 's why they 've done it is n't it ? |
| 12 | if they 've paid it 's fair enough . |
| 13 | And that 's why they 've mentioned it is n't it ? |
| 14 | They were her protectors , older , stronger , more clever and brave , and yet they had assumed it was for her to say what they were to do . |
| 15 | They had known it was not right to separate a man from his wife for several months when she had a young baby and a business , in a manner of speaking , to care for . |
| 16 | They had agreed it was best to put the coins on the market one by one ; a flood of rare coins , some without provenance and others with the sort of provenance which would interest the police , would be bound to arouse suspicion . |
| 17 | Though it is mistaken to suppose that the British made no effort to leave the Masai better than they found them , it is clear that their potential emergence from the colonial period much as they had entered it was something their administrators could in the end accept with equanimity . |
| 18 | Whenever teachers have assumed they were marking the work of boys , they have consistently rated it as ‘ better ’ than when they have assumed it was written by girls . |
| 19 | They have read it was proposed and seconded by the Reverends erm Mike and Gethwyn and if there any questions I am sure that they are to answer questions rather than ask them to speak to us . |
| 20 | Until now they have claimed it is a world away from the horrors just five hours ' down the road in Miami — so chillingly portrayed in the TV series Miami Vice . |