Example sentences of "they be [adj] now [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We wish we had n't done this as they are valuable now and we ca n't get them out ! " |
| 2 | They 're closer now than they ever have been . |
| 3 | ‘ They 're excited now but will learn later ’ . |
| 4 | It 's like , what was he , he was going , oh that 's right , he keeps going , I ca n't , but they 're cold now but he was like , at the dinner table once , right , and Ryan and Gran argue continuously , and he was going erm , and he went , Gran , and Gran went , yeah , and he went , do you know what you are , and Gran went no , and he went , well , I ca n't remember what it 's called , he goes , they 're this , I think it 's a hybrid , he goes , you 're a hybrid . |
| 5 | Richard and Beth were hers at last , the family she had been cruelly denied ; because of love , and guilt and shame , they were closer now than they had ever been . |
| 6 | During the past few days anxiety had shadowed his eyes like bruises ; they were brighter now and eager in their attention to the door through which his wife must soon enter . |
| 7 | There were crags up there he 'd heard , real crags , but they were empty now and host only to thriving colonies of brilliant green algae . |
| 8 | They were both very angry , but they were silent now because the shouting had stopped , leaving a sharpness , an uncertainty in the atmosphere that Frankie could almost taste on the tip of his tongue . |
| 9 | and his friends could not find any of the seeds they liked to eat , they , they were hungry now and eat glad |
| 10 | Mm they were different now but I always used to like it . |