Example sentences of "they be [not/n't] there [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two simple answers , one they 're not there and B , people ca n't afford them . |
| 2 | They 've all buggered off , if they 're not there and they 're not here |
| 3 | All we knew was that they were not there when we needed them , and we blamed them . |
| 4 | " The boy ; they were n't there when we went in nor were they around on the two occasions I checked the street , not were they there when I accompanied the doctor to the cab . " |
| 5 | They were n't there when I opened it . |
| 6 | If they were n't there and if they were n't being used , then there may well be more and more p pressure on the city centre of York , so they do discharge I think er a positive function . |
| 7 | I mean I said ‘ I want something by next Thursday ’ and , of course , they were n't there or the papers were n't done . |