Example sentences of "as [subord] they be be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm even tapestries like the Devonshire hunting tapestry which you may have seen at the V and A. Er the tops look as if they 're been eaten by mice because they 're been so often snagged onto tenterhooks and moved and moved round and onto other tenterhooks , they just do n't seem to have had the same view of this kind of thing as we do . |
| 2 | always gon na see , to feel as if they 're being |
| 3 | feel as if they 're being extorted and they will look to them and say well this is obviously the , the case whether this particular guy who is , who is our erm leader is , is erm |
| 4 | Frazer also mentions a sanctuary whose mephitic area contains only ‘ the eunuch priests of the Great Mother Goddess ’ , who have ‘ a look on their faces as if they were being choked ’ . |
| 5 | You see the children happily following the Captain , as if they were being led through the streets of Hamelin . |
| 6 | I have had gill flukes ( not personally ! ) and my fish did n't scratch ; they acted as if they were being poisoned ( heightened colour , loss of control of movement ) , possibly because of oxygen depletion due to gill damage . |
| 7 | ‘ Run ! ’ he yelled to Lou , and the two boys , acting as if they were being pursued by the evil agents of an alien warlord , fairly streaked along the road . |
| 8 | Around the catafalque are some of his most powerful magical items , which lie scattered around in a strange quasi-circular pattern as if they were being drawn to the catafalque in a spiralling motion and suddenly stopped . |
| 9 | Ingrid watched in amazement as the eggs disappeared as if they were being sucked into quicksand , and looked up to see every man 's eyes riveted upon Ilse 's gaping crack . |
| 10 | These two look as if they were being careful not to disturb things too much . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's as if they were being rammed by an invisible man , ’ he said . |
| 12 | The words came reluctantly , almost as if they were being dragged from him . |
| 13 | The old stone pillars were shaking as if they were being brought back to life . |