Example sentences of "the smiths [am/are] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Smiths are a synopsis of pain , a resolution — awkwardness and alienation ennobled , given poise . |
| 2 | It 's the reason why The Smiths are more powerful as a pop as art . |
| 3 | The Arts : The Smiths are miserable now |
| 4 | Smiths fan Dave Haslam , Stockport : ‘ The thing is that The Smiths are the only human band in England . |
| 5 | The Smiths are a no fuss , no frills band who have taken music a step forward . |
| 6 | The legendary Jon the Postman , ( the ultimate fan of seventies punk who achieved minor fame by clambering on to the stage and reciting ‘ Louie Louie ’ at the finish of every Buzzcocks gig ) : ‘ The Smiths are a great rock 'n' roll band . |
| 7 | There is a new wave of guitar bands springing up over there , it 's really exciting , just like British punk and , you know , The Smiths are the only British band which fans of this movement will accept . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I mean he 'll keep saying The Smiths are the best and I 'll … ’ |
| 9 | It is in fact showing the discerning outside eye that The Smiths are , proverbially in rockspeak , well messed up . |
| 10 | That The Smiths are the most popular group , in rough terms , at the precise time that rock 'n' roll is going through its worst phase for many years says something that is not complimentary to them . |
| 11 | Where The Smiths escape condemnation here is that , although The Smiths are certainly Super-glued to rock 's traditional methods , they are using those methods to push across more important sentiments stemming from way deeper than the plastic and unimportant workings of the music business . |
| 12 | The Smiths are acknowledged as writing with sensitivity , depth and intelligence and the suggestion that they are cashing in on a tragedy at the expense of causing grief to the relatives of its victims is absolutely untrue . |
| 13 | This deliberately throwaway remark hints at the paranoia within the ranks of Rough Trade where The Smiths are the only band of stature that they had managed to retain . |
| 14 | To all other intents and purposes then , The Smiths are a major band with major backing . |
| 15 | ‘ The Smiths are probably the oddest expression of the working class rage … |
| 16 | The Smiths will never be a band locked into the mechanisms of party politics , but if The Smiths are about life then they are about politics . |
| 17 | ‘ It sends shivers down the spine to think how good the Smiths are . |
| 18 | The Smiths are definitely a no-go area as far as we are concerned in the future . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Hey , lost in music and lost for words , you yell and purr but all you can understand is that The Smiths are special and you 'll hug them to your heart … |
| 20 | ‘ The Smiths are here ! ’ she squawked at him . |
| 21 | ‘ The Smiths are another good example of that : a totally English sort of pop band but with an incredible gift for creating their own sound . |
| 22 | ‘ THE SMITHS are impossible to love unless you wish to mother Morrissey . |
| 23 | ‘ AM ’ , ‘ ARE ’ , ‘ WAS ’ , ‘ WERE ’ Weak forms : ‘ Why am I here ? ’ ( before consonants ) ‘ Here are the plates ’ ( before vowels ) ‘ The coats are in there ’ ‘ He was here a minute ago ’ ( before consonants ) ‘ The papers were late ’ ( before vowels ) ‘ The questions were easy ’ In final position : , , , ‘ She 's not as old as I am ’ ‘ I know the Smiths are ’ ‘ The last record was ’ ‘ They were n't as cold as we were ’ |