Example sentences of "be [adv] they [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it is , I put up on the screen there where the depots are so they know what they 're looking for , and I say , now what I want you to is tell me where the depots are . |
| 2 | Certainly they huff and puff but when the chips are down they chicken out . ’ |
| 3 | George Foulkes : ‘ when chips are down they chicken out ’ |
| 4 | Well maybe they 've not been so they give them so long and then they cross them off the books do n't they ? |
| 5 | I think there 've been one or two not er brush ups you know in the pubs once er or twice , they er they wo n't drink with them and that and er some of the lads some of the lads that have gone back have really realized the situation they 've put themselves in you know , and they sorry and now they 're on they do n't know which way to turn . |
| 6 | Erm sixty six percent of people believe that the people you vote for say they 'll do things for you but once they 're in they forget what they 've said . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's only when they 're together they get up to their tricks , but there 's no harm in them . ’ |
| 8 | because of a girl , I really think he 's loyal in that way , in that sense , because they are very close they have a laugh and I know when we 're with them they 're always like seem to be impressing everyone but I 'm sure when they 're together they have like , you know , human conversations , they must do , they ca n't always be talking about screwing and you know , which girls have got big tits and all that |
| 9 | Erm unless it 's actually a meeting that you 're recording use the other things cos they 're just they 've got bigger spaces for writing down what people 's first words were and stuff like that , |
| 10 | Oh no they 're not they 've shoved them down there |
| 11 | I mean they 're not they have n't sort of died out |
| 12 | It 's strange well erm I mean with , Bon 's just qualified now and she trying to get a job down in Portsmouth but erm you know they 're not they do n't |
| 13 | Yeah , they 're like they 've got a big fleet of them . |
| 14 | Now when you 're often they phone up and say , There 's someone here to see you . |
| 15 | It wo n't take them away once they 're there they do n't disappear , but it does help to ease them , they do n't look quite so deep . |
| 16 | Or do you wan na lose the ground missiles again or they 're actually they do n't go very fast they 've got warheads on them . |
| 17 | well no , but not on , to town , but there might be somewhere they want to go on the way |
| 18 | They used to be in they 've all gone over to Luton . |
| 19 | But the real test will be how they fare in an economic recession |
| 20 | Uppermost among them will be how they begin to devise a strategy to defeat a man who is both boxer and puncher . |
| 21 | No I I do n't know what it 's going to be about they have n't sent any information . |
| 22 | That 'll be where they 've left they |
| 23 | ‘ It must be why they 've sawdust , ’ Winnie observed . |
| 24 | That must be why they grow so tall so quickly and such a peculiar shade of green . |
| 25 | I know are n't they dirty . |
| 26 | These are hot off the press are n't they Miss . |
| 27 | ‘ Sure are n't they like that every year , ’ he said . |
| 28 | It 's no good just saying you can report fraud er to er t t to the regulator , they should also be responsible to the shareholders , the stake holders , everybody involved er in er er er a company er and in fact er they are n't they have really responsibility to no one except the directors er who appoint them , the company share holders are given very little information , the choice of auditors er is firmly in the director 's director 's hands , the depositors , the consumers , the employees er have no say er in the appointment of er auditors and more important the recent legal cases for instance and the Al Saudi Bank er er and Berg er sons er and company also decided that er auditors do n't owe a duty of care er to individual shareholders , potential investors , the current or potential creditors er even though that information is supposed to be there to help markets understand what is happening to that committee and the government showed no indication that it wants to reverse these judgements , it should reverse them , there should be specific responsibilities attached to er auditors to give them a duty of care er so that we get the information er and er spend more widely and the share holders and the stake holders know what 's going on er er er as well as er the bank or the financial er institution er itself . |
| 29 | These people , are n't they brave ? |
| 30 | Why are n't they up in arms ? |