Example sentences of "be they [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | then all of a sudden er you 're , you 're they went to a psychiatrist or a whatever , therapist |
| 2 | Not only are they perceived to be such , but they are . |
| 3 | Are they related to anyone ? |
| 4 | Or are they expected to be grateful that after the hamfisted handling of Sir David ( now Lord ) Wilson 's resignation , Hong Kong is to be the possible reward for a loser in the game of political musical chairs ? |
| 5 | Since the Revolution in 1974 , women have gradually become more involved in the decision-making processes , and no longer are they confined to the teaching and nursing professions . |
| 6 | Are they taken to be prepresentative in some way ? |
| 7 | Mm , are they men or , or are they known to all women ? |
| 8 | Is the quality of modern-day appliances really improving or are they meant to be disposable ? |
| 9 | are they meant to be mouldy like that ? |
| 10 | Is their responsibility to art cinema or are they mortgaged to the Hollywood estate ? |
| 11 | The question raised here is on behalf of the two nurses : are they entitled to a third each in the ‘ usufruct ’ of land ? |
| 12 | The Nationalist and Uhuru were not commercial propositions , neither were they intended to be — they existed to give TANU and its government a mouthpiece both within Tanzania and in the outside world — but both were losing money more heavily than anticipated . |
| 13 | The intimacy with which she and Luke explored each other 's mouths was possession of a kind , so wholly were they given to that long kiss , and when it ended they had to have it all over again , instantly , mouths colliding with an urgency which carried them dangerously beyond mere sensuality . |
| 14 | Complaints about the content of sermons were not new nor were they confined to Nonconformists . |
| 15 | Nor were they confined to France . |
| 16 | ‘ And , as you say , Master , how were they lured to their deaths and why so meekly give up their lives ? ’ |
| 17 | Chris avoided tedium very successfully ; he resisted having an agenda for as long as possible and always refused point-blank to have a vote on anything , so meetings never got hung up on procedure , nor were they subjected to much prior lobbying . |
| 18 | ‘ In what circumstances were they shown to you ? ’ |
| 19 | He says I 'd better go and check the money so he said erm but what he could n't understand was they wrote to him and said that they have n't paid the cheques but they did n't say anything about freezing his account ! |
| 20 | And I mean there was they walked to . |