Example sentences of "but they be in " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ When it comes to speed , there are horses who will go faster when hit but they are in a minority . |
| 32 | The bulk of them , incidentally , are not in the University , some are , but they are in places that students can get to after their work , or easily from their families and their towns and villages throughout the , the county . |
| 33 | It 's er in the report that we produced , most of the families are in fact single parent families , most of them are on Social Security benefits and have been on for considerable periods of time , but there are a number of people who are in employment or who have had periods of employment , but they are in low paid jobs , so when you 're talking about an income of one hundred pounds a week , with the sort of housing costs there are and other costs , then there simply is n't enough money to go round . |
| 34 | The savings were major but they were in the future ; the costs would arise now . |
| 35 | We had two incendiary bombs , but they were in the canteen . |
| 36 | ‘ The police were using what seemed like heavy-duty rifles but they were in plain clothes and the cars were unmarked . ’ |
| 37 | But they were in her voice as she whispered down to her , ‘ It , 11 be all right . |
| 38 | But they were in a startling and unconventional situation . |
| 39 | Nurseryman Mr Bootman , now recovering at his Grosvenor House Court home , Mildenhall , said it was first feared his legs were broken but they were in fact just badly bruised . |
| 40 | But they were in a phase of intense activity , for the Congress was to be the weekend after next , in this house , No.43 . |
| 41 | Runciman had sympathisers within the Federation in favour of a more liberal approach which , he believed , would bring a ready response from Wilson , but they were in a minority to those dominated by the formidable George A. and Cuthbert Laws , father and son , whose implacable anti-union line prevailed for more than a quarter of a century . |
| 42 | The county members and those who sat for the few boroughs in which the franchise was reasonably wide were normally the most independent of eighteenth-century MPs ; but they were in a minority . |
| 43 | True , I had the somewhat grisly T-shirt and track-suit bottoms which had gamely seen me through a two-hour run-through , but they were in a state and could probably have walked unaided to the BBC on their own . |
| 44 | About seven of them , but they were in different places . |
| 45 | Parts of me thought all this was nonsense , but they were in a tiny minority . |
| 46 | well actually me jars going right there and I ca n't remember , whether I did get that from Co-Op , I think I did Co-Op , but they were in dozens , and I think Presto had some |