Example sentences of "they [verb] be a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are no longer refusing to accept the evidence of their own eyes but are hoping there may be some sort of rational explanation for what they fear is an irrational event . |
| 2 | scene which they revealed was an ugly one . |
| 3 | GRANT took Tottenham in 1987 with a 4,141 majority ; he was already notorious for his comments made after the Broadwater Farm riots in 1985 — ‘ the youths around here believe the police were to blame for what happened on Sunday and what they got was a bloody good hiding ’ . |
| 4 | Indeed , all they got was a great amount of sympathy and a £1000 bonus ! |
| 5 | I 'm glad to say they all finished as friends over a glass of beer … but there were no cheers for the Tredworth rugby team from Gloucester on saturday … they were hoping for a fairy tale in their Provincial Cup Semi-Final … sadly what they got was a horror story |
| 6 | Under the Food Safety Act , they have an obligation to show everything they sell is a wholesome product on which the consumer can rely . |
| 7 | Between the bouts of keen pain a curious life took possession of his brain , a life in which kings and queens floated on the water and white-clad saracens rode up and down before a cage in which was a crowned lion , and then , suddenly , the cage was empty and the saracens were knights in armour and the water on which they rode was a mountain like a tree in which birds nested and which burst into flames and was the phoenix ; and somewhere was the Holy Grail for which he reached out in vain , and a jewelled sword , and a unicorn that spoke but said nothing . |
| 8 | Did the judges think the rule they applied was a good one ? |
| 9 | Although it is convenient to treat Gloucester 's northern acquisitions separately , the affinity they produced was a unity . |
| 10 | Although it is convenient to treat Gloucester 's northern acquisitions separately , the affinity they produced was a unity . |
| 11 | The kiss they shared was a mutual one . |
| 12 | The Americans believed that priority should be given to the restructuring of the European economies in the long term whereas the British were preoccupied with what they argued was a short-term dollar crisis . |
| 13 | What they mean is a discharge visible at the entrance to the vagina . |
| 14 | When they talk of change what they mean is a change of leadership . |
| 15 | They prattle on about equality , when really what they mean is a down-grading of women 's rights . |
| 16 | What they want is a job . ’ |
| 17 | All over the world ordinary people are marching , demonstrating , making their voices heard , letting the people in power know that what they want is a peaceful world for themselves and their children . |
| 18 | I do n't want readers getting the wrong idea about this letter , but the compulsion to write came on seeing people like Jeff Young , who thinks I Should Be So Lucky is a good song ( well , it probably is , if you 're 10 years old ) ; Norman Jay , who does n't want bands to get in touch if all they want is a record deal ; Mick Clarke , who ‘ wants people to tell him what he 's listening to is good ’ , then only signs people he likes , etc . |
| 19 | What they want is a quick response facility to deal with emerging issues , and if the IASC is not prepared to do it , they will take it on themselves . |
| 20 | Now that I 'm famous , whenever I speak to my family , all they want is a signed photo for Enid or Ethel or someone at the office . |
| 21 | With our long history , with our traditions , what they have decided they want is a constitutional monarchy . |
| 22 | What they want is a change in the structure of society much more radical than political adjustment . |
| 23 | Managers , too , require information , though what they want is a summary of the position on each vacancy , rather than the details of the applicants within it . |
| 24 | What they want is a league table of young children , those that pass and those that fail . |
| 25 | what they want is a regional dialect as well . |
| 26 | I think that there is every reason to suppose and hope that that kind of approach is what most people want and er even er Mr Bush and Mrs Thatcher and others have said that er the last thing they want is a war . |
| 27 | The Glasgow they evoke is a very hard and a very lively place . |
| 28 | Trundling along the lane they entered was a line of galvanized garbage trucks , empty and snaking on their rounds to collect the day 's debris . |
| 29 | It took months — and the best financial brains in New York — to unravel his dealings and what they found was a web of debt — and worse . |
| 30 | What they found was a police operation aimed at sending them back where they came from . |