Example sentences of "two [prep] they be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He recognizes in Raskolnikov a fellow-struggler , and repeatedly he says that the two of them are birds of a feather ; but he also bids him farewell with a pointed ‘ You to the right and I to the left , or the other way round if you like ’ towards the end of their final meeting , because setting off for America , unlike the North Pole , while it may or may not amount to doing anything ( Crime and Punishment does n't raise the question ) marks a parting of their ways . |
| 2 | One or two of them are still open , and it 's still pretty bright with all their lights and that . |
| 3 | April In footballing terms , two of them are not even on solids . |
| 4 | ‘ When the chief comes into court , the two of them are on nodding terms . ’ |
| 5 | No two of them are identical . |
| 6 | Two of them are ‘ common ’ sails , in which slats could be adjusted manually according to the speed and direction of the wind . |
| 7 | Incensed by such treatment , the hare scratched the Moon 's face with his claws and the two of them are disfigured to this day . |
| 8 | Okay , one or two of them are a little contrived , but they still make for a cracking package — all in one load too ! |
| 9 | Little wonder , really , that right now the two of them are looking for the time of their life with someone of their own age . |
| 10 | Two of them are still in prison , where they are serving 18-month sentences . |
| 11 | Two of them are shown on the right with their lines of symmetry drawn . |
| 12 | Anyway , " he continued , " two of them are in Borneo — and where 's Sinar Surya ? " he asked the general assembly of eavesdropping elders in the corner . |
| 13 | Most spiders have eight eyes , although only two of them are sophisticated enough to create a picture of the scene . |
| 14 | But erm I th they are worried certainly , one or two of them are worried , but er some of this equipment is left on , and left on unnecessarily and we ought to be encouraging people to switch off what is n't |
| 15 | So erm yes there are ponds in Skelton and erm two of them are . |
| 16 | God knows what the two of them are up to together . ’ |
| 17 | Think of the many hours when the two of them are closeted in the den . |
| 18 | It is possible to adjust the data for the high proportion of part-time workers , by assuming that two of them are equivalent to one full-time worker . |
| 19 | Two of them are wearing spectacles , and one a hearing-aid . |
| 20 | All Hanne knows is that the two of them are staying somewhere in Copenhagen for an indefinite period . ’ |
| 21 | I take it that the proceedings so far are conjecture — that the two of them are not in fact gazing into each other 's eyes — that Serafin is not waiting for Summerchild to supply an answer to her question . |
| 22 | And finally , the criminal injuries compensation scheme , to cut the amounts paid to people who are victims of gang rape , to cut the amount paid to people who are victims of child abuse , that shows just how much the Home Secretary cares about the victims of crime , and his other measures show that he 's far more concerned with his own career , with pleasing the Conservative party conference , and with trying to do anything , anything I mean he 's brought in whatever it is , twenty-seven proposals , one or two of them are bound to work , if you throw enough stuff at the fan , some of it usually hits the target . |
| 23 | All forty two of them are threatening to leave local authority control and be directly financed from Westminster because they say they have n't got the money to do their jobs . |
| 24 | All forty two of them are threatening to leave local authority control and be directly financed from Westminster because they say they have n't got the money to do their jobs . |
| 25 | The two of them are off to ride for Britain in the European championships … their first big international test … their time has come … |
| 26 | There were seven of us from Wales er and two of them are present here this afternoon . |
| 27 | . I put the two of them are sleeping together in the same room and the other one 's in , we 've put her back in with us . |
| 28 | Erm well two of them are cod liver oil . |
| 29 | Well they 'd never , they had n't made a long player Amstrad did and now one or two of them are now are n't they ? |
| 30 | Well , one or two of them are a bit sort of |