Example sentences of "[vb past] they be " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the war , Bomber Harris tried to get an issue of a campaign medal for the ground crews on operational airfields , as he maintained they were completely ignored when the medals were handed out . |
| 2 | Even in rebellion , as Mervyn James has noted of the Lincolnshire rebellions of 1536 against Henry VIII , the rebels maintained they were loyal to the king . |
| 3 | Ministers had hoped that arguments over the killings would not be re-opened , but maintained they were not embarrassed by the European Commission on Human Rights ' ruling that there was a case to be answered . |
| 4 | ‘ I remember I was at a council meeting and they mentioned they were having difficulty letting an old shop on the end of Redcar pier , ’ said Mr Brook . |
| 5 | Fans turned up to gigs in ridiculous anoraks , sold fanzines with names like Frothy Pop and pretended they were carefree 18-year-olds . |
| 6 | In the past , presidential wives have made an impression but usually in a way that has drawn fierce criticism , mainly because they pretended they were n't an influence on their husbands . |
| 7 | But it was too late ; large tears rolled down her cheeks and , no matter how swiftly she swiped them away and pretended they were n't there , they just kept on coming . |
| 8 | Casaubon and Lancelot Andrewes doubted they were |
| 9 | When first built they were driven by a water-balance system . |
| 10 | Yet lured they were , ever deeper into the toils of matter , and women with them too . |
| 11 | When the band stopped they were both on a tide of pleasure ; yet , she stepped away from him as though evading her share in the pleasure . |
| 12 | When the caravan stopped they were dragged out and transferred to an open truck . |
| 13 | The views of the teachers tended to be directly related to how involved they were in managing a department and thus how involved they were in spending capitation . |
| 14 | The views of the teachers tended to be directly related to how involved they were in managing a department and thus how involved they were in spending capitation . |
| 15 | Of course , it was useful to both Romania and China to let Moscow know how deeply involved they were with the Americans , because such knowledge could deter Moscow from interfering in their internal affairs . |
| 16 | Too many studios had been built in Britain during the production boom and , at a time when filmmakers were anyway keener than they had been hitherto to get out among ordinary people , they found they were no longer constrained by anxious accountants determined to maximize the use of studio space . |
| 17 | I always found the idea of people who were very hard to please , including journalists who were very critical — I always found they were almost always right when they found something praiseworthy . |
| 18 | My friend in Holborn rang a friend who rang the Chelsea police and found they were taking the accusation very seriously . |
| 19 | He secured two admission tickets but when he arrived he found they were only good for the front doors where ‘ already hundreds were waiting ’ . |
| 20 | With the fall in population more land became available , and those peasants who survived found they were being offered more favourable landholding terms by some lords and left the poorer lands for vacant richer lands elsewhere . |
| 21 | Howard had tried all the proprietary athlete 's foot remedies , but found they were only partially effective ; the infection would always return with a vengeance within a few days of discontinuing with the ointment or powder . |
| 22 | At a subsequent season they were less keen when they found they were expected to work on a raft near the famous Sporting Club . |
| 23 | An Age Concern report featuring three such schemes in Liverpool , Leicestershire and Leeds found they were proving very successful , often leading to a general improvement in the relationship between carer and cared for . |
| 24 | These directions were in complete contradiction to his old habits and Alexander found they were successful in bringing about the change that he had sought for so long . |
| 25 | Around 65% of people with meters found they were paying the same as or less than they did under the old system . |
| 26 | Initially both brothers found they were delighted with the arrangement . |
| 27 | As a senior diplomat said last week : ‘ The people went out and found they were n't struck by lightning . ’ |
| 28 | In the prosperous 1980s many individuals found they were able to consider buying a second home in Europe , perhaps at first for holidays but later with retirement in view . |
| 29 | Mitchum had arrived on the set for an early call and found they were nowhere near ready for him . |
| 30 | Men or women who achieved success through education , business or political office found they were expected to support a seemingly ever-growing number of relatives , especially nephews . |