Example sentences of "and they [be] " in BNC.
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1 | In Pick-up the books ; Put them over there , books and them are co-referential . |
2 | Well see Carole and them are bringing that back tonight at her erm his son is gon na come back and then |
3 | Well we got the rock and roll ones first well they have , them two have to go together in a certain place cos them are all the rock and roll ones and them are not . |
4 | The abyss between us and them is even greater , whether or not they are ‘ on our side ’ . |
5 | ‘ Thinking of Miss Henrietta 's children , sir , and them being soon perhaps in want of a true mother . ’ |
6 | I do n't care about work and them being in a muddle , no not at all . |
7 | You see Pam and them was going to a bull fight but I do n't like |
8 | They 're born , they grow old , and they die like us ; and when they 're old , they can turn foolish , and even when they 're young , they can deceive you , and they 're actually capable of telling lies , pretending to be what they are n't : to be sick when they 're healthy , and healthy when they 're sick . ’ |
9 | Film stars are real and all first class with big faces — and they 're good at it . |
10 | They 've plenty to spare , and they 're always in among other folk 's corn . |
11 | And anyway — suppose the war hots up , and they 're desperate for men ? ’ |
12 | Fibreboards are also a fairly ‘ green ’ product , as wood fibre comes mainly from plantation sources , wood waste and forest thinnings — and they 're relatively inexpensive to buy . |
13 | Watching puppies of all different shapes and sizes , hair types and characters , rushing around together at these classes is great fun , and they 're learning how to be dogs and human companions all at once ! |
14 | You get these boys in the sections and they 're over-exuberant , heavy-handed boys . |
15 | We had to weigh up the bid which the managers put forward against outside bids and they 're never in exactly the same terms . |
16 | We 've got stores in the Arctic Circle , we 've got shops literally in the desert in the Middle East and we 've got them in Hong Kong and Singapore and they 're all the same — and they all work . |
17 | Because we 're humane , we 're watched — and they 're still watching us because they ca n't believe that you can develop one without losing the other . |
18 | she s still got her boots on , and they 're a bit muddy . |
19 | The lights in the caff are still on — it looks like it 's open , but it ai n't , cos I tried the doors and they 're locked . |
20 | I , m just water swirling round them and they 're too busy to feel me . |
21 | And they 're real dangerous too — they might jump onto the pavement and swallow me up with their big eyes . |
22 | Maybe summat special is happening and they 're rushing to get there , cos they look real excited and busy and hurrying to get some place . |
23 | All these hundreds of people with shiny eyes and they 're all going home . |
24 | ‘ It 's the inquest , ’ Herr Nordern said , ‘ and they 're having the devil of a job finding a relative to make any arrangements . ’ |
25 | They are sure they are no good at such things , and they 're right . |
26 | And they 're dead keen to suppress any burgeoning , ego-trip tendencies . |
27 | The manufacturers have been alerted and they 're working on the problem . ’ |
28 | Nor are Continental cosh-style umbrellas much use ; they do n't last long ; they do n't protect as large a surface area of head and suit ; and they 're useless for hailing cabs . |
29 | One Special Branch man said to me : ‘ There is only one other minister who has two police guards and that is Mr Tebbit — but we 're armed and they 're not . ’ |
30 | ‘ And they 're not old like you . ’ |