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 . ’
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