Example sentences of "they [vb base] be [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They know the truth : that life with an aged parent can be a strange mixture of joy and sorrow , and all they ask is for that fact to be accepted , not glossed over by their family and society , and then to be offered some practical ideas on how to make the best of a good job , which they consider to be well worth doing . |
| 2 | In that netherworld state , while they 've been in that state of absorption . ’ |
| 3 | Maurice Hope held a similar view , though he favoured social rather than genetic factors : ‘ Black people are natural fighters ; they 've been fighting for survival and they 've been in that condition all their lives . |
| 4 | that there is that fear , that is because that is the second World War this is why the erm the er late thirties , early forties was never gon na succeed , because they had two completely different archaeologist , plus now in their purest form their not that but in the they were , they were never going to work , I mean that is the fact that their communists , the sole reason they 've been against each other for a hundred and fifty years there is no other reason |
| 5 | Of course , the information they glean is of little value if the Goblin is pulverised as he impacts with the ground . |
| 6 | Most essential of all for the future assessment of public finance , we must establish a truly independent source of economic statistics to ensure that judgments are not distorted — as they have been under this Government , by political interference in their collection or presentation . |
| 7 | It is interesting to note that other countries are now copying our know-how funds because they have been of such help to the former Soviet Union and other eastern European countries . |
| 8 | These will be concerns for his successor as David will take his leave of the Education Department at the end of July and his immediate plans are more leisurely now than they have been for many years . |
| 9 | ‘ House repossessions are at no higher rate than they have been for many years , ’ he says . |
| 10 | ‘ Present values are lower than they have been for some time , and are sticking . |
| 11 | However , those who are unemployed , especially if they have been for some time , may find it is more important to send out as many letters as possible , in the hope of getting some response . |
| 12 | They have been at each others ' throats . |
| 13 | They have been at each others ' throats . |
| 14 | They have been at each others ' throats . |
| 15 | Supporters of gun control are in a stronger position now than they have been at any time since 1968 , after the shootings of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy . |
| 16 | It 's that sort of change that I think is extremely significant , and I think it happens for women very much at that stage , when they have been through those sorts of experiences themselves , so one way in which I think that we can change things is — and help people to change things for themselves — is very much to support and develop those kinds of second change erm access , returning to education , returning to work , type projects as very much part of mainstream education and employment , and I would like to see a much greater range of those sorts of projects available for people and erm a lot more government resources into supporting that kind of provision . |
| 17 | They have been in some ways too successful . |