Example sentences of "they [vb mod] be [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently , even although a high proportion of particular categories of material may be in poor condition in the stacks , if not many of them are issued to readers , they may be in less danger than other items which are more frequently issued . |
| 2 | And the day before his weakness waxed great , he ordered the gates of the town to be shut , and went to the Church of St. Peter ; and there the Bishop Don Hieronymo being present , and all the clergy who were in Valencia , and the knights and honourable men and honourable dames , as many as the Church could hold , the Cid Ruydiez stood up , and made a full noble preaching , showing that no man whatsoever , however honourable or fortunate they may be in this world , can escape death ; to which , said he , I am now full near ; and since ye know that this body of mine hath never yet been conquered , nor put to shame , I beseech ye let not this befall it at the end , for the good fortune of man is only accomplished at his end . |
| 3 | ‘ They must be on some bonus for the FA Cup semi final — none of them want to miss it ! |
| 4 | They must be on some sort of a one of the meters or somebody 's meter or somewhere . |
| 5 | Well they must be at that age . |
| 6 | ‘ They must be from this area though , because they know it so well . |
| 7 | Even if we are assured that the creatures in question are not in any pain , some people will prolong the argument either by insisting that they must be in some sort of distress , or by claiming that even if they are not overtly suffering , what is happening to them is cruel and unwarranted exploitation . |
| 8 | You 're in a dead end as far as Charlie 's records are concerned , and even if you get your hands on them you 've no guarantee they 'll be of any use . |
| 9 | Any minute now and they 'll be at each other 's throats again . |
| 10 | ‘ What makes you so sure they 'll be on this ferry , anyway ? ’ |
| 11 | No , what I 'm saying is , I do n't think from the accident book you 're getting a true picture because people do n't always report it , they 'll be off several days afterwards . |
| 12 | there 's hundreds of French , Germans they 're waiting until the first of July and they 'll be in this country in a flash . |
| 13 | Who knows how hard they might be along this slash through the fiercest mountain crag in Wales ? |
| 14 | For the modern Christian , however , there is often no awareness of the geographical and political relation between these places , how far they might be from each other , how long a journey from one to the other might take . |
| 15 | ‘ All those birds are as common as dirt around here , but I guess if they could be of some use to you , that 's great . ’ |
| 16 | She wanted to move the conversation along as she would do with any other person she had just met at a cocktail party , to talk of work and why they were there and if they could be of any use to each other . |
| 17 | But then you see the town was on er on er on D C. And they 'd be at that time they they were beginning to change over to A C , the whole country 's A C now . |
| 18 | Locust , locust beans they 'd be about that length , they used to be just like a brown bean , they were dry . |
| 19 | Endowment assigned to them , so they would see it , they would know it , they would check it and they 'd be in that position . |
| 20 | If they were genuine imports into prehistoric Britain then they would be of some importance in suggesting trade networks . |
| 21 | Some of their skills and knowledge are specific to the company for which they work , and they would be of less value to another company . |
| 22 | Ah but they always watched th they would be in some place over bad storms you know . |
| 23 | It has been known , but parents who do such a thing are as disliked as they would be in any society , and such marriages are often barren . |
| 24 | They will be of some use in working out what it was that testators hoped to achieve by adding on a trust disposition to provisions at civil law . |
| 25 | Then you can come and sit near me and find out whether they will be of any use . |
| 26 | The following paragraphs briefly describe each of the LIFESPAN manuals in turn and indicate the users to whom they will be of most interest . |
| 27 | It was Spaniards who proved Wellington 's own maxim : ‘ the more ground the French hold , the weaker they will be at any point ’ . |
| 28 | In the eyes of top management , they intervene precisely when they can be of most help , that is , when the issue ‘ requires a corporate perspective ’ . |