Example sentences of "[adj] they be be " in BNC.
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1 | For all this they are being paid a fee . |
2 | In the 1830s they were being criticized for despoiling ‘ the crystalline beauties ’ of the local caves , or in other words bearing off as trophies the stalactites and stalagmites . |
3 | In the one-way mirror treatment , when males were unaware they were being watched , they were more aggressive towards infants than in the clear screen treatment and as a result they received a drubbing from the female . |
4 | And when they were later approached by the police they claimed that they were unaware they were being arrested . |
5 | For the first few years , I was convinced they were being polite in front of me . |
6 | Just how diverse they are is shown by the proportion of health care provided privately . |
7 | ‘ This year they 've got Postlethwaite looking over their shoulder so they 're making damned sure they 're being strictly kosher . ’ |
8 | they 're all , all they are are they 're pho photographic you know , when you have blackouts and er , you know the |
9 | Or you think that all they are is another piece of silver to flog off like Mrs Thatcher flogged off the nationalised industries . |
10 | But they did n't realise how racist they were being to me . |
11 | Were they aware at that time of how experimental they were being ? |
12 | And , and so then they , they 're a bit miffed that instead of the B one they 're being asked to complete a U B four six one , a U B six seven one . |
13 | Just how accurate they are was demonstrated when some birds were kept under a stationary artificial " sun " . |
14 | No it wo n't s it 's too big they 're are all wood drills dear . |
15 | Simple recognition of his feelings rather than continual arguments about how fair they were being was needed from his parents . |
16 | And and like then , like them two they 're being , and they goes what 's up ? |
17 | Although you may be tempted towards a lender by the promise of an initial discount , a far better way of telling how competitive they are is by looking at the history of what borrowers have been charged over the last few years . |
18 | One minute they were pushing forward a couple of tentative singles on their own label ( The Far Out Recording Company ) , the next they were being pressganged by Polydor and trailed across the press following the release of their debut album , The Eight Legged Groove Machine . |
19 | Coleraine secretary Freddie Monahan stressed however : ‘ No official 5 approaches have been made for either player though we are aware they are being watched . ’ |
20 | The drinking public was now aware they were being taken for a ride by the brewing barons . |
21 | Shelley looked at the happy faces of her companions , and knew they wanted to be alone , however sweet they were being . |