Example sentences of "[adv] they [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly they were on different planets . |
| 2 | They followed the porter along the serpentine path , then suddenly they were through the trees and into a glade ringed by clumps of trees , silent except for the gurgle of a small brook as it splashed down some rocks which thrust up out of the ground like the finger of a buried giant . |
| 3 | On the way back to his conversation the barman punched a button on the television and suddenly they were in Texas , where folk lived and loved fit to bust and discussed it all in idiomatic but poorly synchronized Italian . |
| 4 | Suddenly they were in a huge , enchanting sitting-room , with the sun pouring in through the open French windows that gave a magnificent view out over the bay . |
| 5 | Always keep the receipt for expensive things like TVs , video recorders or furniture to prove how much they 're worth . |
| 6 | If you bought them , keep the receipt so that you can prove how much they are worth . |
| 7 | There was no details on the vouchers as to how much they are worth just a note saying that vouchers must be redeemed before 12 on the matchday . |
| 8 | When will they act instead of saying at every Question Time how much they are in favour of combined heat and power ? |
| 9 | A apparently they were in the college yesterday but they er could n't find , went away again . |
| 10 | Naturally they are in the very best locations , have the best views and are truly cosmopolitan in their ambience and atmosphere . |
| 11 | That is not to say that necessarily they are in any sense physical , that a theory which identifies the mental with the physical , or some of the physical , is forced upon us , whatever our attitude to such a theory . |
| 12 | Almost instantaneously they were round the nearside and had the odious Carol backed up against the van trying to wave away their prodding , stabbing fingers . |
| 13 | And if anybody puts my name down they are in big trouble . |
| 14 | Thus , even though the cloud tops were known not to consist of water it was possible to believe that lower down they were of water and that deeper still lay a warm ocean-covered surface . |
| 15 | you 've got proof , and I used to check it as a form teacher every , at the end of every week tick it and sign it I I only had about what , twenty in the class used to , every end of every week check and see they 're writing their homework down and if any problems came of it had n't written it down they were in trouble ! |
| 16 | Perhaps they are at their most dangerous when possessed by someone with the gift of persuasive speech and power and influence . |
| 17 | Perhaps they are at least ‘ Half Right ’ . |
| 18 | I think a lot of the current concern about schools being accountable is partly because things that in fact are being done are not being seen to be done , and I think if many of the things that we already done were more obviously being seen to be done , and perhaps also thought through rather more carefully as to how they were being done , the public would feel generally erm happier about what was going on in their schools than perhaps they are at the moment . |
| 19 | For example , somebody might erm be homeless , but no hostel in town will take them on because perhaps they have a mental illness or a drug problem , or perhaps they are in trouble with the courts erm we can return to that hostel with the person saying ‘ Do n't worry about these other problems , just fill in the bits you can , the accommodation , and we 'll sort out the other bits ’ . |
| 20 | Well , I should imagine they 're just the same as their normal ones , and they 've stuck a , a whacking great white label on them , but I mean , you know , perhaps they 're of an inferior quality , I do n't know . |
| 21 | ‘ Perhaps they 're in trouble . ’ |
| 22 | Perhaps they 're in financial difficulty . |
| 23 | Infact , the team display did n't match the individual effort ( make sense ? ) perhaps they were to complacent about Swindon … who knows … still 3–0 => 3 points and 2nd place . |
| 24 | Perhaps they were under the influence of drink ( 10:9 ) . |
| 25 | ‘ Perhaps they were in telepathic communication ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Perhaps they were in love , ’ she offered lamely . |
| 27 | Perhaps they were among the racegoers , waiting another chance to kidnap their quarry . |
| 28 | I 've yet to see a lovable moptop Inspiral Carpet in the flesh , but obviously they 're on the verge of making it here when they 're staying in the same hotel as Bruce Dickinson out of Iron Maiden . |
| 29 | In the first three months , three thousand miles , that does n't tend to happen in fairness erm and something like that would come up erm within that time scale , so , yes , I mean they have the right to go back to the dealer and I must admit in my overall view of the motor trade these days they do they are trying harder and harder to look after their customers because obviously they 're in business like everybody else , they know that their policy holders are covered by the Sale of Goods Act merchantable quality , erm and so they realize that if these things happen then they will endeavour to put the situation right . |
| 30 | So the exact er nature of this balance and how waters between contact with the atmosphere are being mixed into the deep sea , cos remember this equilibrium can only be occurring in surface waters cos only they are in contact with the gas phase how that turnover of deep water 's occurring affects just how much capacity we 've got for absorbing C O two in the oceans and therefore mitigating the greenhouse effect . |