Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [prep] they " in BNC.

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1 I am above them , so high I hear the small birds sing below me .
2 How glad I am for them !
3 I am among them . ’
4 When I 'm under them , it 's like standing in the sun .
5 I do n't know , people l I 'm of them say they ca n't afford to pay the kids , and get the food for the kids , and they 'll have to give them chips a couple of , every day of the week or whatever , but th there 's no need for that .
6 It stand out like a sore thumb sometimes when I 'm with them , I find people with handicapped children are real people , are people who are people with their children being , talking to them , instead of things that they can give them , you know .
7 It 's not that I 'm against them in their place ,
8 Not that I 'm against them .
9 I 'm fit to be Prime Minister because I truly represent the people of this country — their hopes for economic success and social justice , and their aspirations , because I 'm from them .
10 I were with them blokes Saturday at work and er one of them said to me where are you from and I says why ?
11 ‘ True ; and I wish I were in them . ’
12 Once a Met Officer remarked cheerfully to me ( from the warmth and light of the office ) , that the rats were much more frightened of me than I was of them , but I noticed that he did n't take me up on my suggestion that he should come out with me and see for himself .
13 All my efforts were concentrated on keeping up appearances during those two hours of the day when I was with them .
14 And I was with them , with the Greats .
15 It suddenly occurred to me that just as I wanted the boys to dress according to Western ideas when they were in London , so the Sheikha and Sheikha Grandmother would like me to dress according to their ideas of fashion when I was with them .
16 More violent crimes than that performed by the jealous woman did not occur among the Chewong while I was with them , nor could anyone tell me of others in the past .
17 I was with them all the time … ’
18 While I was with them I started my day at six o'clock in the morning .
19 I said at least I knew where I was with them .
20 I was with them a week and they were kind to me .
21 I was with them in Glasgow as well they were a national company and I came down here from Glasgow .
22 ‘ Middlesbrough were a smashing club when I was with them between 1968–75 .
23 And I was with them when I had this holiday with my sister and we went abroad
24 Oh dear , they all use to pull my blue leg when I was with them working , oh Old Sergeant name his name was , he was the M section , maintenance section in the Signals , M section , old , Sergeant
25 But then first day I was with them .
26 ‘ I ca n't tell you how impressed I was by them . ’
27 I remember many occasions when friends would reassure me that I was like them , there were n't any differences .
28 Have you been in them ?
29 ‘ Righty ho , ’ I replied , for it never does to show these people how frightened you are of them , ‘ do come in . ’
30 ‘ They are probably as frightened of you as you are of them . ’
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