Example sentences of "[vb base] they [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Out on the fields , the flocks of golden plover begin to show an increasing number of black-fronted birds as they moult , and the extent of these markings suggest they are of more northerly origin . |
| 2 | But the haemorrhage of people since travel was eased in the past few years , and the mass exodus of the past weeks suggest they are in a minority . |
| 3 | I expect they 're among the most important people in the country . |
| 4 | oh I expect they are on , on the Council |
| 5 | Teachers say they 're of no benefit . |
| 6 | Well , four days on with thousands of people still on the site at Castle Morton Common , there 's growing anger locally that nobody seems to have the power to do anything about the travellers.Villagers say they 're under siege . |
| 7 | But now , people who use the Prestbury Day centre and other similar centres in Gloucestershire , say they 're under threat . |
| 8 | This may sound obvious , but it is surprising how many editors say they are for ever clearing out photographs which have no identification . |
| 9 | They say they are from the People 's Liberation Army . |
| 10 | Robert Bosch GmbH and Northern Telecom Ltd say they are in discussions that could lead to a 50-50 joint venture to develop , manufacture , and market transmission equipment — yes , Bosch 's main business is motor components , but we 're talking data transmission here — under the global CCITT standard , including Synchronous Digital Hierarchy systems : Northern Telecom says the deal would complements its strategic tie with Matra Communication SA . |
| 11 | ‘ She takes her golf very seriously ; she told me her clubs are a matched set and I imagine they 're worth quite a lot of money . |
| 12 | Old ladies trapped in time imagine they are in 1929 and love 's first blossoms are just around the corner , an old man feels angry and cheated that 40 years of his life have disappeared . |
| 13 | But they are my bread and butter , and I rather hope they are worth at least a quick read . |
| 14 | Now they hope they 're on the verge of finally finding out what happened to her . |
| 15 | ‘ I hope they 're in order . ’ |
| 16 | I hope they 're in safe hands . |
| 17 | ‘ I hope they were from our Intelligence Service , playing silly tricks . |
| 18 | Look they 're on the floor here all the time ! ’ |
| 19 | The borough council 's new administration agreed 12 new objectives last summer designed to improve the quality of services and ensure they were in line with what residents wanted . |
| 20 | Indeed , the trees which separate them are of different varieties and are , generally , more gracile than those at Woodchester ( Neal 1981 , no. 87 ) . |
| 21 | They also did their best to lose the great dome in a jostling scrum of office buildings , so mediocre that the only way you ever remember them is by the frustration they induce . |
| 22 | Once the ability to create symbolic signals and rearrange them was in place , individuals that accomplished this more effectively might well have been at an advantage over those who did it less effectively in terms of all the benefits that come from co-operation . |
| 23 | As no vocal chords as we know them are to be found in the larynx , the sounds emitted probably come from the lips of the larynx . |
| 24 | It depends on your lifestyle you live , though , cos I got friends who are just like ah , I do n't like and you have to excuse my hairy legs running or something , I mean , I just like they 're like this , and they 've got like black hair about this long , and I 'm like oh my God , oh my God , you 're just like |
| 25 | ‘ Like they 're inside my head and telling me what to do . |
| 26 | ‘ I want police like they are on television , like The Bill , where they get stuck right in , ’ says one boy . |
| 27 | One lesson he can be really soft and anyone could get away with murder ( well , almost ) and the next lesson he goes all strict on you and starts giving out lines and detentions like they were past their sell-by date . |
| 28 | Richards , a 33-year-old Highgate estate agent , faces the former All Black captain in a Hertfordshire field where mighty Northampton know they are on hiding to nothing . |
| 29 | Erm and clearly you know they are of some use . |
| 30 | I know they are of course |