Example sentences of "they [verb] be [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking back on their ten years of marriage , Davina and Alastair feel they stopped being in touch with what their needs were after their children were born . |
| 2 | But they only shots they encountered were from cameras . |
| 3 | They have to communicate to their public and explain how the services they provide are of value . |
| 4 | The first play they mounted was for Alan and his family — to celebrate the completion of the pageant . |
| 5 | I th I think they 'd been on holiday and , she took ill on the holiday and , and came erm , she was stopping at erm , Edith 's and er it happened then . |
| 6 | They came up to view Heidi 's riding display then I went back with them and Vicki and Malcolm diverted from Barford on the Sunday where they 'd been for lunch and picked me up Sunday afternoon the sort of following weekend . |
| 7 | Father and son exchanged looks , in better temper with each other than they 'd been for years . |
| 8 | They were both drunker than they 'd been for years . |
| 9 | Yet they 'd been to Spain , Italy and Greece time after time , and surely it would have been natural for Isabelle to want to show off the country of her birth . |
| 10 | They 'd never been to Blackpool , last year they 'd been to Spain |
| 11 | Er they 'd been to chapel with them , been to school with them , worked in other places with them , and it ended like it did . |
| 12 | Well when I was down at the er council that May , I told them there and then that er I 'm prepared to er let one of the council men come to our house , about eight o'clock in the morning , and then stop till ten and then come back again about two and wait till they come home from school which they would n't have come home from school , but they go across the road and come back again , double back as if they 'd been to school |
| 13 | They had been friends for long enough , they 'd been to school together for a little while until geography had pushed them apart , then they 'd met up again as older teenagers , both interested in bars and snooker , then in girls . |
| 14 | I suppose ( now ) they 'd been to bed together . |
| 15 | Cos , Claire was saying when they went , they went , they 'd been to Wales , France , and Scotland while they 've been here he said , . |
| 16 | This was the middle of an argument they 'd been at home . |
| 17 | It may therefore become of some importance , who it was told you that they 'd been in prison together and so were at least known to each other . |
| 18 | There were sometimes they , they came , if they 'd been in action and er , the people had actually found blood and parts of the uniforms in the air gunner 's compartment at the back , and the , the fella , the navigator u and bomb aimer used to be in the nose , they had n't got much of a chance if they came down in there because they were right cut off from the rest of the aircraft so , but it was virtually a suicide position in the nose of the Bostons . |
| 19 | They enjoy being at home together : she attends keep-fit classes and meets her former colleagues for coffee once a fortnight , while Tom spends more time on gardening and playing whist . |
| 20 | I 'll need dog-handlers immediately and they 'll have to be sent out to Pontino , there 's no need for them to check in here first — the girl they released is in shock . |
| 21 | what happened next was a landslide … everything Southend did went right … every shot they hit was on target … and every chance was taken … |
| 22 | Firms like ICI in Runcorn have far more workers whom they claim are in danger of losing their jobs because of electricity costs . |
| 23 | Some felt a leaping in their spirits at the moment when the announcement was made at the AGM , something which they knew was from God . |
| 24 | That they took on the importance they did was in part the fault of the government . |
| 25 | The envious man is obsessively drawn to see through his rival 's eyes , the cruel man is as sensitive to a sufferer 's feelings as the compassionate ; and both are disinterested , in that it does not matter to them whether any injury they do is of benefit to themselves . |
| 26 | They 've been through rehearsals and are ready to go for the big money . |
| 27 | They 've been through rehearsals and are ready to go for the big money . |
| 28 | And in its star system , the accolades go to the miners — they 've been through hell , fire , earth and water to become hardened into heroes . |
| 29 | It 's the first time they 've been to Britain , even though some have been teaching English for twenty years ; they 're staying at the Oxford House School of English , and will also visit the Oxford University Press as the trip has been made possible by an East German publishing house . |
| 30 | They 've been to bed and got up in the morning , and now they 're going off and doing things , like going to work and that . |