Example sentences of "they [vb base] be [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most startling illustration of how things can stay the same while they change is found in one of Stein-am-Rhein 's many excellent restaurants . |
| 2 | They oil was discovered in Kuwait . |
| 3 | I think that the districts there possibly given the exception of Selby have taken a rather cautious approach as to what they anticipate being built in their areas within the Greater York area itself er over the next thirteen years . |
| 4 | Another highly important fact is that some sets of cross- references taken together would actually reveal inadequacies in the way in which the material to which they refer is handled in the dictionary in its present form . |
| 5 | The criteria they imply are summarized in Fig. 7.2 . |
| 6 | Resistance to linguistic change is related to the way people think of language as a fixed point in the flux of experience , and cling to the certainties they feel are embodied in language . |
| 7 | Because they are designed to justify certain propositions , the questions they ask are formulated in such a way as to prompt the desired answers . |
| 8 | I mean , bugger me , all they do is sit in little Toyota vans all day bouncing around taking pictures of Tommies . ’ |
| 9 | Foreign companies with subsidiaries in Britain will be entitled to Alvey largesse , provided the work they do is exploited in Britain and does not end up abroad . |
| 10 | One of the things the group in Wolverhampton I think at the Theatre Royal there is , is doing both audio descriptions by sign language I think and one of the things they 've , they , they do is meet in the bar |
| 11 | In fact , pronouns such as ‘ she ’ and ‘ I ’ are usually redundant in Arabic and are used mainly for emphasis , since all the information they carry is incorporated in the form of the verb . |
| 12 | he feels they 've been treated in a shabby way . |
| 13 | they 've been cooked in the microwave for twelve minutes |
| 14 | All we would like to do in the lab is make that same compound in a different way , and many of the compounds which are used are the same as those found in nature , the only difference is they 've been prepared in a test tube instead of being prepared in a plant . |
| 15 | Allow your tiles to acclimatise at room temperature for at least 24 hours before laying — especially if they 've been stored in cold conditions |
| 16 | But beware — the Black Night 's ghoulish cohorts are everywhere , and rumour has it that they 've been dabbling in the dark arts … |
| 17 | Well I think there is , there are n't many problem with the trained people because they 've been trained in the same areas as oneself and therefore understand what you 're on about . |
| 18 | His face had an unpleasant shine to it , the kind of shine you get on the walls of places where they 've been cooking in cheap fat since for ever . |
| 19 | Brighter are so deeply drippy that they make Blueboy look like the English Metallica , Brighter sound like they 've been locked in a bedroom for the past six years and are still trying to come up with that ‘ C86 ’ audition tape . |
| 20 | Yeah , they 've been advertising in the Echo |
| 21 | It was a red Transit , one of the new designs which look like they 've been punched in the nose , but there were no markings on it and the rear windows had been painted out . |
| 22 | A resident of the North Shore will look at a wave and say , ‘ Bad weather they 've been having in Alaska ’ , or ‘ I see Siberia is in trouble again ’ . |
| 23 | I 'm a teacher myself and if my children come home and tell me things they 've been doing in maths which might seem very perplexing to somebody who knows about modern maths , I understand the educational reason for them doing so . |
| 24 | Wash chopping boards , knives , other equipment and your hands after they 've been used in the preparation of raw food . |
| 25 | They 've been used in Australia since 1952 , working for an airline founded by the father of the new owner . |
| 26 | Most shops are prepared for your to do this with expensive boots , but do n't expect them to be exchanged if they 've been marked in any way or worn outside ! |
| 27 | If learners can see and recognise the language they 've been studying in use in realistic situations this has two benefits : |
| 28 | " Yes , they 've been entered in the book . |
| 29 | ‘ They 've been arriving in scores , each delegation with one appointed English speaker ’ said an official . |
| 30 | They are the way forward now for the British mining industry erm they 've been coming in very steadily and now they are at virtually every pit in the country . |