Example sentences of "but they be [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they 're scenes which could have been avoided according the the bishop of Oxford , if we 'd listened to warnings and intervened early on . |
| 2 | Now we all know because we 're print buyers to a larger or greater degree but they 're clients they over-estimate they add about twenty five per cent more on than they need and you have to send them back to sharpen their pencils several times before you 've seen the estimate , they of course know that all print buyers are idiots who keep forgetting all the important things and do n't give them half the information they need like the weight of paper or the fact that there 's to be a pocket at the back so , I think if we got the man I think if we maybe started off with H M S O the print buyer which is more akin to what we are and say well you know these are the problems I 've got I 'm sitting with a six million pound budget buying for the whole of the government of Scotland and I have problems and these are the problems that I have , then we get to the wee man from who says now wait a minute boys I get the rubbish that you send out , that was the message and let's make it funny but slightly aggressive let's highlight the real problems because that 's what it 's about , we 're not here for a nice night we 're here to learn |
| 3 | But they are arbitrations which contractually-incorporated rules and commercial practice make exempt from the requirement of submissions and oral evidence . |
| 4 | In general terms the narrow range of investments are fairly , very safe and secure investments , but they are ones which are less likely to secure higher returns but of course also , less likely to secure risks of low returns . |
| 5 | His past is made up very largely of futures — plans , expectations , anxieties , fantasies , dreams and visions — but they are futures which are closed : every forward thought is stalked by death . |
| 6 | ‘ We do n't know in detail what these would involve , but they are aspects we will be exploring precisely over the next few weeks and months . ’ |
| 7 | These are not baby habits , but they are habits which have a link with babyhood experiences . |
| 8 | She was late arriving at the restaurant where she had arranged to meet her friends , but they were women she had known since university days and were busy catching up on everyone else 's news . |
| 9 | The essence of Hollywood was that it used actors who became real before the camera ; they were not ciphers there to be manipulated by an all-powerful director but they were actors who were able to combine natural qualities and varied skills and techniques in such a way as to create an on-camera identity . |
| 10 | It was another medievalist , under Tolkien 's influence , who gave utterance to the view that ‘ Literature stops in 1100 ; after that there 's only books , ’ but they were sentiments which in a crude way echoed Tolkien 's own position . |
| 11 | She wanted to tell him that she loved him , but they were words she had never spoken to anyone . |