Example sentences of "they be family [noun] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 ‘ So take the box back with you , ’ she said gently , ‘ and say I would not dream of accepting anything , because of course they are family things .
2 It does n't matter whether they are family heirlooms or bargains from the market stall ; if they 're right for the setting , that 's all that counts .
3 I mean they 're family houses , are n't they ?
4 They 're family property . ’
5 Oh yes yeah they 're family names , yeah the Bridgit and the Geoffrey Lester are , are family names .
6 But … if they 're family heirlooms then however much I want them , I must return them to the family where they belong , ’ she said dazedly .
7 They could always claim they were family heirlooms . ’
8 And er what I see of the modern teacher I 'm probably looking out with three different eyes , they do n't seem to come up to the same standing as those men were , at all because one thing that I I remember very vividly about them all , and they were family men , what I call family men .
9 She used to show you a collection of photographs which she kept in her wallet as if they were family photographs , but in fact these pictures were all pictures of men 's cocks , she used to make them stop on the way home at the photobooth in the entrance to the station , she 'd make them stand on the stool with their trousers down , she never got caught — Greta , on seeing me leave with an especially handsome man : ‘ I hope you 're on the pill . ’
  Next page