Example sentences of "they be [pron] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children who come into care through the courts are committed to the care of the local authority either because they are themselves offenders , or because they are the victims of offences or because they are found in need of care . |
| 2 | Rawls often writes of individuals ' conceptions of the good as if they are their views of the good life for themselves . |
| 3 | she was one of the first anyway , so er , but it took a long time before she had them , five years ' wait , and she said , that , at the last attempt she said to her husband that 's it now , if it does n't work this time , that 's it , I 'm not having any more attempts , that 's it definitely , and they had that successfully and that 's how they had the twins , so they 're her children , they are their children , it 's just they were fertilized outside the womb , in a glass dish it 's fascinating i n't it ? she said it 's really fascinating I can assure you I said oh I can see |
| 4 | No , they are their allies . |
| 5 | It is , emerges that they are her cousins and that Jane has inherited money from an uncle . |
| 6 | That would not get us anywhere and they are our customers , ’ he said . |
| 7 | They are our emotions . |
| 8 | ‘ They are our conclusions , based on our own research , our own predispositions , our own framework , our own lack of preconceptions . |
| 9 | ‘ They are about half a mile or so away , ’ he replied , ‘ and , most important , they are our guns . |
| 10 | They are our guidebooks to what women want . |
| 11 | They are our clients needs and expectations and our own needs and expectation and i interests . |
| 12 | Cos they are your mattresses are n't they ? |
| 13 | Everybody wants to hear you because they are your friends , or because they are friends of the happy couple and want to hear what you have to say about them . |
| 14 | How many times had I heard , ‘ This is your home , ’ ‘ These are your sons , ’ ‘ You are my sister , ’ ‘ They are your daughters ’ ? |
| 15 | He refused it , saying , ‘ I am the servant of the Corporation of London ; they are my masters and are entitled to all my time and service . |
| 16 | ‘ Look , they are my friends . |
| 17 | They are my friends , they 've supported me and I 'd never want to let them down . ’ |
| 18 | Now the choices and values are not only what I trust are right choices and correct beliefs ; they are my choices , my beliefs , my convictions |
| 19 | ‘ They are my bodyguards , Sir John , my assistants in case I am attacked . ’ |
| 20 | Today they are my fellow-labourers in the Lord 's vineyard , ’ says . |
| 21 | There are many children I know who live around me as they are my neighbours . |
| 22 | ‘ Back in Holland , I 'm known for making movies which very broad sexual and political statements , and they are my statements , ’ he adds . |
| 23 | And every evening , when Frith has done his day 's work and lies calm and easy in the red sky , El-ahrairah and his children and his children 's children come out of their holes and feed and play in his sight , for they are his friends and he has promised them that they can never be destroyed . " |
| 24 | They are his creations — he has chosen them himself , and provided each one with a livelihood and a way of being . |
| 25 | Theoretically they should follow the lead of the Warbutt if he commands them ; they are his vassals . |
| 26 | In their Apolline vision , the dithyrambic chorus see Dionysus as their lord and master : they are his servants . |
| 27 | They 're her friends , not mine , and they talk about nothing but golf . |
| 28 | she was one of the first anyway , so er , but it took a long time before she had them , five years ' wait , and she said , that , at the last attempt she said to her husband that 's it now , if it does n't work this time , that 's it , I 'm not having any more attempts , that 's it definitely , and they had that successfully and that 's how they had the twins , so they 're her children , they are their children , it 's just they were fertilized outside the womb , in a glass dish it 's fascinating i n't it ? she said it 's really fascinating I can assure you I said oh I can see |
| 29 | They 're not my children , they 're their children . |
| 30 | They 're my favourites , so I sha n't give them up . |