Example sentences of "they be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had they been noticed and noted as they drove through the village of Nunes ? |
| 2 | True , the Armenians of Beirut have collected some macabre , terrible old photographs that might — had they been studied with more care by the shell-shocked peoples who had just emerged from the First World War — have served as a warning , the shape of things to come . |
| 3 | Had Andrewes remained in Cambridge , his reputation would probably have been unblemished but he would have lacked the stimulus to write the magnificent sermons which he preached at Court ; and he would not willingly have engaged in the controversial writing in which for the first time he set out the Anglican Church 's position in terms which European scholars could respect ; above all his Preces , even had they been written , would not have contained the breadth of experience , and the depth of feeling , based on that experience , which made them treasures of the Church . |
| 4 | For instance , if the directors of the smaller company have had to issue consideration shares at a significant discount to the market price in order to persuade shareholders of the larger company to accept the offer the minority may argue that not only have they been diluted unfairly but also that this has resulted in control passing into the hands of third parties and that they are , effectively , investors in an entirely different company without having been given the opportunity to accept an offer or exercise their rights of challenge under CA 1985 , s430C . |
| 5 | What was the purpose of this " series of conferences " and why had they been called ? |
| 6 | What had they been looking for ? |
| 7 | So 15 of the chosen 30 have a very modest international background — and this going into tests against Australia , the World Cup holders , and South Africa , who rather fancy that they would have won it had they been invited . |
| 8 | Yet the Laboulbeniales seem a likely group to solicit as mercenaries against our arthropod adversaries , so why have they been ignored as potential agents of biological control ? |
| 9 | Had they been misled ? |
| 10 | Had they been followed ? |
| 11 | However , the position taken by the Court of Appeal loses much of its force if it can not be assumed that the House would have taken non-certified points of appeal had they been raised . |
| 12 | Had they been born 15 years earlier , Tumbleweed would probably wear loon pants and big belts and be called something like Satan 's Spaceship . |
| 13 | they been serviced properly ? |
| 14 | Have they been feeding you well at the hospital ? |
| 15 | How many goals have they been leaking recently … and against who ? |
| 16 | Had they been swallowed into the warm fields ? |
| 17 | Experience was quickly to show that these conditions were not forthcoming ; neither have they been realized throughout the post-war period . |
| 18 | Had they been discussing any other evening he would not have been nearly so competent but the murder pinpointed the day . |
| 19 | The strikes in the shipyards , which held up the construction of new warships vital for the battle of the Atlantic , would have been heartily unpopular had they been publicised , and some of the adverse publicity would have reflected upon the party . |
| 20 | You know they they 're a lot of the older men makes you wonder have they been sacked so they do n't have to pay them hand shakes at the end you know if they wanted to lay some people off . |
| 21 | and I think we must recognise that it is only that many of the questions and questionnaire had they been displayed of what they wanted to propose . |
| 22 | It may be that bizarre , self-destructive and anti-social behaviour which would once only have afflicted the true psychotic will increasingly come to typify what would otherwise have been purely neurotic disorders had they been internalized as hitherto . |
| 23 | I mean how have they been seen by local mu community ? |
| 24 | Virginia Bottomley , a health minister , said many of the 3,000 people sleeping rough in the city might have stayed at home had they been given enough attention earlier . |
| 25 | Neither had they been given extra hay the night before . |
| 26 | Had they been given a more accurate picture of what was actually taking place , would they have reacted differently ? |
| 27 | Had they been given the time , they 'd 've talked their faces off . |
| 28 | Furthermore , many authorities , had they been given the option , would have chosen to spend more on services . |
| 29 | What they might have heard however , had they been passing ten minutes later , even above the noise of the traffic and the raging of the wind , was a roar of someone in pain , a great and agonizing cry . |
| 30 | The right hon. Member for Hertsmere made extravagant claims at that time for the purposes of privatisation which , had they been fulfilled , would have made today 's Bill unnecessary . |