Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] be the [noun sg] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps what told him was the attention they paid to the drunk man who weaved his way , shouting and stumbling , down the car . |
| 2 | His about-face once in office pleased economists , but robbed him of his mandate : the voters no longer believed he was the man they had elected . |
| 3 | He did so well he has since won three England caps as a midfielder and Liverpool decided he was the man they wanted , although they have tried him back in his striking role in recent games . |
| 4 | What bugged me was the way they sampled that line ‘ Even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day ’ from the film Withnail and I. It was a shame , since what I liked was the way the album had its own space and logic . |
| 5 | What we gave you is the time they come and the next weekend they were back again , and I 'd warned them several times and in the end I said look forget it , and I had it , you know , the works gone off , erm , and as far as I 'm concerned it 's Wednesday nights , I 've really got to , and the price I started to pay , is no longer worth it to me . |
| 6 | Yeah , cos he covers Derby , he lives in Calverton , he comes through Nottingham to get to Derby , I live in Nottingham and I just do Nottingham , I 'm nearer to Derby than what he is , near as door bell , I think it 's the way they 've laid it out though |
| 7 | It did n't have a fishy taste , it we like beef but I presume it 's the way they 've cooked it . |