Example sentences of "[conj] they [verb] be [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Handsome , smiling and smartly suited , he was an immediate hit , all the more so when their mother told them that they had been married that morning . |
| 2 | But they have been saying that for 20 years . |
| 3 | Because they had been told that research shows that the teaching of grammar restricts the imagination , imposing a strait-jacket of conventions , they did not realise that it all depends on what kind of grammar is taught and in what contexts . |
| 4 | They started to especially trainee managers , spending periods of time in the smaller branch , and they 've got to get on with that concern , but I think there are benefits since they 've been doing that . |
| 5 | It is what people do with them after they have been issued that 's the problem . |