Example sentences of "they [verb] [pron] [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said the photographer humoured the Lavergnes to let them believe they were the romantic subjects . |
| 2 | Some of them pretend they 're the illegitimate sons of noblemen , and some of them pretend someone else did the murder . |
| 3 | THE New York marathon turned out to be exactly what they say it is the greatest sporting spectacle in the world . |
| 4 | ‘ I have no rich things to give but I will take my black bread for they say it is the best in the whole world . ’ |
| 5 | Marry , so there have been diverse good plots devised and wise counsels cast already about reformation of that realm , but they say it is the fatal destiny of that land that no purposes whatsoever are meant for her good will prosper or take good effect , which whether it proceed from the very genius of the soil , or the influence of the stars , or that Almighty God hath not yet appointed the time of her reformation , or that He reserveth her in this unquiet state still , for some secret scourge which shall by her come unto England , it is hard to be known but yet much to be feared . |
| 6 | ‘ Where they have dug the hole is a main junction , they say it is the worst place for the leak , where the water is separated . |
| 7 | They say it 's the one lollipop goes up . |
| 8 | They say it 's the only way to save nearly forty jobs . |
| 9 | They say it 's the final straw in a two month saga of staff sickness and lack of supply teachers which has meant vital gaps in their children 's schooling . |
| 10 | They say it 's the wrong place and will pose a threat to their children . |
| 11 | It 's because they ca n't afford to keep them in , but they say it 's the latest therapy technique . |
| 12 | ‘ They say she 's the youngest prima ballerina ever to dance at the Coliseum . ’ |
| 13 | But they say he 's the greatest photographer of all time . ’ |
| 14 | Useless for Boswell to point out that notwithstanding the title ‘ Doctor ’ , physick did not belong in Johnson 's otherwise comprehensive repertoire , and here it was that the landlord made a distinction which so pleased Johnson : ‘ They say he is the greatest man in England , except Lord Mansfield . ’ |
| 15 | Not self-pity but exertion was what they told themselves was the first requirement , applying their skills to return to normal , to restore the status quo . |
| 16 | ANC leaders decided to take on Gqozo because they figure he is the easiest to topple . |
| 17 | They feel they are the greatest and they want to flaunt it , as noisily as possible . |
| 18 | And they reckon it was the best class of of er Douglas fir they ever had . |
| 19 | For example , they ask what are the strategic implications to the total company of various competitive actions . |
| 20 | They felt they were the first two up in the whole world , like Adam and Eve . |
| 21 | Well I suppose th they felt it was the cheapest way of , of , of having them . |
| 22 | ‘ I went away and left him ’ , now even if they went , went away and left and , because they had to bring the children home , or if they went away and left him because they knew it was the best thing for everyone concerned , because the foreign office wants as many people , we all need as many people to get out of the area as possible ; their guilt will be huge . |
| 23 | As they stood shining their torches down on the twisted bits of metal , they saw it was the mangled remains of a Uzi . |
| 24 | And er they thought they were the big cheese you see , th th th those who worked there . |
| 25 | Children would normally go to London when they ran away from home , because they thought it was the best place to go to get a job , and where they could sleep easily . |
| 26 | No brickbats for that , for neither of them did it out of a sense of malice , but merely because they thought it was the right thing to do , and no doubt also because they believed , quite wrongly , that to instil a sense of guilt into me would ultimately be for my good , If I did what they thought was wrong then I was made to feel that someone , usually them , had suffered . |
| 27 | I 've seen the partners ; they agree it 's the right thing to do . ’ |
| 28 | The name they gave me was the old principessa 's , the prince 's mother , the kind one . |
| 29 | First , they proved she was the biological child of the Twiggs . |
| 30 | Inside the great marquee , Mattocks roses from Nuneham Courtenay in Oxfordshire have impressed the judges with their display , winning them a gold medal — they 're not quite sure , but they think it 's the 20th they 've won at the show . |