Example sentences of "they [verb] [pron] be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You are not going to have them say you are some kind of dickhead . ’ |
| 2 | Very few of them believe there is any magic ( if ever there was ) in the business and almost all of them want to understand the process and expect executive search consultants to provide that knowledge . |
| 3 | They found there was good agreement between both groups , although social workers tended to be more cautious in their judgements . |
| 4 | They say it is good news and they will shop where its cheaper . |
| 5 | They say it 's normal procedure at other Universities to wash contaminated materials like rubber gloves and glass containers . |
| 6 | They say it 's great news and the town needs jobs . |
| 7 | They say it 's one step closer to further privatisation within the prison service ; something that leaves a bad taste in their mouths . |
| 8 | They say it 's pure magic . " |
| 9 | They say it was great fun — and thought the able bodied that disabled people can contribute just as much — and sometimes more — as others . |
| 10 | ‘ They say he 's one sort of person when he 's out in the open among people — he can be very sweet — but that he 's a different sort of person altogether behind the walls of his own house . ’ |
| 11 | TEENAGERS today want love and relationships as well as sex but they say there 's one thing holding them back — adults . |
| 12 | They say there are cheaper leisure stocks around such as Midsummer Leisure , which once bid for Boddies . |
| 13 | Just because I had a bat and had played at school , they assumed I was some kind of expert . |
| 14 | But it was clear that they had not given the subject much thought , nor did they feel there was any need to . |
| 15 | They know there is another path , which is democratic socialism . |
| 16 | W why do , why do people move , I mean if they know there 's urban unemployment , why , you know , why do they move ? |
| 17 | When students come across it they assume it is some sort of technical language . |
| 18 | Er Miss 's got a few bits for people there so could you make sure they get there 's some football letters to be given out I think . |
| 19 | As for the Multiple sclerosis sufferers at Didcot ; they believe there 's enough evidence to give credibility to their treatment , so they 're keeping up the pressure both inside and outside the chamber . |
| 20 | They believe it was deliberateley set upon by lurcher dogs . |
| 21 | What we 're looking for is a congressional review of the DEA and the FBI investigations , and then , if they decide there is any basis to the allegations , a special counsel . |
| 22 | I do n't know where they got my name , or why they thought I was suitable material for their article . ’ |
| 23 | They thought it was all part of his evident ‘ foolishness ’ . |
| 24 | But shoppers differed on whether they thought it was good news . |
| 25 | All that summer I was ill — they said they thought it was glandular fever — but I know it was my way of reacting to my father 's death . |
| 26 | They thought there was one wave that was meant just for them , in the same way that marriages were supposed to be made in heaven . |
| 27 | The case against the IRA campaign is well known , so either its leaders are ready to capitulate or — far more likely — they think there is some advantage for them . |
| 28 | ‘ They live right by the place the going-up jets go from and they think it 's some sort of magic place ! ’ he said . |
| 29 | Even for the pushiest But I mean , they 've they were owing money years ago , they sort of said there having Christmas on Access . |
| 30 | They said it was some illness he had when he was young . |