Example sentences of "they [verb] [pron] be [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They say she is on borrowed time , ’ someone else said . |
| 2 | They say he was aged 28 to 32-years-old with dark hair . |
| 3 | According to Berkeley Systems Design International 's Peter Collinson , based at the company 's Canterbury , Kent subsidiary in the UK , BSDI ‘ are relying on the Berkeley statement ’ that there is no AT&T code within BSD Networking Release 2 , the basis of its BSD/386 product ( UX No 370 ) , and as such they feel they are on solid ground ( see front page ) . |
| 4 | erm , there 's on certain parts of ah what they put has shown they they 've understood what was in that part of the diary like in the exercises relating this morning to or to learning like with the Roman numerals and the other thing they shown that they understood what was in that context , but then on erm when you get later on it 's just er |
| 5 | They mean an easy , phonetic ( or rather phonemic ) system such as alphabetic literacy and they think of a ‘ literate society ’ as one in which such a script is widely assumed in public life , as they claim it was in sixth century Greece . |
| 6 | If they knew I was under that sort of pressure , they 'd stop giving me rides altogether . |
| 7 | and they kept I was in stiff I could hardly move them I mean if I touched them now I mean that one 's not too bad I ca n't touch that one very much when you can see them , my scars and all there If I touch that , that 'll be very gingerly ach aches like hell ! |
| 8 | And they went out into the country to these evacuated people and they , they thought they were in absolute |
| 9 | And they thought I was on that plane blown up . |
| 10 | Perhaps they thought it was for unwanted babies ; she did start to explain about the new home for blind children , but never had to finish . |
| 11 | They thought it was for real , and panicked . |
| 12 | Is this because they think they are without inhumane behaviour ? |
| 13 | When they laugh it 's with sheer joy . |
| 14 | It has been clear for some time that the Al Fayeds are not who they said they were in 1985 . |
| 15 | there is a consistent air of frustration in the writings of some of the social scientist contributors … it is almost as though they wish they were in closer touch with the operational side of the service . |
| 16 | they have it was on one night . |
| 17 | I have tried , without , I hope , ignoring economic and social factors , not to let them obliterate what is after all the key to any historical situation — the men who thought or acted in this way or that . ’ |