Example sentences of "they [be] [adv] [verb] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consider for example : ( 20 ) A : Let's get the kids something B : Okay , but I veto I-C-E C-R-E-A-M-S where B ostentatiously infringes the maxim of Manner ( be perspicuous ) by spelling out the word ice-creams , and thereby conveys to A that B would rather not have ice-cream mentioned directly in the presence of the children , in case they are thereby prompted to demand some . |
| 2 | They are strongly advised to describe any relevant practical experience on the UCAS form and to forward any references directly to the Faculty Office . |
| 3 | They are eventually forced to abandon these reputations as their actions ultimately reveal their type to the short term players . |
| 4 | They are also starting to attract some of the best young talent away from the money-centre banks — and good brains allied to the skills of good management are almost as scarce as profits in America 's banking parlours these days . |
| 5 | They are probably going to write another play based on my suggestions . |
| 6 | This is Ireland 's first official participation in the prestigious competition which involves 24 nations , and they are naturally hoping to find some sort of coordination and rhythm in the run-up to the World Cup Sevens in Edinburgh on April 16–18 . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It is unusual that police took such action , but by law they are fully covered to do that . ’ |
| 8 | But they are unable to process this and obviously that will be different for children at different stages of their development erm younger children being particularly susceptible to the sort of atmosphere around them , and if they are picking up from the adults around them , be that through the media or within the context of their everyday lives , that there is something dangerous and disturbing going on , then they are obviously going to reflect that unease in their behaviour . |
| 9 | They are always going to deny any involvement . |
| 10 | ‘ They 're just trying to psych each other out . |
| 11 | They are not actually all that difficult , as we 've been finding in the teaching that we 've been doing where indeed we have students who take a ten week course , sort of once a week , and by about week six they 're already beginning to do that , they 're beginning to work out their own problems erm puzzles and games and little language understanding programs and that 's commonplace , actually . |
| 12 | You 'd better go to St Stephen 's for tests : they 're properly equipped to handle this sort of thing . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Well , we must be getting downstairs or those poor men will think they 're never going to get that glass of sherry , ’ said Ianthe more lightly . |
| 14 | ‘ They 're never going to believe this at home ! ’ |
| 15 | Women factory inspectors agreed that the less work women did in factories the better it would be for their home life and children 's welfare , but they were also forced to admit that working women usually needed their earnings . |
| 16 | The enlightened bureaucrats who were primarily responsible for drawing up the legislation of 1861 may not have achieved everything for which they were striving , but they were undoubtedly trying to achieve more than the modernization of the gentry 's sources of income or the revivification of the state machine . |
| 17 | AS LUNA 2 are a grand collusion between Galaxie 500 ringmaster , Dean Wareham , and erstwhile members of The Chills and The Feelies , respectively Justin Harwood and Stanley Demeski , they were inevitably going to produce more expectancies than a fieldful of bunnies at the height of spring . |
| 18 | They were never going to hit each other , anyway . |
| 19 | They were really going to enjoy this one . |
| 20 | I could n't imagine Ted contemplating the nature of Eva and Dad 's taut happiness or telling of how they were always trying to pull each other 's tracksuit bottoms down and playing games like seeing who could throw a lolly-stick in a bin the most times out of ten . |