Example sentences of "they [vb base] [pers pn] [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They say you are a known homosexual ; we believe it , ’ added a third . |
| 2 | You can she said to me G T A have only just started doing they say it 's a new model she said , is it the new shape ? |
| 3 | They say it 's a yellow sapphire that 's time . |
| 4 | They say it was a computerised letter which got through and they apologise in advance to any other tenant who might have got one . |
| 5 | If they say she 's a one |
| 6 | They say he 's a hard bastard , like his dad . |
| 7 | They say he was a big boy do n't they ? |
| 8 | now , you know , they 've been watching them , they know they 're a blind couple , I mean blind people feel that vulnerable that you 're asking them to go |
| 9 | Their reason is out of respect and because they know it was a one-off injury . |
| 10 | But now Taylor , who worked with Ward at Watford and Aston Villa , has written to City chairman Douglas Craig asking if Ward can help England this summer and Craig and the City board have immediately agreed as they believe it is a great honour for the club . |
| 11 | Many black people find the term derogatory and racist because they feel it is a conscious and hypocritical way of denying the reality of a child 's blackness . |
| 12 | They reckon he was a big boy though do n't they ? |
| 13 | they saw our house Friday , and they rang me up , and I said look , you know , I 've got , I 've got my exams today and I really do n't want to come up unless you see something , if you do , I will come up because they reckon it 's a joint effort , if we 're gon na live together , we 've all got to see it and make a contribution to looking at the house . |
| 14 | want to go out with you but because , you know , they think you 're a nice person , a genuine kind of g er which is exactly right here they do , they only , they will only talk to you if they 're kind of |
| 15 | Amanda Lavelle , a urology ward sister at St Bartholomew 's Hospital , London , sees many patients with prostatic cancer : ‘ Men tend not to go to their GP when they first have urinary symptoms , because they think it is a normal part of aging . |
| 16 | If you ask them what taraxacum officinale is they think it 's a new mini-cab service . |
| 17 | They think it 's a bloody halloween party . |
| 18 | ‘ They think he 's a nice guy too . ’ |
| 19 | They think I 'm a complete vegetarian now . |
| 20 | They think I 'm a dead duck but it 's not been a time you could write off . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm sure they think I 'm a bouncy castle . |