Example sentences of "they [be] [adv] [verb] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is unusual that police took such action , but by law they are fully covered to do that . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ People did enjoy themselves but they 're not permitted to say that , ’ says Michael Herr . |
| 5 | Yes well you see they 're not allowed to do that . |
| 6 | Well they 're not allowed to , they 're not allowed to yeah but they 're not allowed to do that any more . |
| 7 | And i it 's not where , you 've got the case where beat officers before erm , used to be able to clip erm people round the ear and things like that , they 're not allowed to do that now , those days have long gone . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | The plaintiffs had said that they were not going to perform that contract unless the defendants entered into the contract with them which was in issue . |
| 10 | 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 . |