Example sentences of "[verb] they [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How do we know they 're the proper people to have sight of these — documents ? |
| 2 | ‘ I expect they 're the same ones he used to tell me . ’ |
| 3 | People say they were the good old days , but oh I do n't think . |
| 4 | The administrator , Tilahu Walle , says they are the lucky ones of the 200 000 people in the area who need assistance . |
| 5 | Sheila says they 're the best in England . |
| 6 | ‘ You have to remember they are the current league champions and had been training three nights a week . |
| 7 | By ordering the fourth Trident submarine , the Conservatives show they are the only party to be trusted with defending Britain . |
| 8 | He said the photographer humoured the Lavergnes to let them believe they were the romantic subjects . |
| 9 | A ride with the soldiers who 've shown they 're the best badger bunker builders in Britain . |
| 10 | and he reckons they 're the best sausages he ever , he 's ever had , from Kinbolton I do n't know the name of it , I know where it is , you know that S bend the tight S bend , Ferrari 's club |
| 11 | Erm but you know they are the actual Inland Revenue . |
| 12 | As far as I know they are the original studs , measuring 23mm across . |
| 13 | And I know they 're the same . |
| 14 | The established , and now publicized , fact that women 's sexual capacity increases with age , at least until the late twenties , and stays at this peak for decades , while men 's is already declining , came as a shock both to men , who suddenly discovered they were the unlucky sex , and to women who had not realized what they had been missing . |
| 15 | Suppose they 're the same family . |
| 16 | Paul 's wife , Caroline , and David 's wife , Carol , could n't care less about the subject and their friends reckon they 're The Odd Couple ! |
| 17 | I believe they 're the best side . |
| 18 | " We believe they are the male and female principles of existence . |
| 19 | They feel they are the greatest and they want to flaunt it , as noisily as possible . |
| 20 | Yeah , it 's just pure coincidence , it 's just the way that trotting around , I think what we 're trying to do was to say , something wrong in exam book , plus , plus , which is not liked , but , I do n't think they are the alike . |
| 21 | Having sung the praises of swimfeeders I must point out that I do not think they are the be-all and end-all of barbel fishing , specially for the very big ones . |
| 22 | Absolutely , I would think they 're the three heroes erm Les Phillips in midfield was back to the Les Phillips we knew when he first came to Oxford from Birmingham when we were in the first division . |
| 23 | I mean they 're the same , the same |
| 24 | And who thin who thinks they 're the best ? |
| 25 | And these red ones : they are Lal Khal , along with the Avadi Golay they are the fastest of all kabooter . ’ |
| 26 | They all supported an increased budget , which meant they were the ONLY county capped by the Government for spending too much . |
| 27 | ‘ Ipswich and Leicester lead the promotion race but this does not necessarily mean they are the best teams . |
| 28 | You ca n't tell they 're the same the only way you can tell is if they 're , if they 're working with number , I mean that 's a plus or a positive that 's a positive three . |
| 29 | Generally small and well kept , the more well kept they were the deader they were . |
| 30 | They felt they were the first two up in the whole world , like Adam and Eve . |