Example sentences of "[noun pl] ' [noun] they [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the Cup finalists ' plight they are one point above a relegation spot means acting manager Malcolm Crosby is considering plunging Bracewell into his side 's battle against relegation . |
| 2 | After five days ' walking they were obviously all fit and experienced . |
| 3 | After three days ' imprisonment they were convicted of attending an illegal gathering under the terms of Bophuthatswana 's Internal Security Act , fined , and released from custody . |
| 4 | After four years ' courtship they were married in 1874 — he was 34 , she 33 . |
| 5 | After a few years ' disgrace they were back living quietly but comfortably in Moscow . |
| 6 | A printing firm has gone into liquidation , giving staff just a few hours ' notice they were losing their jobs . |
| 7 | In the " Old Rental " of 1682 certain properties were described as " Proper lands " and were " supposed " to be the benefaction of Sir Edmond ; according to the Goldsmiths ' records they were yielding only 56 13 4d a year between 1671 and 1720 , or only a little more than half as much again as the rent receivable two centuries earlier . |
| 8 | From the pupils ' perspective they are not there to accept passively any offensive action on the part of the teachers merely because they are pupils . |
| 9 | Collectors ' items they are , you know . ’ |
| 10 | Before we learned the boys ' names they were referred to as the fair boy ; a positive attribute , and the fat boy ; a physical defect . |