Example sentences of "[coord] they [be] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The long hot days of summer are with us again — or they were at the time of writing , and long may they continue . |
| 2 | and they 're at the start line . |
| 3 | Because Dannii was famous and they were at the same school , Kylie wanted to make a name for herself . |
| 4 | Another five minutes and they were at the edge of the meadow . |
| 5 | Barely pause and they were at the foot of a steep corner crack . |
| 6 | But they were at the end of their shift . |
| 7 | Horace may or may not have believed in the divinities and demi-gods he poetically invokes ( he often deals whimsically with them , and he describes himself as — not much of a churchgoer ) but they were at the very least a cultural property that he held in common with his audience ; he could assume that his readers — represented by Torquatus — would take the point if , in developing a theme , he reminded them of a name out of history or legend . |
| 8 | ‘ I was hoping to look at them on the plane , but they were at the bottom of the pile and I never got around to it . ’ |