Example sentences of "[vb past] they be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | FOUR dogs are today on ‘ death row ’ after a court decided they were illegally-owned pit bull terriers . |
| 2 | Whether I understood them was another matter . |
| 3 | He had continued to attend the meetings fairly regularly and still felt they were good fun , with everyone enjoying themselves enormously . |
| 4 | I mean , yeah , I mean , knew they 're that price . |
| 5 | Well he knew they were all slate quarry workers , and that 's how he went on to them . |
| 6 | He knew they were all slate quarry workers and they were prepared to work the slate again . |
| 7 | So I thought they were all part of a jokey game . |
| 8 | I was writing the same songs with the same approach but I thought they were all shit so I never brought them to J or I never tried to play them . |
| 9 | What 's more I did n't realise Genesis was that type of band — I thought they were Black Sabbath ! |
| 10 | What 's more I did n't realise Genesis was that type of band — I thought they were Black Sabbath ! |
| 11 | ‘ I thought they were another company , personal enemies . |
| 12 | At first he thought they were some sort of exotic underwater flippers , scaly , silvery , tailing away to black ends with claw-like projections . |
| 13 | Celtic striker Charlie Nicholas was blotted out at Parkhead yesterday as Aberdeen proved they are genuine title contenders |
| 14 | Celtic striker Charlie Nicholas was blotted out at Parkhead yesterday as Aberdeen proved they are genuine title contenders |
| 15 | Boro will be among the clubs stepping up their recruitment as their mid-table finish in North One proved they are some way short of promotion standard . |
| 16 | But I mean but Joe said they were actual bite marks and it was n't |
| 17 | the people , most of the people I knew who said they were happy living in their flat |
| 18 | Darlington borough council , Wear Valley and Sedgefield district councils said they were worst hit by the spending limits . |