Example sentences of "[vb past] they be [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Fans turned up to gigs in ridiculous anoraks , sold fanzines with names like Frothy Pop and pretended they were carefree 18-year-olds .
2 It was only three nights later that we discovered they were tiny insects .
3 FOUR dogs are today on ‘ death row ’ after a court decided they were illegally-owned pit bull terriers .
4 But fund-raisers who have supported a public appeal to buy an identical scanner for the Northallerton Friarage Hospital admitted they were disappointed Northallerton health authority 's bid had been turned down .
5 He had continued to attend the meetings fairly regularly and still felt they were good fun , with everyone enjoying themselves enormously .
6 As I got nearer , I saw they were young people , mostly in their late teens and early twenties .
7 But when I looked a bit closer , I saw they were advertising gigs that were happening there next week . ’
8 I mean , yeah , I mean , knew they 're that price .
9 Waterman hit back saying both Kylie and Jason knew they were successful actors before their pop success and were aware of the dangers .
10 Well he knew they were all slate quarry workers , and that 's how he went on to them .
11 He knew they were all slate quarry workers and they were prepared to work the slate again .
12 I thought they 're good gourds .
13 I thought they were milky bars likely .
14 So I thought they were all part of a jokey game .
15 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 .
16 What 's more I did n't realise Genesis was that type of band — I thought they were Black Sabbath !
17 What 's more I did n't realise Genesis was that type of band — I thought they were Black Sabbath !
18 Like Paula , I thought they were old ledgers and I did n't take much notice .
19 ‘ I thought they were another company , personal enemies .
20 " I do n't know why , " Mrs. Favor said , " I thought they were Indian beads . "
21 They were a couple in their mid-fifties , I 'd say , but dressed like they thought they were twenty years younger .
22 At first he thought they were some sort of exotic underwater flippers , scaly , silvery , tailing away to black ends with claw-like projections .
23 I thought they were isolated incidents . ’
24 Celtic striker Charlie Nicholas was blotted out at Parkhead yesterday as Aberdeen proved they are genuine title contenders
25 Celtic striker Charlie Nicholas was blotted out at Parkhead yesterday as Aberdeen proved they are genuine title contenders
26 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 .
27 They all become little tin gods and jacks-in-office unless spoken to at times , and reminded they are human beings . ’
28 But I mean but Joe said they were actual bite marks and it was n't
29 Dot said they were all Al and tip-top .
30 Mona said they were personal photos not intended for publication .
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