Example sentences of "they [be] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , they 're up the creek . ’ |
| 2 | They were here initially , but they 've gone outside , they 're out the front . |
| 3 | But London experiences the " provinces " as if they were up the Amazon , up a mysterious not to say treacherous jungle path . |
| 4 | Fernyough hit eight 4s and three 6s , but once they were out the tail collapsed and Huyton totalled just 122 . |
| 5 | As soon as they were back the room filled up with people : Kānchho 's wife and family , Kalchu 's other brother , Māilo , and his son and daughter , the ā gri from the house next door . |
| 6 | ‘ They were down the shelter … or out of the way , for once . ’ |