Example sentences of "they be [verb] we [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have no doubt about it that the government are urging us at this moment , er I I am concerned about that , they are urging us by the er |
| 2 | All this trouble they are giving us despite the fact that I have a UK passport . |
| 3 | They are leading us in the direction of a central truth about life on Earth , the truth that I alluded to in my opening paragraph about willow seeds . |
| 4 | It 's a couple of hours ’ drive from Berlin , and they 're expecting us in the morning . |
| 5 | They 're taking us for granted ! |
| 6 | They 're persecuting us for our beliefs . ’ |
| 7 | The bill , th the , it 's three thousand pound , and they 're asking us for a thousand . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't understand why they 're keeping us in here , ’ he grumbled . |
| 9 | We 've , the protest succeeded in focusing a spotlight on this northern test site where the Soviets hope to continue nuclear testing after their own people stopped them in Khazakstan They 're rattled and they 're angry with us , and now they 're punishing us by preventing us from having direct communication with our friends and finding out that they 're safe and well . |
| 10 | Because of your health , pet , they 're putting us on the priority list , say we did n't ought to be below-ground , nor too high . |
| 11 | He says : ‘ There are great forces at work , and they 've already embraced us in a world market , they 're sweeping us towards a European destiny . |
| 12 | They 've stopped their work just now and they 're joining us for our morning worship along with some children from James Gillespie 's High School Choir . |
| 13 | In general , the answers from different types of respondent did not differ all that widely and the variations that emerged seemed , for the most part , understandable in terms of the characteristics and circumstances of the people they were telling us about , although there did seem to be a tendency for the staff of homes to put a more rosy interpretation on situations . |
| 14 | They called out our names and we had to follow where we think they were calling us from . |
| 15 | ‘ They were pressing us like hell to sign , ’ said Mr Murray . |
| 16 | What we did say did n't encourage them to chat as we 'd always turn the conversation round to why they were keeping us like this . |
| 17 | Cos , they was telling us about the weave for the white people and they were showing us a booklet and the |