Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv] be [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What they mean basically is that in relation to sand and gravel , the County Council will , will continue to look to four areas of the County er for most of the sand and gravel production , that 's the Sutton Courtney area , Sutton Wick area , er the Stanton Harcourt area and the Cassington/Yarnton area ; most of the sand and gravel workings will be there . |
| 2 | Previously they 'd just been another name in the Gig Guide or sharing the billing on a Cud poster . |
| 3 | Yet among those who watched them on television screens as they did so were many who had been born before there were aeroplanes , and even before the motor-car had become a familiar object . |
| 4 | They had never been this alone and this close together , and there was just no way not to be intensely aware of him . |
| 5 | They had always been such an uncomplicated species before she had met Piers . |
| 6 | It is doubtful whether they had ever been such a serious liability to the Yorkist regime . |
| 7 | It is doubtful whether they had ever been such a serious liability to the Yorkist regime . |