Example sentences of "be [verb] them [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are encouraging them all the time to consider propositions or arguments and then what evidence has been marshalled in support and the like , then you want them to come out like that … . |
| 2 | If we go back to the private 's utterance ‘ I 've been scrubbing them all morning and they wo n't come any cleaner ’ , we can relate it to these three layers as follows : |
| 3 | They want to assert that homosexual relationships are just as valid as heterosexual ones and that it is perfectly ‘ natural ’ for some people to be homosexual if their inclination is in that direction and that those who profess distaste for homosexuality are denying them human rights . |
| 4 | I am keeping them alive in my heart and I want you all to do the same . ’ |
| 5 | They are keeping them buoyant . ’ |
| 6 | Big fucking deal , we thought , we 'd been robbing them blind |
| 7 | Sensible girls are hiring them these days . |
| 8 | problems and they 're upping them all so he thought well I 'll get out while the going 's good |
| 9 | First of all you 're keeping them alive , then you see them getting steadily better and you know it 's getting through to them . |
| 10 | And sometimes it 's pretty hard to get the one on the end in because they 've , you 've got jugs and things , and so you 're pushing them all up . |
| 11 | So I 'm disagreeing with what you 're saying , because you , you 're tarring them all with the same brush . |
| 12 | Well they 're selling them cheaper than I can supply my customers . |
| 13 | then they got ten , if it 's showing an understanding of what was in that diary then we 're give them four |
| 14 | You 're know them copper curds ? |
| 15 | Well they 're doing them all now , for service |
| 16 | See you 're doing them all green like you should n't be , you should be doing some brown |
| 17 | LOADS OF EXCITING PRODUCTS AND WE 'RE GIVING THEM ALL AWAY |
| 18 | LOADS OF EXCITING PRODUCTS AND WE 'RE GIVING THEM ALL AWAY |
| 19 | One point , just to add to what Liz is saying , and I support everything she 's said , one further point is that accuracy is terribly important because if you actually have a mistake in the press release , and the editors publish it or it 's broadcast and a whole lot of listeners or readers write in and complain , they 'll find it very hard to forgive you because they get themselves in a terrible problem , so do be sure you 're giving them accurate information all the time . |
| 20 | On the one hand you 're giving them extra responsibility so yes the bigger might be bigger for that reason . |
| 21 | We had to change the lock on their door , and the bloody lock cost thirty seven quid and each key cost five quid to cut , so we 're giving them fifty seven quids worth of security for nothing and they complain because I 'm not out by twelve o'clock . |
| 22 | It could be that you 're giving them some stuff that we already know or it could be that you 're giving them some stuff which is far too advanced for them , they do n't have the basics there . |
| 23 | It could be that you 're giving them some stuff that we already know or it could be that you 're giving them some stuff which is far too advanced for them , they do n't have the basics there . |
| 24 | But , Debbie was just getting to the stage where she was just to same on the shift , erm , but yes , you need , like , th , the , you get certain people that , they just need the challenge , but then you can find yourself erm , getting into a situation where you 're giving them those extra things to do but you 're taking them away from somebody else , so they 're like just going into the background , you know . |
| 25 | You 're giving them three months then are n't you ? |
| 26 | Yeah we 're giving them three months notice , if we can do that quickly |
| 27 | you 're saying them , you 're saying them both at once . |
| 28 | They 're taking them all back anyway . |
| 29 | ‘ But we 're putting them right . |
| 30 | No but you 're taking their power away and you 're making them defenceless . |