Example sentences of "they be [verb] a [adj] deal " in BNC.
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| 1 | A new generation of canny investors who have inherited family fortunes will quickly switch banks if they think they are getting a raw deal . |
| 2 | This is thought to be widespread , and is causing institutional investors , big holders of junk from the late 1980s , to complain that they are getting a raw deal . |
| 3 | We must recognise that they are getting a raw deal and are being victimised by the Government . |
| 4 | The methodology in Advance with English leads the learners gradually from exercises in which they are given a great deal of guidance , to ones in which there is almost no guidance . |
| 5 | Yeah I do n't think they 're doing a great er I do n't think they 're making a great deal of money out of it themselves . |
| 6 | Yeah , well they 're making a big deal out of it are n't they ? |
| 7 | Bargain-hunters flocked to the stores , believing they were getting a good deal only to find they had paid the normal price or , in some cases , more . |
| 8 | Er it did seem , it did seem , it would seem to a quite a lot of people that they were getting a good deal and they would accept that , and they would , relatively speaking , they were getting a good deal . |
| 9 | Er it did seem , it did seem , it would seem to a quite a lot of people that they were getting a good deal and they would accept that , and they would , relatively speaking , they were getting a good deal . |
| 10 | They were getting a good deal out of staying at our house . |
| 11 | What they had begun to realize was that they were getting a rough deal and that no one else would take any notice . |
| 12 | No wonder they were getting a raw deal . |
| 13 | She had become increasingly alienated from her mother and they were rowing a great deal . |
| 14 | There 's a man-track in fact , there are several — and they look as though they were used a good deal . |