Example sentences of "[verb] they [be] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the way in which they could disappear beyond the ability of governments and even their owners to find them is eliciting a long , hard look at Europe 's toxic waste rules . |
| 2 | As a result police now say they are following a definite line of inquiry . |
| 3 | As a result , police say they are following a definite line of inquiry . |
| 4 | They say they were promised a full inquiry . |
| 5 | He says they 're targeting a unique audience of young adults . |
| 6 | He says they 're having a good time . |
| 7 | Despite all the sparks they had struck off one another she had felt they were forging a deep friendship based on mutual respect and acknowledgement of each other 's special qualities . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | However , he said patients should also remember they are calling a private home and the doctor will often be asleep when the call is made . |
| 10 | I mean honestly you 'd have thought they were building a ruddy house there would n't you ? |
| 11 | Gardai confirmed they are keeping a close watch on the Atlantic outpost and keeping regular surveillance to prevent any breach of the peace . |
| 12 | I was dialling it when I heard the door of Flat 2 open and I glanced over my shoulder to see Fenella , who had added pyjama trousers to her stripey shirt , and Lisabeth , in an ankle-length woollen dressing-gown , creeping down the stairs like they were doing a commercial for a new edition of A. A. Milne books . |
| 13 | ‘ I heard they were planning a bone-marrow transplant . ’ |
| 14 | She figures they 're having a hard time positioning the thing and do n't want to mess up the good thing they have going with Windows . |
| 15 | The huntsmen believe they 're doing a necessary job , culling vermin quickly and efficiently . |
| 16 | Some antique dealers now believe they 're confronting a new form of organised crime . |
| 17 | Back To The Planet might appeal to a section of the so-called dregs of society , but they feel they 're setting a different agenda . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's not the appropriate solution but they feel they 're taking a positive step , ’ she said . |
| 19 | I do n't think they are doing a brilliant job as they do n't have the experience . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | At first they thought they were fighting a small local plan , but they 're now calling this road a ’ motorway by stealth ’ . |
| 23 | The addicts thought they were injecting a synthetic heroin , instead they had given themselves a permanent Parkinson-like condition . |
| 24 | I think they 're getting a second-rate education . |
| 25 | I like bed , I like the female body , I like the way even the shallowest of women become beautiful when their clothes are off and they think they 're taking a profound and wicked step . |
| 26 | Oh , but the public think they 're ringing a local police station |
| 27 | And th , think they 're having a real problem in Birmingham as well the they 're , trying to get rid of them and they 're down the sewers all the time trying to get rid of the bloody things ! |
| 28 | They 've taken each other for a walk , I think they , I think they 're having a little flirtation , I think they 're over there , |
| 29 | I think they 're doing a great job , just listening , it 's er , it 's the best anyone can do . |
| 30 | It 's the only way they can go around harassing and criminalizing black kids and think they 're doing a good job . |