Example sentences of "[verb] they [be] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | H. P. We used to keep an eye on pubs where the sergeant and the constable used to do a month at a time , visiting the cinemas , theatres , and public houses , licensed places , and do some pubs , night after night — just checking things , and at five past ten , you 'd be right in checking they were keeping to closing time . |
| 2 | Supermarkets themselves say they 're catering for increasing customer demand , customers too seem to reinforce that attitude . |
| 3 | Detectives say they are looking at possible links with recent assaults on women in Oxford . |
| 4 | When worn battened down without a hat , the hood really needs some sort of volume adjuster at the back , or else the soft peak reduced visibility dramatically ( Lowe say they are working on this ) . |
| 5 | I find it difficult to understand those who say they are planning for next year 's championships — what is the point , they could be run over by a bus before next year ? |
| 6 | Bill Mumford says you need climbing skills and it 's a challenge that takes them into a new realm … he says they are praying for dry weather … but it gets very cold … drops to minus twenty at night |
| 7 | Well really that 's l by and large what groups is all about so it 's clearly that they do and there 's some cases here of sort of cyclists cycling harder and faster when they 've got they 're training with other cyclists or erm when they 're training against the clock . |
| 8 | It is understood they are staying at another holiday camp in Towyn . |
| 9 | But they know they are struggling for both Wimbledon stars and now Ferguson has become their top target . |
| 10 | An NOP poll in the Independent on Sunday showed the Tories 13 points behind Labour , while a Mori poll in The Sunday Times indicated they were trailing by 10 points . |
| 11 | But when they tried to leave Nepal , officials discovered they were travelling on fake visas , bought in good faith . |
| 12 | It was not until they had just left the Church that Joan discovered they were going for two weeks to Tenerife . |
| 13 | In common with a lot of other mothers-to-be , they find they are blooming with good health , they get a lot of extra care and attention , and they feel special : |
| 14 | He stressed that people should also seek advice as early as possible if they feel they are getting into financial difficulties . |
| 15 | Because at the moment I mean they 're going into some venues out like the Traverse , who were thinking of doing it anyway , but |
| 16 | I mean they 're going at seventy and eighty miles an hour . |
| 17 | ’ Nappy Wars ’ hit the headlines in January , when Peaudouce and Procter & Gamble announced they were moving to unbleached paper . |
| 18 | In the space of a week no fewer than five North Harbour players of various stature announced they were leaving for substantial playing-working contracts in Japan , ranging from two to three years . |
| 19 | They revealed they 're looking for two suspects . |
| 20 | They revealed they 're looking for two suspects . |
| 21 | it went they were racing like that , and a car come that way , so went that way |
| 22 | I felt they were looking for any excuse to start a fight . |
| 23 | Providers felt they were working against each other to capture trainees to ensure their own survival . |
| 24 | ‘ Do n't they realise they 're playing with political dynamite ? |
| 25 | Well , the concern is to er , punish the children in a way , that they will realise they 're going to wrong way . |
| 26 | ‘ Why do you suppose they are moving like that ? |
| 27 | And when the law actually penalises people who inflict punishment outside the law through sheer frustration with its inadequacies , has not the time come for judges to realise they are dealing with real-world situations and sentence accordingly ? |
| 28 | I gather they are working on vulgar fractions . |
| 29 | I thought they were getting on fine . ’ |
| 30 | At Barlow Clowes approximately £190m was lost by investors who thought they were investing in safe gilts , whereas in fact very few gilts were bought . |