Example sentences of "they [be] doing [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What have they been doing all this time ? ’ |
| 2 | or not long after so why have they been doing that if there 's nothing much to do ? |
| 3 | He may overcome the illness altogether but , even if this is not the case , he will certainly be able to make the most of his life and develop that special peace of mind which comes to those who are aware that they are doing all that they can to control the direction of their evolvement . |
| 4 | So when the Japanese cut production in a slumping market , as they are doing this year , these high overhead costs are spread over fewer chips . |
| 5 | There are no doubt directors who claim — whatever the reality — that they are doing this kind of thing already , albeit with less lavish resources . |
| 6 | It is all too easy for the Germans to accept the glib axiom that whatever is good for Germany is good for Europe , and the ‘ European ’ gloss may permit them to pursue their own interests while trying to convince others , and even perhaps convincing themselves , that they are doing this for Europe . |
| 7 | ‘ They are doing this by the usual process of blaming the Unionists for it all and insinuating that if only the Unionists would talk to the SDLP and through them to Dublin , then everything would calm down and peace and good would reign supreme . ’ |
| 8 | I did say that their attitude has changed from a generation ago and I think they are doing more at home than men did a generation ago . |
| 9 | I much prefer the stuff they are doing these days . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ They 're doing all they can . ’ |
| 11 | And then they come back in , and they 're doing all the writing . |
| 12 | manufacturing cars you know , and it 's all these robots they 're doing all the work . |
| 13 | Kersey said : ‘ They 're doing all they can but there 's really no way they can fit us in here for any length of time . |
| 14 | They 're What do you think they 're doing all this firing on us right now . |
| 15 | Providing the claim 's legitimate , and they 're doing all their bits from their side of the fence , keeping the the er , plan in operation , we ca n't decide we 've had enough . |
| 16 | They 're furious that a promised reduction in hours has n't happened , although health chiefs say they 're doing all they can . |
| 17 | The police say they 're doing all they can to catch the culprits . |
| 18 | when a new chapel on that bottom road , where they 're doing all the road works erm where that is the a the address is Glanberrys funny enough ! |
| 19 | If you check with erm Dennis because they 're doing all , you know , doing the contract documents , he could confirm all the , the current addresses . |
| 20 | No and they 're doing all sorts . . |
| 21 | Press attache at the Madrid Embassy , Roy Osborne , says they 're doing all they can to help the stranded Britons , but he says conditions at the border are getting worse . |
| 22 | cos the publicity is not just for visually impaired people or even for sponsors , it 's for theatres too when they 're seeing this and saying ooh , I noticed they 're doing that , this , this and this |
| 23 | ‘ Is n't it funny , ’ she said , ‘ how you ca n't like people when they 're doing that . ’ |
| 24 | Well do n't keep going too long with them if they 're doing that to you Cathy cos |
| 25 | Now we 'll see what the government does in response to er all their friends who are going bankrupt in the Lloyds er cos er that , in that scandal , on the one hand you 've got the government trying to save its neck with its forty four MPs who 've had their , had their hand in the till at the same that they 're doing that , they wo n't actually meet the just demands of people who 've worked all their lives to actually have some sort of security in the future , and that 's the ol er sort of double standards they 're gon na try and er and use to get off the hook on that one because they owe people in this country a decent , we should have the right to a decent pension and security , employment and er with this , this campaign , we should be , we should be concentrating on as a major issue for this union in the forthcoming year . |
| 26 | They are , they 're doing that ! |
| 27 | When they 're doing that others will be collating the information and hopefully er , the television cameras , B B C have expressed an interest in coming down and so have the newspapers to actually do erm some sort of documentary on that , and put a display up in the school and also down at the Royal Quays just linked to us . |
| 28 | Well they 're doing that now are n't they ? |
| 29 | No they 're doing that |
| 30 | Well if they 're doing that then we s we 're looking to make this a dual carriageway on the Richard principle that if it 's a trunk road it 's worth building a dual , a dual carriageway . |