Example sentences of "they be [adv] [v-ing] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | so they 're probably trying to muscle into the er that niche you see , but er brown bottle you find the critics ? |
| 2 | They 're really going to town on these pavements are n't they ? |
| 3 | I thought they were just going to X-ray me back , but they X-rayed everything . |
| 4 | The record high interest rates were attractive to holders of sterling even though they were also damaging to business . |
| 5 | that there is that fear , that is because that is the second World War this is why the erm the er late thirties , early forties was never gon na succeed , because they had two completely different archaeologist , plus now in their purest form their not that but in the they were , they were never going to work , I mean that is the fact that their communists , the sole reason they 've been against each other for a hundred and fifty years there is no other reason |
| 6 | ‘ Some of them were still standing to attention as they fell . |