Example sentences of "they [verb] [be] [v-ing] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So after they 'd been using this stuff with no windows open or anything , one of the workmen began to feel a little bit groggy so he said to his mate and open the back door Charlie , will you , I 'm feeling a bit groggy . |
| 2 | Yeah it 's more difficult to keep up with others if they if they 're older and they 've been learning this stuff for a lot longer |
| 3 | ‘ They 've been trying all sorts of stuff , ’ said Angalo . |
| 4 | ‘ They 've been showing this stuff for two years ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ They 've been showing this stuff for two years ’ . |
| 6 | That 's why the windows of the houses are so small — so that they do n't have to see where they 've been working all day long . |
| 7 | ‘ And they 've been having some restoration work done on it . |
| 8 | It 's only recently that they 've been doing more good than harm and it 's therefore ironic that people have tended to give so much publicity in the last twenty or thirty years to the things that have gone wrong , to the disasters which sometimes do happen with medicines , because really medicines now , as compared with thirty or forty years ago , are doing a tremendous amount of good . |
| 9 | They 've been racing each other for years and have developed a friendly rivalry . |
| 10 | It would have been much better if they had been getting some therapy to help them understand why they needed to take drugs in the first place . |
| 11 | However they also felt that they had been expecting most children to write in sentences at too early an age . |
| 12 | When they landed there was no choice but to start the ten-mile journey to Achnacarry Castle on foot , so they set off , even though they had been walking all day . |
| 13 | ‘ You see , ’ he went on as though they had been talking all afternoon , ‘ I had no idea until this morning that you were in the same state as I. ’ |
| 14 | We also discussed with GEC Avionics the possibility of providing their diagnostic information in a compatible , electronic format as they had been doing some work in the same area . |
| 15 | DETECTIVES investigating an alleged attack on two prisoners found unconscious in their cell were yesterday working on the theory they had been fighting each other . |
| 16 | However , the spokesman said : ‘ It now looks as though they had been fighting each other and nobody else was involved . ’ |
| 17 | As they have been fighting each other on much of it , any agreement to stop must represent progress . |
| 18 | XYZ Foods are well-known for their pioneering work in the field of slimming foods and they have been researching this pack for the last year . |
| 19 | So Iraq has now formally asked the Turks to shorten the cut-off period but the Turks reply that they have been releasing more water down the river and the Iraquis should have been able to build up stocks . |
| 20 | It was n't intended ; none of them had been paying any attention to the world round about : they 'd all but walked into one another . |