Example sentences of "they [be] [verb] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Russians are certainly trying to bring the two sides together for talks and end the fighting , but , so far , they are finding it a hard row . |
| 2 | they pay , they pay , they are paying me a little bit , I think it ought to go up in price a bit though myself |
| 3 | Through these discriminations of time , space and substances , they are to make themselves a holy people , set apart from the unholy people and things . |
| 4 | er we do n't have to po er , you see , it 's to do with school anyway , but they 're giving them a packed lunch so I believe . |
| 5 | ‘ They 're giving us the extra points ! |
| 6 | A lot of men are under the impression that a divorcee in her forties is so hungry for sex that they 're doing her a huge favour by providing it , at very little inconvenience or cost to themselves . |
| 7 | Yeah , if they 're delayed getting on the motorway and see that they 're doing it the other side coming off , they might be saying |
| 8 | Most companies have a lackadaisical approach to recruitment — as if they 're doing us a great favour . ’ |
| 9 | Well in the Midland Bank and they were wearing them the last time you were there . |
| 10 | As Coleman 's real job was to file back-channel reports on the operations of DEA Nicosia , the DIA was hardly likely to have told Hurley that they were lending him a full-time agent . |
| 11 | They were saying what a stupid series it was , how ridiculous the character was , and it would n't get beyond the first episode . |
| 12 | They were keeping it a secret and they were going to take him some place where they sold parrots . |
| 13 | And , and of course needlework , but erm they were mainly the , I suppose they were giving you a good er grounding as they 'd call it in those days . |