Example sentences of "they [be] [verb] [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are screwing up the whole economy , not just housing . |
| 2 | If they think forcing strange food down children 's throats will enhance good race relations , then they are barking up the wrong tree . |
| 3 | I do hope you 're feeling better , and that they 're sorting out the right combination of drugs this time . |
| 4 | They 're wheeling out the big guns to help their campaign . |
| 5 | They 're going back the other way . |
| 6 | You know they 're putting up the electric lines |
| 7 | As they were walking down the paved way to the Union building , Reynolds asked , ‘ How 's Michael , these days ? ’ |
| 8 | they were lying down the other day |
| 9 | In a moment the two of them were running up the wide curved stairs . |