Example sentences of "they [am/are] [verb] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 2 If a word has a number of meanings which are a little different , then they are printed one after another and numbered . |
| 2 | They are taking them from one list and putting them on another . ’ |
| 3 | Ah well , they are refurbishing plenty of other things besides the buildings and the language . |
| 4 | Increasingly they are grouping themselves into multiple retail chains , as can be seen from Table 11.10 . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , not only are legal firms unable to maximise the amount of extra business they can sell through cross-fertilisation of other specialised services , they are losing it to other providers of information and advice . |
| 6 | Girls can be encouraged to take modules in technology without feeling they are committing themselves to two years ' or more work ; low achieving pupils can take a range of modules without suffering the indignity of following a programme that marks them out as ‘ different ’ . |
| 7 | If they 've got any sense at all they should be I mean they 're getting it for free except for the telephone calls you might use |
| 8 | They 're pushing it like crazy . |
| 9 | Oh er they 're for some job at Street , they 're wanting it for some job or other . |
| 10 | ‘ They 're tearing him into four , ’ said Snodgrass . |
| 11 | They 're pounding them with bent drumsticks , hard and fast , with all the strength of their hands and wrists . |
| 12 | They 're following him in unmarked cars . |
| 13 | That 's why they 're putting it on this week . |
| 14 | So they 're taki it 's I think it 's daft because they 're introducing it in nineteen ninety three and they 're taking two age groups instead of taking one . |
| 15 | So they can enter the secondary schools and they 're selling it to these young kids that just do n't know any better . |
| 16 | It helps our children to know that they 're doing something for those children . |
| 17 | There 's no toilets , nothing for them , I mean they 're doing everything in public , I mean it 's not right , it 's making life bad and this is meant to be a holiday resort . |
| 18 | No , cos they 're doing it for all , they 're all doing for all over different places anyway . |
| 19 | It 's er , it 's not pleasant for them , and they 're doing it in wet weathers , but I mean whatever erm , I find for them you know , to wear , I mean , time after time they get their feet down and slip and get them in . |
| 20 | They 're paying me for forty hours . |
| 21 | They 're changing it to more exams I mean , it changes to G C S E in the first place to get rid of having |