Example sentences of "they be [v-ing] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is understood they are staying at another holiday camp in Towyn . |
| 2 | Detectives say they are looking at possible links with recent assaults on women in Oxford . |
| 3 | They are looking at some wire wool that has rusted . |
| 4 | They are moving at good speed — we are on one of Odd-Knut 's prepared training runs — perhaps topping 30kph on the level sections . |
| 5 | They are caught very well since they are travelling at top speed . |
| 6 | The most effective method is that of asking all members of a sample of households to keep diaries , noting what they are doing at all times of the day . |
| 7 | In a design of this kind , where the flowers and leaves are built up in layers , you should try to look at the outline that will be visible ( in this case , the outer leaves ) , and make sure that they are lying at pleasing angles . |
| 8 | It seems to me that they are describing at first hand a world made up of physical materials similar to those which we can see and touch , with an invisible ( to most of us ) non-material life force much like the ether superimposed on it and within it . |
| 9 | I find myself looking over my shoulder to see what it is they 're looking at that way . |
| 10 | Yeah , but they 're looking at this tape and they 're saying cor they 're a bunch of fucking thickos are n't they ? |
| 11 | Just as well really ; when they go into the diamond formation , the trade mark of the Red Arrows , their wings are only 10ft apart and they 're travelling at 400 mph . |
| 12 | They 're promoting themselves to a very significant extent on the basis that they 're selling at cheaper prices to the public . |
| 13 | There 's that nice family sitting round the table on the wallchart , they 're smiling at each other while mother does the washing up . |
| 14 | When Minton became friends with her and Rodrigo , they were living at 155 Old Church Street , not far from the popular Queen 's Elm pub in the Fulham Road . |
| 15 | They were looking at each other and touching each other in such a funny way . |
| 16 | They were looking at each other . |
| 17 | The men were in the same position , but now they were looking at each other . |
| 18 | They were waiting at Ruthven Water . |
| 19 | ‘ Because she was premature , as they were pulling at this thing I was thinking , ‘ Do n't touch … ’ , and one worries that something might go wrong , and then there 's this tremendous sense of relief , and elation and exhaustion . |
| 20 | And they were working at this Pit . |
| 21 | Whitten Brown gave in to his instincts , and since they were cruising at 20,000 feet they were definitely higher ones . |
| 22 | ‘ While the show was going on they were peering at other faces in the audience and saying things like ‘ I think I can see my mother ’ and ‘ I think I can see my uncle . ’ |
| 23 | Now they were heading at top speed towards treacherous , shifting , waterlogged marsh ! |
| 24 | Mrs Short : The way they were talking at that meeting George is going to residential school . |
| 25 | She had turned to him now and they were staring at each other . |
| 26 | So they stood and their hands clasped at the baggage rack above their heads , and Millet saw the eyes of a fellow traveller flit to the girl 's features as if they were staring at those magazines on the high shelf behind the newsagent 's counter . |