Example sentences of "they are [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Cornwall is the Cornucopia , the compleate and repleate Horne of Abundence , for high churlish Hills and affable courteous people : they are loving to requite a kindness , placable to remit a wrong , and hardy to retort injuries ; the country hath its share of huge stones , mighty rocks , noble , free Gentlemen , bountiful housekeepers , strong and stout men … handsome , beautiful women and ( for all that I know ) there is not one Cornish Cuckold to be found in the whole county . |
| 2 | The essays in this book do not amount to a programme : but they are intended to provide a springboard for one . |
| 3 | That enticing possibility is why they are bound to have a go . |
| 4 | When they are asked to sign a piece of paper they moan and groan , and get paranoid about people trying to peep at them in their luxury . |
| 5 | They are asked to produce a specimen report , listing those features that they consider to be important . |
| 6 | In role they are asked to complete a census return : who are they , where do they live , what do they do for a living ? |
| 7 | Once the person has understood what types of thoughts or images the therapist is looking for they are asked to keep a diary record of the daily occurrence of anxiety and related thoughts . |
| 8 | The Famous Grouse , like all the 1991 World Cup sponsors , had a first refusal option included in their contract ; in other words they are asked to make a bid for 1995 before the marketing agent goes to the open market . |
| 9 | Chantelle says that the Gloucester area has lots of good young skiers and they were n't being given a chance so she formed the club and the response has been overwhelming … they survive thanks to parents but they are hoping to find a sponsor … it 's not like a football team or tennis club because they have British champions |
| 10 | And I know they are hoping to have a talk to you , too , because all of us here at Burleigh realize how important it is to get a — ah — total picture of the child , of his problems , his hopes , his ambitions , his — ah — ah — Hmmm . |
| 11 | They are discussing organising a barbecue and disco for after the Mass . |
| 12 | This practical data must be successfully communicated to clients before they are invited to sign a contract , thereby committing them to purchase the new property . |
| 13 | The others will chip in if they agree , but they will they are , they are wanting to set a missile to move , they 're wanting to send a bullet , they are wanting to s to evoke emotion or anger or rage or frustration or political bias or to change attitudes now for example the interesting thing about the Princess Diana erm the headline on one of those tabloids which talks about exile is I suspect that they want to evoke the constitutional crisis which there was at the time of |
| 14 | And the aim is that the conversations are going to be anonymous and they are trying to compile a dictionary of words that people actually use , rather than a dictionary for people who do crosswords . |
| 15 | Finally should any elderly residents approach officers complaining of being assaulted or mugged , they should be closely questioned to ascertain if they are trying to provoke a riot . |
| 16 | They are trying to find somewhere suitable or , alternatively , they are trying to make a documentary about the area , having heard that the inn is haunted . |
| 17 | In other words , they are trying to develop a pump that a village caretaker could maintain with a single spanner . |
| 18 | However , teenagers do not go out saying to themselves that they are going to smash a couple of telephone boxes or fight another group of teenagers . |
| 19 | Peter:I think he will be here in 12 mths time , I Do n't think Mr Fowler will be at least not as party chairman , another prediction I will make I think the Tories will get a drubbing in the local elections in May , I think they are going to get a drubbing in the Euro elections in June . |
| 20 | Come the upturn , they are going to make a lot of money . ’ |
| 21 | Of these , 18 per cent feel they are expected to take a bank 's advice without question . |
| 22 | They are expected to use a diversity of job search methods and to keep records of their job-seeking activities which they have to show when interviewed by an Employment Service counsellor . |
| 23 | To sum up , if examples such as those in ( 28 ) and that in ( 29 ) are all ungrammatical , as we can readily agree , it is for different reasons : ( 28 ) the sum of $300 she had to pay was total the lecturer who is to greet the Queen is mere ( 29 ) the man is very The adjectives in ( 28 ) lead to incoherence because , as already observed , they are specialized to qualify a property , and so they are incoherent in the predicative construction , which assigns the adjective property to the entity of the subject , not to its sense . |
| 24 | The Yorkshire region 's current situation ensures that new safety representatives are invited to a two day introduction course from which they are encouraged to attend a health and safety course at National College . |
| 25 | That is , they are encouraged to find a set of contextual assumptions in which the facts that Mary came with Peter , Joan with Bob , and Lily with a sad smile on her face have identical or directly contrasting implicatures . |
| 26 | They are attempting to chart a career path through the foggy waters of appraisal , Special Responsibilities and the radically changed scenario of personal and school-based staff development . |
| 27 | A limited number of ISE member firms are registered market makers in options , which means that they are required to make a market in classes of ISE listed traded options . |
| 28 | They are not paid to raise unnecessary dust in the formulation of a project ; they are paid to design a project to spend earmarked funds in a way that they see as ‘ best ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ A unique feature of our Video Courses is that they are designed to tell a picture-story and we feel this is why Arune was able to learn so quickly . |
| 30 | On the other hand , people will make errors if they are forced to make a decision too early . |