Example sentences of "they are [v-ing] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several hotel and leisure groups are already beginning to diversify into this field : they are aiming at the top and more lucrative end of the market , charging fees well above the DSS limits . |
| 2 | One by one they are screaming at the top of their voices , like naughty adolescent vixens . |
| 3 | I mean , seeing the amount of kids that do go out there , and the state of the changing rooms that they are using at the moment , I , I think it 's really degrading . |
| 4 | They are helping to move soil into a garden they are building at the school with the help of mums , dads and teachers . |
| 5 | Now the pair reveal that they had not planned the child they are expecting at the end of the year . |
| 6 | They are living at an address that only I know . |
| 7 | ‘ When people vote on the day , they are looking at the party who will form the government , and in this part of the country they do not want socialism , ’ said Mr Peter Hodgson , the Conservatives ' Western Area chairman , who was confident the Conservatives would retain all their seats . |
| 8 | That 's what they are saying at the moment . |
| 9 | We saw awful conditions in Bouzoulouk , where , out of a population of 35,000 they are dying at the rate of 100 a day . |
| 10 | As time goes by , and more machines are added to the scale , you 'll have a month by month reference for PC performance — and as performance levels creep ever higher ( as they are doing at the moment ) we 'll extend the scale , and pick up new reference points . |
| 11 | The reason why people sometimes think they ca n't shed weight on a strict calorie ration of 1,000 daily is that they are guessing at the weight — and thus the calorie content — of their portions of food , or forgetting to add in the calories provided by little items like the butter spread on that bread , or the milk in all those cups of tea ; or they fail to realize that innocent-looking things like that canned soft drink or glass of orange juice , or the mayonnaise coleslaw served in the office canteen ( 'Ca n't contain many calories — it 's salad , is n't it ! ' ) can add a sizeable number of calories to the daily total . |
| 12 | Playing United at their own game would probably have been fatal , the way they are playing at the moment . |
| 13 | Some of the students come for extra help for courses they are studying at the college . |