Example sentences of "[be] [verb] they [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | it must be costing them a fortune , when every time they move , they alter 'ouse , they decorate and put new carpets down and furniture |
| 2 | Sooner or later , you 'll be paying them a visit ( see Chapter 4 on choosing subjects and class options ) . |
| 3 | I shall be sending them a donation in appreciation of this service and if any other walkers in the Lakes read this , perhaps they too might like to help . |
| 4 | To read these words as ‘ held in any other computer ’ , as the trial judge had done , would be to give them a meaning quite different from their plain and natural meaning . |
| 5 | To read those words in that way , in our judgment , would be to give them a meaning quite different from their plain and natural meaning . |
| 6 | ‘ My reward will be to give them the final yellow jersey in Manchester . ’ |
| 7 | By moving out of the way , we 'll be giving them a clear run . |
| 8 | The ‘ opposition ’ governors imagine themselves to be more important than they really are ; they have state , not federal , responsibilities ; their comments on federal matters should therefore not be regarded as of primary importance ; and , if they were reported fully at all times , this would be giving them a greater prominence in national affairs than they deserve . |
| 9 | Following a long and hard season for its own loco 's Sydney and No. 24 the Broadland Line will be giving them a well earned rest for the next couple of weeks . |
| 10 | Should we be giving them a wide berth for fear of rampant Rottweilers lunging at our wing mirrors ? |
| 11 | Would you tell them that I 'll be giving them a ring between half past six and quarter past seven . |
| 12 | It is in the management of effective communications that ‘ parents know best ’ and this is the area where we need to be giving them the very best of our attention . |
| 13 | You will , however , be doing them a service if you collect your specimens from a field about to be cut for hay , from a hedgerow bordering a field about to be sprayed or a site being cleared for building work . |
| 14 | If you could tell your clients that they 're on a very sticky wicket here and that I wo n't be the only woman journalist who 's utterly repulsed , you 'll be doing them a service ! |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll be doing 'em a favour — magazines pay a pittance anyway . |
| 16 | ‘ That lumbar puncture seems to be taking them a long time . ’ |
| 17 | I , I would totally support the move that you 're suggesting Mr Chairman , if we are asked to provide another one percent or whatever can be done , erm , I would suggest that the obvious way to get that money would be to offer them the ten thousand that we agreed to spend this morning . |
| 18 | Well I think you want to , with pillows you want to be changing them every now again do n't you ? |
| 19 | An initial reaction by the Highlander staff to an approach from a new community group may be to show them a video made by another similar community group about their own activities , then possibly video the reactions of the new group to what they have seen . |
| 20 | A set of 3-D viewing glasses will be bound into magazines , so that readers can look at a waiter who appears to be offering them a tray of cocktails . |