Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] they [am/are] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 lives or is that talking about they 've approached straight line that 's already there in heaven , in other words , the , the , you know that the understanding which I have it from this bible is er that seems to be suggesting that er that 's talking about apos the apostles ' lives before they died , our spiritual lives with brightest ones who have at that er point been made perfect by being prepared to go where they 're going
2 If all the cases that attract attention , because they are argued in important appellate courts before public scrutiny , are occasions on which judges are scrupulous in denying that they are serving the goal of protected expectations through their decisions , this can hardly do much to reinforce the public 's faith in that ideal .
3 Although many officials and newspapers proposed that they be paid a modest salary , only the chief headmen received official remuneration .
4 Indeed , it proposed that they be retained and further , than in addition to this unpopular tax there should be a new unpopular tax local income tax — a prospect of little attraction to most politicians .
5 I 've worked in for 30 years and lots of us have worked for over 25 years and we do know that they are bringing in trainees in on higher salaries than ourselves , which obviously is quite upsetting when you 've worked a long time .
6 They will not know that they are doing so — but that is what will happen .
7 Children today do n't know that they 're born .
8 But they do n't know that they 're called nouns and verbs .
9 So are they looking for it to lead to a , sort of getting back to last week 's terminology , a restoration or , or are are they actually , do they know that they 're getting involved in a revolution ?
10 Er and of course it 's people like erm my mother and father who never look at er things like that unless I actually point it out , they wo n't actually know that they 're allowed to reclaim tax .
11 Now you ca n't really get a coherent staffing policy within a school in that kind of flux , whereas now people perhaps erm a bit too much at the opposite extreme but nevertheless erm do know that they 're committed to being in the school and have a , therefore a commitment to it , a commitment to improving their own work and , and their collective work .
12 I do n't know that they 're coming round .
13 They certainly do n't know that they 're bidding against a phantom bid or they would n't bid ’ , he said .
14 No one who reads such books can doubt that they are composed by those who find novel-writing , in the most flattering sense of the word , easy : the sheer fertility of the school forbids any other interpretation .
15 It is difficult to pinpoint frailties amongst the forwards at the moment , because they have played so well , but to accept that they are peaking now would be folly .
16 For the older 40-plus age groups , often high-flying career woman who have remained childless and perhaps unmarried , the principal sources of despair and anxiety are very often an inability to accept that they are nearing the end of their reproductive years , coupled with the fear of growing old and being lonely .
17 It helps our children to know that they 're doing something for those children .
18 I certainly advise you to keep asking questions throughout because as I say although they 're speaking in a very very general way the often slip up and give you a particular that you can take advantage and if you lead them on then the more information is available to you .
19 We must recognise that they are getting a raw deal and are being victimised by the Government .
20 The inexperienced pilots often try to soar in unusable lift , and they concentrate so hard that they do n't recognise that they are drifting away and are not going to get back to the field .
21 Egg producers must recognise that they are competing in the sophisticated food industry of the late 1980s and that they have a responsibility to the consumer .
22 The fact of the matter , at the same time , erm , as you yourself have said , Chairman , we are in a situation where we have four communication rooms coming down to two next year hopefully , I personally think it should come down to one , but lets recognise that they 're costing the police authority one point six million pounds , they 're tying up forty-one uniformed police officers , and something like fifty er , civilian officers on those exercises .
23 Potential members must write to the relevant section ( or sections ) , and the BSIA 's governing council has to establish that they are recognised and effective businesses or trades .
24 But then we have to move with Ulysses to a huge spinning-top of words which defies such judgements and leaves us clutching at apparently familiar images which so sooner appear than they are gone .
25 Slater provided Britten with pen-portraits out of Crabbe which can never be forgotten once they are encountered .
26 His extravagant action , his grace , his poise and his enthusiasm combine to produce a perfect jumping machine , and people soon realise that they are watching something exceptional .
27 We must begin the process of raising awareness among our white brothers and sisters so that they realise that they are hurting us .
28 Could I appeal to running shoe manufacturers to open their eyes and realise that they are missing out on a valuable section of the market ?
29 Can anyone put their hand on their heart and say that they are looking forward to very old age ?
30 Er Stuart Argyle on I also say that they are removing one tree outside the former Horse and Groom public house as well .
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