Example sentences of "[adj] of [pron] [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are currently 79,000 children and young people being cared for by the local authorities in the U.K. and half of them are looking for foster homes . |
| 2 | By 1985 at least half of them were lying idle , stored in warehouses because of shortages of skills and software programmes . |
| 3 | yeah , because half of them was sleeping |
| 4 | I do n't get to know half of what 's going on . |
| 5 | We only caught about half of what was coming across . |
| 6 | About 1,200 fascists marched to Olympia on the day and the meeting was attended by about 10,000 potential supporters and 2,000 ‘ blackshirts ’ , half of whom were acting as stewards . |
| 7 | Just 20 years ago , half of us were eating bacon for breakfast before starting work in the morning . |
| 8 | Well because when you shine a light on to a board only half of it is gon na be facing only half of it is gon na be facing . |
| 9 | Well because when you shine a light on to a board only half of it is gon na be facing only half of it is gon na be facing . |
| 10 | Well it 's neither here nor there but I mean the thing is that we do n't as it is we 're not losing anything because you 're getting yours , half of it 's coming back as , as gross interest . |
| 11 | Gloriously obliv oblivious of what 's going on next door , it could be a huge substructure , deregulation the new in thing . |
| 12 | Part of the reason behind the payments is to placate high earners , some of whom are asking to be moved to overseas branches of their companies to avoid higher taxes . |
| 13 | South West training courses and regular training days with trainers from HQ kept everyone in touch , recently inspiring the qualification of new teachers , some of whom are performing today . |
| 14 | Jones is second … a russian third … and then there 's a procession of local runners some of whom are feeling the pace … |
| 15 | There was mixed response from supermarkets , some of whom are continuing to use what they term " low migration PVC film " . |
| 16 | We 'll have 3,100 pints on tap at the event for the expected 1,000 visitors , some of whom are coming from as far away as Belgium . |
| 17 | Amnesty said that it had evidence of children being detained , either on suspicion of illegal political activities , or with their fathers , some of whom were serving heavy sentences for their alleged involvement in the attempted coup of 1981 [ see pp. 31353-54 ; 31563 ] . |
| 18 | I 'm a bit worried at some of what is saying here erm , which seems to me like wanting to er create bureaucratic structure within a parish that , charts , positioning of everyone and they should know therefore , I just do n't think is , that 's my personal view , I do n't think it 's the right approach at all to a parish . |
| 19 | People have come out on to balconies and some of them are shouting slogans supporting the protests . ’ |
| 20 | Oh my dear some of them are comparing you with Racquel Welsh or whatever , you know you get the impression they 're looking down their nose , as much to say oh how dreadful for me to have to be seen with this old person ! |
| 21 | A very large increase , and of course some of them are living longer — instead of three or four per cent over what we call retirement age there will be perhaps six , as now in China , there may be eight , into the next century ten . |
| 22 | Assistant Chief Environmental Health Officer , John Copley , says people in Oxford have much less of a chance of receiving help than those in other cities , even though some of them are living in appalling conditions . |
| 23 | ‘ Some of them are holding up signs with names on them . ’ |
| 24 | Absolutely a nil sheet yes , I have no trouble with the referees , in fact at our conference erm when they talked about referees , I put forward that erm there should be a vote of thanks for the referees , because at long last some of them are listening . |
| 25 | Some of them are getting very elaborate , and you 're seeing the stuff in the press for things like ten percent gross yields , has anybody seen those ? |
| 26 | cos some of them are getting |
| 27 | cos some of them are getting |
| 28 | Indeed , some of them are making a virtue of their exemption by saying that that is part of the reason for opting for trust status . |
| 29 | The local cockle fishermen resent the newcomers and claim some of them are working beds while also claiming state benefits . |
| 30 | And what about overtime on Sa I mean at the moment some of them are working during the week and Saturdays and they need that to maintain the sort of service level that we 're doing at the moment . |