Example sentences of "they [be] [v-ing] at the " 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 | They are operating at the bottom end of the market with no capital and no security . |
| 3 | One by one they are screaming at the top of their voices , like naughty adolescent vixens . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | They are helping to move soil into a garden they are building at the school with the help of mums , dads and teachers . |
| 6 | Now the pair reveal that they had not planned the child they are expecting at the end of the year . |
| 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 | Of course the elves are in a wood at that moment , and they are looking at the early evening stars , but that is not what they mean . |
| 9 | For example , if the adult holds an object , such as a doll , in the child 's line of gaze , the child is likely to look at the object and then immediately glance at the adult 's face to check that they are looking at the same thing . |
| 10 | Mr 's daughter , I think it 's his daughter , er is working for the British National Corpus and they are looking at the how words are used in ordinary everyday situations . |
| 11 | That 's what they are saying at the moment . |
| 12 | We saw awful conditions in Bouzoulouk , where , out of a population of 35,000 they are dying at the rate of 100 a day . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Playing United at their own game would probably have been fatal , the way they are playing at the moment . |
| 16 | It is assumed that within a single erosional system all elements of the topography are mutually adjusted so that they are downwasting at the same rate . |
| 17 | Some of the students come for extra help for courses they are studying at the college . |
| 18 | They 're protesting at the government 's proposals to allow private firms to tender for prison work . |
| 19 | They 're not swimming around , yeah they 're staying at the top as well are n't they ? |
| 20 | It 's the first time they 've been to Britain , even though some have been teaching English for twenty years ; they 're staying at the Oxford House School of English , and will also visit the Oxford University Press as the trip has been made possible by an East German publishing house . |
| 21 | I mean what they 're considering at the moment is making Trumpton into a live-section , full-blown Broadway show , with perhaps a major star playing the train driver . |
| 22 | They 're looking at the same place where … ’ |
| 23 | So so in a way , they 're looking at the levels we 're at now is an accurate level using a high price item . |
| 24 | They go a a Medici shop or Athena or whatever and they 're looking at the best . |
| 25 | But really they 're looking at the the er sounds you 're making and the language you 're using rather what , they 're not interested in what we 're saying . |
| 26 | Half seven the Hare and Hounds at Warsop and District Camera Club they 're meeting at the Hare and Hounds pub in Warsop and tonight they have a competition Slides in Action and seven thirty Slimmers Clubs U K are meeting at the Age Concern Centre Street in Beeston and seven thirty as well until eight thirty a mixed ability aerobics class is on in the gymnasium of Rainworth Recreation Centre that 's one fifty there and Joe Walker Zydeco Band direct from Louisiana are appearing at the Old Vic on Fletchergate at Nottingham tonight at half seven six pounds the tickets there four pounds concessions and they 're available on the door . |
| 27 | He 's got a , they 're all talking about me , he says they 're listening at the walls or standing in the clossies |
| 28 | Well they 're appearing at the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham tonight in concert , and then a week on Friday , November the twelfth they 're at the Ritz at Lincoln so welcome back . |
| 29 | Persona non grata , they 're saying at the club . |
| 30 | Commander Adam Dalgliesh is coming to see me as soon as they 've finished with whatever it is they 're doing at the church . |