Example sentences of "they [be] [v-ing] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A group of them are taking a truck of supplies out to Romania at Easter . |
| 2 | In today 's Washington , where ideology is a murmur of distant guns but technocrats have not quite recovered their old authority , the think-tanks seem at a loss ; many of them are cutting the size of their staffs . |
| 3 | So those who try to dismiss Jesus as being a good teacher , a religious leader , a prophet and no more — all of them are missing the truth . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In this way they are exploring the relationship between psychological well-being and issues such as experienced relative poverty , income related stigma , perceived ( non ) entitlements , spending and consumption patterns and attitudes , the domestic division of family economic management , coping strategies and budgeting tactics . |
| 6 | Here people accept the importance of regular exercise but it is not clear if they are translating the message into action . |
| 7 | The theft , at allotments behind the Beechwood and Easterside Club , Middlesbrough , has angered the racing club members so much they are forming a vigilante group to keep overnight watch on the lofts . |
| 8 | They are opposing a bid by the Cotton Club to stay open until 2am . |
| 9 | They are opposing a bid by the Cotton Club to stay open until 2am . |
| 10 | They are chewing a drug plant and drinking their quite disgusting beer or spirit — I had only one sip and did not stay to analyse the taste but rejected it instantly — the dancers — wearing headdresses feathered like exotic birds and daubed all over with signs and scribbles — messages to their gods , I assumed — then begin to pound the earth in a movement which matches the drumming perfectly and , like the drumming , is powerfully affecting . ’ |
| 11 | Environmental Health officer Richard Hallows admitted yesterday they are facing a problem and called on the public to help them . |
| 12 | These , under pressure to increase the returns on their portfolios over very short review periods , turn over their holdings frequently ( known as ‘ churning ’ ) , disposing of a company 's shares on the first sign that they are under-performing the market . |
| 13 | Worse , they are achieving the opposite of what they intend . |
| 14 | They are searching the flat methodically , opening cushions , moving furniture , looking beneath the floor . |
| 15 | ‘ They are searching the Castle ; and they have set a guard on the trapdoor . ’ |
| 16 | Shareware libraries provide you with a program on disk for a ‘ nominal ’ sum — they are providing the program for free , and charging only for the disk , duplicating and administration , all of which includes a small amount of profit , I suppose . |
| 17 | The Government seem to have washed their hands of the problem : they are taking no responsibility for it , and that is not good enough . |
| 18 | ‘ They are taking a hell of a lot on . |
| 19 | They are taking a risk in borrowing the cash . |
| 20 | Misguidedly they are taking the law into their own hands because they believe the police are not doing their job properly for whatever reason . |
| 21 | Misguidedly they are taking the law into their own hands because they believe the police are not doing their job properly for whatever reason . |
| 22 | Women patients with recurrent vaginal thrush should also have a course of nystatin pessaries while they are taking the nystatin powder . |
| 23 | one scene is really good , really obviously they are taking the piss out of |
| 24 | They are taking the camera analogy too far . |
| 25 | But they are taking the view that they will only provide the service equipment , that 's the cabling and the installation and what have you , but not the cameras and that it 's again up to the Police Authority to provide the cameras . |
| 26 | They are a close-knit family and they are getting a lot of support from their relatives . |
| 27 | It labelled them as personal opinion and suggested that in future the press question everything said at any time by DEC staff , no matter how high ranking , to assure themselves they are getting the company line . |
| 28 | We can ask ourselves if they are getting the meaning . |
| 29 | Therefore it is only natural for the sponsors to indulge in a little nepotism and provide its Japanese audience with somebody they can identify with while they are enjoying a nightcap . |
| 30 | The dogs love to take part.It seems like they are enjoying the chase . |