Example sentences of "they [be] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lot of them are going out of the area , but I think er I 'd imagine that a large majority or a a large proportion certainly would wish to stay in . |
| 2 | And please let them be hanging on to their gossip and porter . |
| 3 | They are catching up on Daedalus and he will have to go into strict training for a swifter sprint . |
| 4 | I mean , two of them seem as if they are referring back to something which has happened since the first two . ’ |
| 5 | They are speaking up for themselves and expecting , rightly , that they will be listened to by staff and that their opinions will have the same validity as those of the next person . |
| 6 | Some of these recordings are now being used by the YCCC as evidence in the legal actions which they are taking out against the city and tannery , and some of the recordings have been played back to other community groups in similar situations but who have not developed their thinking to the extent of the YCCC . |
| 7 | The Smiths are acknowledged as writing with sensitivity , depth and intelligence and the suggestion that they are cashing in on a tragedy at the expense of causing grief to the relatives of its victims is absolutely untrue . |
| 8 | They are sucking up to you because they never grew up , and they never grew up because ( if men ) they are ashamed that they are not like me or ( if women ) have never been admitted into full womanhood by being slathered with Noxzema Regular Protective Shave Formula and roped to a groyne . |
| 9 | They are teaming up with British and American publishers for simultaneous English and German editions of the same book , or themselves issuing an increasing number of bilingual ( usually German/English ) books . |
| 10 | ‘ Maybe I 've been too long with this screwy outfit ; I 'm beginning to believe that stuff they are handing out from the New York office . |
| 11 | one is that i it may be that the old moral economy worked because the peasants recognized that , in a sense , that was the way they w well they , they could not stand up and criticize the landlord th the , the most they could do was to try and get the landlord to behave in a reasonable way , and that within that there would then be the sub-culture , the counter-culture of , of beginnings of mutual aid and what is happening in is in part that the communists are making them think the old moral economy work , but in part they are picking up on those sub- culture bits because the , the , the whole of mutual aid idea is , is coming from existing peasant cooperations . |
| 12 | But they are unable to process this and obviously that will be different for children at different stages of their development erm younger children being particularly susceptible to the sort of atmosphere around them , and if they are picking up from the adults around them , be that through the media or within the context of their everyday lives , that there is something dangerous and disturbing going on , then they are obviously going to reflect that unease in their behaviour . |
| 13 | ‘ There are bound to be more attempts to rob bookies ’ premises if they are locking up at 10pm . ’ |
| 14 | They are hanging on by refusing to pay suppliers . |
| 15 | Obviously there is not a club atmosphere at Harlequins , and in most other sports they would be fined or disciplined for the unfair competition they are setting up in the league , both from the top and bottom sides . |
| 16 | Coun Williams retorted : ‘ The fact that they are looking around for someone to blame is proof they really do n't want to do it . ’ |
| 17 | For this reason , an all-round practice gives better training than a specialised one — but it may be well worth taking articles in a specialised firm if you are assured that they are looking out for a bright young man/woman like you to be a partner . |
| 18 | They are moving out onto people 's desks and almost into Woolworths . |
| 19 | Ministers are a bunch of desperadoes , and they are carrying on like a bunch of stoneheads . |
| 20 | ‘ When somebody is going through a crisis they are opening up to you and a deep bond does develop , more perhaps than you would have with a doctor . |
| 21 | And I 'll tell you what the problem is about the Trusts , and I 'll explain why they are opting out of the National Health Service . |
| 22 | Just as the new Spurgeon's/Oasis venture goes back to Baptist roots , so do the organisers of ‘ Breakthrough 2000 ’ believe they are going back to roots . |
| 23 | Many of them enjoyed their work experience in Picardy so much they are going back for more in their summer holidays . |
| 24 | It 's just as well they are going back inside the lavatory . |
| 25 | Of course I accept that ruling entirely Mr Deputy Speaker but the point I was trying to make , I am going to give the speech very briefly indeed I do assure you , is that if you 're trying to assess the numbers er and the correctness of the numbers that are being er er going to vote for and indeed the boundaries associated with those numbers , it 's a perfectly I would have thought , fair question to ask oneself as they go off er from us as to what they are going off in to er and I I do assure you Mr Deputy Speake , I do n't plan to speak more than two minutes , two to three minutes on this matter , I do hope that you will allow me just to make a very brief point on this . |
| 26 | They are going along at vast speeds , and I say vast speeds , they 're twenty miles an hour over the grass and you can imagine how much they 're cutting . |
| 27 | This has always seemed to make sense , despite the Scots ' own tendency to be caught with a wardrobe of empty coat-hangers and crumpled piles , and one 's fear on behalf of England is that they are running out of time in which to find a dinner jacket . |
| 28 | They are running out of rude things to say about each other , or new things to say about the NHS . |
| 29 | Everywhere you look they are growing out of pavements and walls . |
| 30 | They are travelling out of necessity not for pleasure , therefore , the hotel must be a home from home , and they will most likely eat and drink in the hotel . |