Example sentences of "they [be] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have they been competing with one another all their lives ? |
| 2 | Both speakers and writers find this useful when they are referring to two things , one animate , one inanimate . |
| 3 | they are hiding behind facial hair |
| 4 | They are hiding in one of every three of the delicious chocolate eggs . |
| 5 | They are hiding in one of every three of the delicious chocolate eggs . |
| 6 | They are overcharging for fitting childrens ' safety seats . |
| 7 | Ethnomethodology depicts conversation as discourse constructed and negotiated between the participants , following pre-established patterns , and marking the direction they are taking in particular ways : with pauses , laughter , intonations , filler words , and established formulae . |
| 8 | He stressed that people should also seek advice as early as possible if they feel they are getting into financial difficulties . |
| 9 | ‘ ACET is working in this field because , like Jesus , they are getting alongside those in need and helping the rest of us to understand and minister to those both infected and affected . ’ |
| 10 | But they know they are struggling for both Wimbledon stars and now Ferguson has become their top target . |
| 11 | And when they are listening in this way to check their theories they have a real purpose in listening . |
| 12 | They are tucking into buttered scones and a huge pot of tea . |
| 13 | Rare , even bizarre , circumstances aside , it never profits a monopolist to do more when customers are signaling for less , or less when they are signaling for more ’ . |
| 14 | I am an advocate of concentrating money market business rather than spreading it among a large number of banks ; so long as banks know that they are in competition it does not matter if they are competing with two or three others , or 50 : if they do not offer the best rate they will not get the business . |
| 15 | The larger agencies supplying secretarial and office staff in the metropolitan areas , primarily because they are competing with one another for scarce labour , are increasingly offering the sort of fringe benefits associated with employment . |
| 16 | They are binding on all academics engaged in their profession , whatever their discipline . |
| 17 | Although they are operating from temporary premises in the nearby Court Arcade the number of visitors has fallen . |
| 18 | I think they are settling for next season hoping that Leeds do n't have a terrible season this year . |
| 19 | Only a bone-headed Government would not accept that , by taking away young people 's ability to claim benefit and housing benefit and the opportunity to receive a decent reward for a training scheme , and by halving the value of the training allowance in the past 12 years , they are picking on young people who , at the same time , are being pushed ever further towards the consumer society . |
| 20 | Often , he says , ecosystems are at their most diverse when they are shifting from one state to another , as the dominant types are temporarily swept aside , and many other , perhaps more specialist species , take over the vacant niches . |
| 21 | It is understood they are staying at another holiday camp in Towyn . |
| 22 | Why they are staying on this sad occasion is unclear . |
| 23 | So you run the risk that they are thinking about one thing while you are pursuing another ; |
| 24 | She explained : ‘ People are paying a lot of money for very little heat , they are living on low incomes or benefits in houses with no insulation and poor heating systems . |
| 25 | They are living under loose tented accommodation , some of them do n't have tented accommodation erm the , the country is hot , erm there is a shortage of water , not just at the camps but also to er Jordanian towns themselves at the moment . |
| 26 | When patients come to hospital they are living in close contact with more people than usual . |
| 27 | They are living in some slightly embarrassing suburb — the kind of suburb that has a dog track , and an immigrant problem . |
| 28 | With R&D they are looking for new products ; with community programmes they are looking to develop an environment that is good for business . ’ |
| 29 | They tell Michael they are looking for new ways of using or acquiring skills . |
| 30 | LABOUR Party branch members in Crook let it be known that they are looking for new blood to inject a little life and optimism into their ranks . |