Example sentences of "they [be] [v-ing] [pron] the " in BNC.

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1 They are calling it the ‘ Seweries ’ . ’
2 The welcome is of the warmest ; and tonight they are showing him the MRA film ‘ Freedom ’ , made in Nigeria .
3 Now , they 're calling him the heir to Britain 's tennis crown .
4 They 're calling it the curse of the L-plate .
5 She phoned her careers office today , they 're sending her the information free , you 're thinking .
6 They 're asking what the noise could be who it could be were the guards coming for them ?
7 ‘ They may feel they 're charging what the market will bear . ’
8 They 're giving us the extra points !
9 Yeah , if they 're delayed getting on the motorway and see that they 're doing it the other side coming off , they might be saying
10 Well in the Midland Bank and they were wearing them the last time you were there .
11 Not one organisation wrote to the Home Secretary indicating they were supporting what the Government is now putting for the House .
12 I never did think they were primitive and they always told the truth ( except when they were teaching me the language ) and were a damn sight more trustworthy than some of the white men we had on the job .
13 But Lothar then extracted a further concession , " since he would not have , he said , in the share [ of the regnum ] they were offering him the wherewithal to make good to his own supporters that which they had lost .
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