Example sentences of "they be [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are sharing a FAX line with the telephone you really need someone to ring you first to say they are sending you a FAX . |
| 2 | ‘ They are calling it the ‘ Seweries ’ . ’ |
| 3 | Their parents are called away and they are left him the care of servants . |
| 4 | Such an ability would be of more than merely theoretical interest : there are specialists , detectives one might almost say , who can take enormous quantities of program in a lower-level language ( not binary numbers , but normally machine code or something a little ‘ higher ’ ) and make plausible guesses as to what they actually do at a higher level of description ; or rather , given that they are told what the program was designed to do , work out how it accomplished the task and by what ‘ higher-level ’ steps . |
| 5 | The Russians are certainly trying to bring the two sides together for talks and end the fighting , but , so far , they are finding it a hard row . |
| 6 | The welcome is of the warmest ; and tonight they are showing him the MRA film ‘ Freedom ’ , made in Nigeria . |
| 7 | If the builder encounters some unforeseen work do n't panic , but you must advise the Environmental Health Officer immediately ; they should be able to assist with additional finance if they are giving you a grant . |
| 8 | they are giving you a stroke . |
| 9 | Perhaps they are giving you a rest ? ’ |
| 10 | they pay , they pay , they are paying me a little bit , I think it ought to go up in price a bit though myself |
| 11 | Through these discriminations of time , space and substances , they are to make themselves a holy people , set apart from the unholy people and things . |
| 12 | Now , they 're calling him the heir to Britain 's tennis crown . |
| 13 | They 're calling it the curse of the L-plate . |
| 14 | They 're getting me a hose for Christmas . |
| 15 | And I think when we talk in terms in getting around to spending the money we have got then we need to look quite clearly about how you make a place more inviting and it 's also about when people come into the building how they 're met what the receptionists like , when they ring up can they get through and I mean I 'm I 'm surprised that 's said about the tickets that I think that our reception ticket areas an excellent area the people working there are first class are very friendly very helpful so it 's trying to get that sort of concept through the building I thin k we work on that I think the building 's kept very clean people who clean the building are very good but I hear what you 're saying and I thinks it 's been said earlier by the lady here by the foyer downstairs she feels threatened when she goes into that bar because I think the whole decor and the way it is is a threatening place I think we need to look at those so that was an old and . |
| 16 | She phoned her careers office today , they 're sending her the information free , you 're thinking . |
| 17 | They 're asking what the noise could be who it could be were the guards coming for them ? |
| 18 | ‘ They may feel they 're charging what the market will bear . ’ |
| 19 | er we do n't have to po er , you see , it 's to do with school anyway , but they 're giving them a packed lunch so I believe . |
| 20 | His foster parents say they 're giving him a break from events back home . |
| 21 | His foster parents say they 're giving him a break from events back home . |
| 22 | Yeah , no they 're not , they 're giving her a lump sum |
| 23 | ‘ They 're giving me a week . |
| 24 | They 're giving me a birthday party today . |
| 25 | ‘ They 're giving us the extra points ! |
| 26 | A lot of men are under the impression that a divorcee in her forties is so hungry for sex that they 're doing her a huge favour by providing it , at very little inconvenience or cost to themselves . |
| 27 | The farming bills do n't amount to much as the ones who do call me in always think they 're doing me a favour and consequently should n't be charged much . |
| 28 | ‘ They 're still very patronising to me , keep hinting that they 're doing me a favour . ’ |
| 29 | 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 |
| 30 | They have n't cultivated the attitude that by serving you they 're doing you a favour . |