Example sentences of "they be [v-ing] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they do , they are operating on an ignorant and irrational basis . |
| 2 | They are living at an address that only I know . |
| 3 | Another clue comes from a paper by the Japanese psychiatrist Abe who has shown that the second twin is far more likely to develop the disease if they are living with an affected twin around the time of onset , as compared to the concordance rates for twins who are living apart . |
| 4 | If they are looking for an easy , magical cure — either hypnosis or a special pill — they will be disappointed . |
| 5 | Many people underestimate these travellers ; they think they are looking for an easy life . |
| 6 | Children are sometimes told ‘ it is rude to stare ’ , but cat-lovers often forget this rule when they are looking at an approaching feline . |
| 7 | And they are looking into an incident last month when Daum angrily kicked in an advertising board . |
| 8 | They are moving towards an inter-zonal community based on environmental sustainability and respect for all . |
| 9 | They are pushing at an open door , we in the industry are already working for change . |
| 10 | Those ‘ threatened ’ by the computer should recall that they are dealing with an ‘ idiot machine ’ that can do nothing without them . |
| 11 | One sense is an obvious one , but the other is not obvious , and possibly for that reason , although they are radically different senses , their difference is not recognised and people suppose they are dealing with an unambiguous expression . |
| 12 | You can be more empathic with your children by attending to what they are saying with an ear tuned to the hidden messages ( the ‘ subtext ’ ) . |
| 13 | It 'll be necessary for all of us to go back and look at those very very carefully and to think to what extent they address the kinds of problems that we can actually see developing , the kinds of things which we are fighting our way away from in the statutory services and yet might find that they are growing in an uncontrolled way in the development of the private sector . |
| 14 | Many busy working people have this quality of appeal , workpeople who will share an interest in what they are doing in an office or down a hole in the street . |
| 15 | With support from Neneh Cherry 's management , they are working on an album combining ragga , soul and hip hop . |
| 16 | ‘ Younger stylists are also under the impression that they 're getting into an exciting and glamorous business , ’ said Trevor . |
| 17 | What they 've done in a matter of a few weeks is put together a data bank of information that 's colossal , and they 're dealing with an enormous amount of , of distress and problems . |
| 18 | Good Evening : Six hundred travellers ' vehicles heading for Stonehenge for the Summer Solstice have been banned from there , so farmers here have been warned that they 're looking for an alternative location . |
| 19 | The police do n't yet know if they 're looking for an IRA gang or just one member acting alone . |
| 20 | they 're looking for an old boy eighteen to twenty five who was like a carpenter or a plumber who 's actually learnt a trade but he said the trouble is , he said |
| 21 | Now I think it would be helpful if the borough council could clarify whether that is in fact what they 're looking for an additional land allocation . |
| 22 | Not as such so they 're pressing for an answer , the factory , but erm , he came back and said we 'd need firm prices , per kilo price , lump sum price not acceptable , customer offer of sixteen Deutschmark per kilo from , for twelve to fourteen with delivery , your request for those credit verified five months not acceptable , you offer to deliver in eight weeks in which case and we 'd get till twelve weeks , please confirm . |
| 23 | Okay they 're migrating from an area of low incomes to an area of high incomes , right broken the route |
| 24 | They 're heading for an English style village that 's being built just north of Tokyo . |
| 25 | After a few moments he realized they were flying on an interception course . |
| 26 | They recognized that they were living in an immense natural vault , with many extra security features also built in . |
| 27 | They were looking for an instrument of murder . |
| 28 | They were passing across an open portion of the bridge . |
| 29 | When the delegates assembled for the Special Conference on August 15th they heard a lot of revolutionary-sounding rhetoric from leaders who knew that they were kicking at an open door . |
| 30 | They were swarming in an endless moving blanket along every surface inside the shuttle . |