Example sentences of "they 're [v-ing] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're singing like Welsh people do , solid and warm and tear jerking . |
| 2 | Certainly they 're moving in various directions . |
| 3 | They 're not getting I T A flights , they 're getting for full fare , are n't they ? |
| 4 | ‘ We check out with our new staff regularly , whether they feel comfortable in their role and whether they 're getting on OK . |
| 5 | These are hard persistent offenders who are not benefitting from the treatment they 're getting from social workers . |
| 6 | Well really that 's l by and large what groups is all about so it 's clearly that they do and there 's some cases here of sort of cyclists cycling harder and faster when they 've got they 're training with other cyclists or erm when they 're training against the clock . |
| 7 | They like training that 's practical and they 're dealing with real problems . |
| 8 | Hassan meanwhile ( between endless rushes to airports , trying to convince faceless , emotionless authorities that they 're dealing with genuine political refugees ) realises his life must find time for love as well as small ‘ p ’ politics . |
| 9 | That 's right , and , and the first act of the play is a rehearsal and it keeps stopping and the director keeps sort of straightening them out and they 're dealing with little problems , and when you 're actually rehearsing it you find yourself sort of repeating the play because it 's so ac Michael Frayn who wrote it has so accurately observed what happens er when you 're directing a play that er you find yourself re-enacting the play and , and suddenly find a discussion you 've just been having has part sounds as if it 's come out of the script . |
| 10 | We 're asking people who drink , and that 's ninety per cent of the British adult population , to see if they can cut down by a quarter if they 're drinking above sensible levels . |
| 11 | They 're appealing for urgent help from the public . |
| 12 | It 's at seven o'clock tonight , it 's at Road police station , they 're looking for white males aged about fortyish , five foot five to six foot approximately tall , of slim build , need to be clean shaven , shoulder length dark brown hair . |
| 13 | However erm one thing I think that 's got to be borne in mind and it picks up a point that erm Leeds have made , is that they 're looking towards trendy migration , they say . |
| 14 | they 're pandering to ghoulish voyeurism . |
| 15 | Supermarkets themselves say they 're catering for increasing customer demand , customers too seem to reinforce that attitude . |
| 16 | Well I think one of the advantages of a nursery schooling is certainly a considerable amount of social interaction for the children , which very often they wo n't be obtaining , either if they 're living in high rise flats , or at the other end of the social spectrum if they 're parents are living in large houses with large gardens and no other children within the vicinity . |
| 17 | Well I think one of the advantages of a nursery schooling is certainly a considerable amount of social interaction for the children , which very often they wo n't be obtaining , either if they 're living in high rise flats , or at the other end of the social spectrum if their parents are living in large houses with large gardens and no other children within the vicinity . |
| 18 | They 're living in detached houses . |
| 19 | The listener indicates that they 're listening through non-verbal signals , mms and aahs , stretched out final syllables ( ‘ and th-e-n ’ ) , paraphrasing and summarising . |
| 20 | So , we must oppose that and er also they 're asking for new powers er to move illegal travellers from land this is just another device because of their failure to provide sufficient sites throughout the country and if the of Essex County Council do their job er they they do n't need these new powers , what authority ought to be ha , er having are powers to provide some er , camping places for people . |
| 21 | ‘ Do n't they realise they 're playing with political dynamite ? |
| 22 | anyway , erm there will be tapes on the way and they 're consulting with other people too , so . |
| 23 | I think they really do want the support , and they want the backing when they 're negotiating with other , other bodies . |
| 24 | All characters suffer a -1 penalty to M and a -10 penalty to I here ; they 're walking through shin-high bone piles . |
| 25 | Digging , they 're going onto double Gs now , why would it be double G ? |
| 26 | The wobbly clamour was for more , and now they 're going into full production . |
| 27 | Well , the concern is to er , punish the children in a way , that they will realise they 're going to wrong way . |
| 28 | They 're going to liven things up around here . |
| 29 | Yes they 're going to Methodist church , then they 're gon na that |
| 30 | These , ’ he gestured to the Twins , ‘ are the same person really , only they 're going in different directions in time and just stopping to say hello to themselves . |