Example sentences of "[vb base] they [be] doing [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're furious that a promised reduction in hours has n't happened , although health chiefs say they 're doing all they can . |
| 2 | The police say they 're doing all they can to catch the culprits . |
| 3 | They know they 're doing wrong you know . |
| 4 | I did say that their attitude has changed from a generation ago and I think they are doing more at home than men did a generation ago . |
| 5 | or not long after so why have they been doing that if there 's nothing much to do ? |
| 6 | What have they been doing all this time ? ’ |
| 7 | Some cases might be summed up as ‘ What have they been doing wrong and how can they be put right ? ’ |
| 8 | It is thus both a ‘ What have they been doing wrong and how can it be put right ? ’ and a ‘ Which way should they go now ? ’ case . |