Example sentences of "they are [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And some of them are practically doing that every night ! |
| 2 | Most of them are probably muttering , ‘ I 'm too busy to get involved in this sort of thing . |
| 3 | Some of them are even looking out for compensation . ’ |
| 4 | But most of them are just hiding behind the image . |
| 5 | Colin Calderwood says they 're delighted to win and its important to pick up 3 points because the teams around them are also winning . |
| 6 | Well , now some of them are actually getting the chance . |
| 7 | But all of them are constantly watching the keyboard for their particular call up command and it is possible that one command may affect more than one accessory — with predictable , and disastrous , results ! |
| 8 | Most of them are indeed trying to pull the ‘ off with the old , on with the new ’ wife replacement technique but they are in such an emotional mess that they subconsciously drive away any woman who tries to get close to them . |
| 9 | I mean all of them are obviously going to need equipment explained to them |
| 10 | Staff and participants involved in them are now asking critical questions about the future of such projects . |
| 11 | I work for Team Sport Scotland and part of my reignement is erm coordinator for women and girl 's football and I find that with the equal opportunities policies of many of the education regions now that more football is being played in primary and in secondary school and the district councils I go to visit I would say that the majority of them are definitely wanting to put money into promoting girl 's and women 's football . |
| 12 | Now if you think about commercial potatoes and the ones that keep , the late ones , they are always harvested after the have died down , a long time after , in fact some of them are still digging up potatoes now . |
| 13 | Engineers and some metallurgists resisted the idea with the whole force of their emotions and even today some of them are still making growling noises in caves in the backwoods . |
| 14 | ‘ We do n't want to see things dragged on indefinitely , but they are repeatedly delaying a solution to the problem . ’ |
| 15 | And nor should they be , for if my contention is correct , they are simply discovering new applications for that basic idea of popular power ; they are doing no more than engaging in the latest reinterpretation , or fresh application , of the classic democratic idea . |
| 16 | It was emphasising that for many people hospital residence is inappropriate and they are simply living there because there is nowhere else for them . |
| 17 | As far as they are concerned , of course , they are simply wanting another ice-cream , or another go on the swing . |
| 18 | Norris ' ideas seem highly plausible and if this amazing and beautiful process is a correct understanding of part of the physical aspects of the dolphin 's 3-D sonar system , it also explains why they move their heads from side to side while they are emitting their characteristic echo-locating clicks — they are simply scanning their targets for angular , 3-D information . |
| 19 | What is the point of only taking what you need and looking after your resources for the future , if they are simply going to be swiped by somebody else ? |
| 20 | They are simply marking time , waiting for fashion futures to be decided elsewhere . |
| 21 | Almost all Asian hornbills are forest dwellers , and they are simply losing out to the chainsaw . |
| 22 | They are completely tearing up the whole site , including a new turf course as well as the all-weather , but Muddle'splans extend far beyond the obvious . |
| 23 | I do not want to make too much of them , but there are bogus applications and they are completely clogging up the system . |
| 24 | In this stage they neither feed nor move , while inside they are busily reorganizing their bodies . |
| 25 | There they are busily ferreting away food , medical supplies and weapons with which to build a new world after the current one is reduced to a moist cinder . |
| 26 | It is important to note that even though back variants of /a/ are strongly emblematic of vernacular speech , they are nevertheless spreading to higher-status groups in the wider community . |
| 27 | This would not end the wars , but it would in effect be a declaration from the Israelis announcing that whilst they intend to fight to keep the disputed territory , they are nevertheless admitting that their right to it is no different from that of anyone else , and until the world produces some better way than fighting , this is how they will-operate . |
| 28 | As they are fast drying , usually about 30 minutes , the application technique is slightly different from the traditional varnishes . |
| 29 | They are fast acting and extremely effective as products and will rapidly remove grease and other organic films using spray-wipe techniques . |
| 30 | Some 12 per cent of the world 's cultivated land is irrigated , of which more than half is affected to some extent by these problems which inevitably lead to a reduction in crop productivity , the very factor that such schemes were established to increase salinisation and waterlogging are particularly significant in arid and semiarid regions where irrigation is necessary for agriculture , and while they are important in developed nations , they are fast becoming major environmental problems in many developing nations . |