Example sentences of "they [be] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had they been discussing any other evening he would not have been nearly so competent but the murder pinpointed the day . |
| 2 | Virginia Bottomley , a health minister , said many of the 3,000 people sleeping rough in the city might have stayed at home had they been given enough attention earlier . |
| 3 | Have they been getting any ? |
| 4 | What have they been doing all this time ? ’ |
| 5 | or not long after so why have they been doing that if there 's nothing much to do ? |
| 6 | They are removing many of the distortions that have made investors look elsewhere in the past . |
| 7 | ‘ If that is their purpose and they are achieving that purpose , why is the Government privatising them ? ’ he asked . |
| 8 | those employed in senior management may by the nature of their jobs be fully aware of what is required of them and fully capable of judging for themselves whether they are achieving that requirement . |
| 9 | If fundholders were to be a lever for change in the reorganised National Health Service there is evidence from this study that they are achieving this objective . |
| 10 | Consequently they are achieving more than any other regional heavy metal bands through their tie ups with Hammer horror films and , coming soon , the London Philharmonic Orchestra ! |
| 11 | They are getting all the profits from us keeping them entertained . ’ |
| 12 | They make quite sure they are getting enough vitamins . |
| 13 | Meeting House as a big one and they are getting fewer . |
| 14 | in grant is the basis for their claim that students have never had it so good — that they are getting more money now than ever before . |
| 15 | But she said yes , she 'd noticed , but she said they are getting more out of this Johnny Briggs book than the other book . |
| 16 | ( 8 ) Audiotext Harvard OTC ) " They are expanding their telephone lines dramatically , as they are getting several times the number of calls they had anticipated . " |
| 17 | They are getting less than we are paying . |
| 18 | Parents who are very concerned about weight loss are often tempted to give the pudding even if the child has not finished the main course because they are getting some calories into the child . |
| 19 | They are getting some new designs in this morning , and I must see them before they are snapped up . ’ |
| 20 | But part time hourly paid lecturing for example is n't eligible work under the teachers ' superannuation scheme although they are bringing that one into into the work that can affect . |
| 21 | And anyway there were no witnesses , though they are bringing some forward who will pretend to be . ’ |
| 22 | Increasingly today , they are accepting that scientific pronouncements have an unavoidable element , not only of subjectivity , but also of informed guesswork about them . |
| 23 | Have the Child Support Agency had an interview with you yet ? because from April this year er they are pursuing all absent fathers for maintenance . |
| 24 | MANY people will applaud Liverpool City Council for the zeal with which they are pursuing those residents who have deliberately refused to pay their poll tax . |
| 25 | They are helping each other understand their different experiences of life , and their different views and attitudes towards it . |
| 26 | Erm they 're in no hurry to join but with this second period er from September or was it October and erm once again there is this idea that , you know , the tide is turning and they , they will now join erm they wo n't find it so hard to join as the rich peasants but once again they 're not as enthusiastic and maybe they should be but they are , they are helping more but er er and this is the key er for which you know Mao talked about later is that we 've got to get the middle peasant actually actively involved |
| 27 | Galway know that they must come up with something extra special if they are to curb this young player who has gained immense respect throughout the sport . |
| 28 | But the fact they 're doing it i is because they want a revolution , they 're actually saying they , they are motivated these poor peasants , you know , the fact they are downtrodden , I mean , if you are comfortable then you 're not gon na go out and |
| 29 | They are supporting several other different users , but clearly if the five hundred pound , which they were anticipating , does n't come to them they are in grave financial difficulties again . |
| 30 | It should not be introduced at too early a stage ; teaching pupils a new dialect may be confusing when they are learning many other aspects of language use . |