Example sentences of "they 're [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're holding urgent discussions with the manufacturers to trace all the mixers sold . |
| 2 | Alas , they 're not — in fact they 're blimmin' awful ! |
| 3 | They 're summing expected income over all future periods |
| 4 | They 're singing gold-rush songs at the tops of their voices in the dayniter and it 's a wonder they have n't all rocked the train right off the rails , with the noise and the booze . ’ |
| 5 | What expression do they have when they 're thinking black thoughts about someone they 're trying to ingratiate themselves with , or when they 're being praised for qualities they 're aware they do n't possess ? |
| 6 | They are not content to stop now , they 're thinking big for the future . |
| 7 | They 're getting desperate about the cabaret . |
| 8 | I think they 're getting desperate and Berlin seems the likeliest cause . |
| 9 | ‘ They 're getting dirty already . ’ |
| 10 | Well they 're getting comfy seats and we 're star well as you can see from the last play , Wuthering Heights that erm we actually lost money on that I know it will happen but I feel that we ought to erm go along and get into a healthier position again . |
| 11 | So are they looking for it to lead to a , sort of getting back to last week 's terminology , a restoration or , or are are they actually , do they know that they 're getting involved in a revolution ? |
| 12 | ‘ I reckon they 're getting used to what I put down . |
| 13 | Now they 're getting used to being bald and bad before the production opens at the Wyvern Theatre on the 20th of July … |
| 14 | Well they 're getting increasing control , increasing control but not and er so yo what you 're saying is that , is that even if , if you go back to the reality of nineteen forty eight , actually they did n't realize they were going to get that control as quickly . |
| 15 | ‘ Do fling them off if they 're getting obstreperous , Bob . |
| 16 | I know it is with me , er , with Dad 's Army , so er , if they 're getting huge ratings with those repeats , well , they 're obviously gon na put them on are n't they ? |
| 17 | They 're getting broken . |
| 18 | They 're getting smart . |
| 19 | when er , we 've kept friends you see , they do n't come here often , like me they 're getting old |
| 20 | They 're getting old . |
| 21 | The advancing good management project again , has prioritised certain kinds of disadvantage organisations , to ensure that they 're getting funded , and that 's also reflected in the representation on the Committee . |
| 22 | If you go down Road there , I know they 're getting confused , if you go just straight up below the arch onto the main road to Belfast and Antrim , turn right up the top of the road a bit , and it 's your first er it 's building on the |
| 23 | ‘ I think they 're getting ready for the Second Front , ’ Sarah told Maureen , ‘ although Joe did n't say so . ’ |
| 24 | the hall was , they 're getting ready for lunch |
| 25 | I do n't care if they 're hallucinating purple snakes and blue baboons , because the whole point of putting them on a boat is that they ca n't get off and swim home , and they ca n't get drugs on board , and they ca n't bribe you to take them to land , and that means they 'll have no damned choice but to get cured . ’ |
| 26 | The Alliss ' have never accepted that outcome , and now they 're taking civil action to claim damages against the Maules . |
| 27 | The Alliss ' have never accepted that outcome , and now they 're taking civil action to claim damages against the Maules . |
| 28 | But now more and more maybe cos they 're taking early retirement or getting made redundant I mean it 's the fellers is n't it ? |
| 29 | The conservators have put up signs on Castlemorton Copmmon today telling the travellers they 're taking legal action and asking them to leave … |
| 30 | For instance , in American factories ( I visited Peavey a couple of years ago and many , if not most of Yamaha 's processes apply there , too ) there 's a far higher proportion of musicians involved — people who know why guitars work and who are actively interested in the fact that they 're producing musical instruments and not simply ‘ product ’ . |