Example sentences of "[conj] they [modal v] be [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of street interviews , where they may be working on ‘ quota ’ samples ( so many people of certain sex , age and class categories chosen by the interviewer to fit into the required quota ) , the discretion allowed may be considerable . |
| 2 | Some of the crew will go on to work on Tornados ; more are staying in the area for family reasons and will move to Brize Norton or Lyneham where they 'll be working on VC10s . |
| 3 | For example , if someone gave as their hobbies on their CV only reading and chess , and they were applying to you for a job where they would be working with the public , might you not have doubts about that person ? |
| 4 | Or they may be thinking about the unthinkable : independence for their tiny — but vastly more successful — China . |
| 5 | Or they may be coming to us , I do n't know . |
| 6 | They may be trying to understand and explain a whole period of the past or they may be concentrating on one individual problem . |
| 7 | But they hope it wo n't take too long or they 'll be rocking around the grandfather clock . |
| 8 | Thus the pilots may be found in the Engines Section absorbing the means whereby the aviation spirit and flames arrive at the right place at the right time to produce the urge for forward movement , or they could be watching in some fascination an array of lights and switches on a array known as ‘ electrics ’ which behave themselves so well under the persuasion of the engines instructor , but which flash and fail to respond in such heart-breaking fashion when the student is urged to demonstrate that he has ‘ got ’ it . |
| 9 | They are a useful cleaning option , supplementing chemical activity , although they can be damaging to some surfaces . |
| 10 | Little did they know that they would be stepping into Hunter and Rae Brown 's shoes less than a year later ! |
| 11 | Basically , it provided that they would be investing in her rather than letting her buy this or that security for them . |
| 12 | He said : ‘ They did not have certain top-class players out there , but the majority of those who came in were £1 million players and I felt that they would be fighting for a place in the Cup replay . ’ |
| 13 | The solicitors informed the local authority that they would be applying for an order for costs against the authority . |
| 14 | All that they would be tendering for would be to actually run the facility , and there 's no reason to suppose that a private contractor can do that any more cheaply , if they deliver the same quality of service , as the Local Authority can do , so it would n't actually save money , all it would do would mean that control of the level of service that was being delivered at those facilities was lost from the Council to a private contractor . |
| 15 | No particular form of words is necessary to create a floating charge ; it suffices if the intention is shown ( a ) to impose a charge on assets both present and future , ( b ) the assets are of such a nature that they would be changing in the ordinary course of the company 's business , and ( c ) the company is free to continue to deal with the assets in the ordinary course of its business . |
| 16 | She did n't have to be told that they would be arriving within seconds ; Marguerite 's tight shoulders told her that and Alain 's lips tightened too as the tension in the car reached him . |
| 17 | Yeah I think they had their own little meetings in various pubs or whatever after our meetings , and certainly the management in one of the quarries seemed to have a lot of information about what went on in our lodge meetings because of various members of this clique , I think we were all fairly sure that they would be returning to work , it was just when that was the crunch . |
| 18 | She rather thought then that they would be returning to their hotel , and , because she had enjoyed everything so much , she added sincerely , ‘ And thank you for taking me around , and for showing me so much . ’ |
| 19 | BASI News warned members that they would be working against French law and could be heavily fined . |
| 20 | So much so in fact that they 'll be looking to you to help them actually . |
| 21 | They find out that they 'll be competing against three local councillors from Kent , one from each of the main political parties — everyone crosses their fingers that they wo n't be able to agree on an answer . |
| 22 | Counselling will advise them of the risks , if any , that they may be taking by embarking on a further conception . |
| 23 | But I think they 'd just gone back for the money creed and once you get that well erm they do n't realize that they could be falling into the trap unless we blokes stand firm now to maintain this standard of living . |
| 24 | A Friday afternoon class not too prepared to believe that art was the most important thing that they could be doing at that time soon discovered they were wrong . |
| 25 | He complained that they should be looking after him instead of making him do all ‘ this nonsense ’ . |
| 26 | so we could have reduced that , and I think that is the criticism that I make of the Conservatives , not that the Conservatives in this council have done that , but that they should be apologizing for it . |
| 27 | Feminist psychologists too are becoming more aware that they should be dealing with ‘ race ’ differences , not as biological or cultural categories , but as historical and social relations which affect all their work . |
| 28 | ‘ It subtly reminds the client that they should be thinking about legal issues on a regular basis , ’ said . |
| 29 | Americans were exasperated that they should be paying for Europe 's defence when the Europeans were not doing their utmost to help themselves . |
| 30 | In contrast , it is extraordinarily encouraging to think that after the revolution , they will be guaranteed a basic diet , access to medical services , education and recreation and that they will be living in a creative and open society . |