Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [adv] [conj] they [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as the directives are binding only if they do not deviate much from right reason and as we should act on them only if they are binding , we always have to go back to fundamentals . |
| 2 | Well you were just talking about children erm my feeling is that we 're all children , there is no division between being a child and an adult and I think that they can accept a whole lot , but there 's a whole lot of adults that ca n't accept the shocks that are happening today and they put them into their subconscious and unfortunately it comes out in so many other ways — it comes over as a neurosis or as a mental disorder at some later date . |
| 3 | It 's fairy story nonsense , the very idea of their existence in these days when people are dying daily because they do n't have enough money to operate one radiator in the house , to me , is immoral . |
| 4 | and they 're living there and they do n't speak Welsh |
| 5 | you often get down the Tornados coming , whizzing down , below you , you know you 're looking down as they come past |
| 6 | ‘ Today they 're coming forward as they see their rights being taken away . ’ |
| 7 | Where they 're coming obviously because they believe in that sort of thing so |
| 8 | and they 're saying well and they claim there is n't a job at all . |
| 9 | I like to think I 've been helpful to somebody else , so that they do n't make the same mistake as I made , or so that they know the responsibilities they 're taking on if they do have the baby . |
| 10 | They had the sense not to plough in and now they 're laying off until they hear from us . ’ |
| 11 | F. Four New Towns have been growing rapidly as they attract some of the population to better housing and new jobs in their own footloose industries . |
| 12 | The yachts are slowing down as they approach Fremantle and the effect of the high-pressure zone becomes apparent . |
| 13 | The yachts are slowing down as they approach Fremantle and the effect of the high-pressure zone becomes apparent . |
| 14 | Heather Goodchild , entertainment analyst at credit ratings agency Standard & Poor 's , said yesterday : ‘ MGM 's films just are n't working , their debts are running away and they have major problems in their corporate structure . ’ |
| 15 | In the US , for instance , the cost of supporting a child to the age of 18 — excluding college fees — is over $100,000 and 50% of American women using contraception are doing so because they feel they ca n't afford another child . |
| 16 | The families are suffering badly because they do n't earn enough to live on . |
| 17 | Ron , 74 , of Wrafton , Devon , said : ‘ We 'll be going even when they have to wheel us in . ’ |
| 18 | But it wo n't be arriving there until they get this Well they have the C D ROM , they just have n't got it up and running . |
| 19 | Miracle Squares I think there 's a lot of thought gone into it you know , it ca n't be easy to re er to , to just dream up a game erm , I like the one about you go to the last supper and the waiter spills soup on your trousers , the waiter , ha tell you else about the Marx brothers an'all , the waiter is er the king of Snowdonia and it 's Groucho Marx , the , they 've got this massive hall , and er these big steps leading down into it you know and as , as they 're coming in there 's somebody at the top and Ann says who 's , who 's walking in and they walk down the stairs you know and Mr and Mrs and the king has you know and he says oh the king Snowdonia is about to arrive , he should be here any minute now , he should be here dead on this time you know , he gets these big fanfare trumpets up da , da , da , da , the king of Snowdonia , and there 's nothing and all of a sudden it flashes to Groucho Marx and then he 's in bed with |
| 20 | It can help some to keep track of what is going on if they have others to help them . |
| 21 | I have as much right to know what 's going on as they do . |
| 22 | It 's to keep you invested in building societies , only they , they 're frantic because all the money 's going out and they want to keep their erm their erm deposits up , so they 're offering these schemes , and they are quite good , there are no charges as such , but er you 'll get the value of the fund that they 've made , or you 'll get a say two or three percent bonus per annum on top of the er share rate , er if you keep it for four or five years . |
| 23 | The bank automatically thinks he 's doing badly because they do n't hear anything from him . |
| 24 | ‘ They know the anniversary 's coming up and they want to start the whole damn Reconciliation over again . ’ |
| 25 | Then there 's clearing up after they 've gone . ’ |
| 26 | Two of my sons are working too and they bring in about 300 rupees a month each . |