Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [conj] [conj] they [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women and men stand in a different relationship to language and women writers should remember this fact both while they are writing and when they receive rejection slips from publishers . |
| 2 | I do n't know how long they 're staying but when they come here it is usually impossible to get rid of them . ’ |
| 3 | So you 're saying that because they have these names , their probably is an equation . |
| 4 | You 're behaving as though they have a right to come nosing where they are n't wanted . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Nurses everywhere are saying that although they remain loyal to the NHS , they are frustrated by not being able to give patients the quality of care they need . |
| 6 | And they were saying that when they lick each others |
| 7 | It is hard , after a lifetime of sharing disappointments and problems with a parent , to find that they are no longer capable of sustaining conversation , that their memory is failing or that they have little interest in things outside their own immediate situation . |