Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [coord] they [am/are] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er I think what he 's trying to say about the rich peasants is that er that they were always resisting the movement , it was only later on when they find that you know , that they , they need to get involved otherwise their own positions are er threatened then , then they 're joining and they 're only joining but were not actually participating in it , they 're not moving along , and so that 's what , that 's why he 's making a distinction between different types of peasants . |
| 2 | Well , they 're trying but they 're not sure whether they will be successful . |
| 3 | Other wheels are turning but they are not our concern . |
| 4 | he 's just saying no but they 're really good and I 'm going but they 're not , they 're rubbish . |
| 5 | crap bands and I 'm going but they 're so untalented , sort it out and he 's going |
| 6 | it 's a tangent it 's just another thing to be aware of er that certain put their exam but it 's along the same thing cos I know what 's happening and they 're not writing G C S E but they 're writing exam entries so many pupils x number of subjects so many passes okay ? |