Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [v-ing] [that] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can I just say at this point that erm John will happ had a word with the landlady and the landlord of the Reindeer , with regards to this application , and what the landlady told John was that she and her husband would dearly like to do away with the breeze block garage that is there , that is totally out of character , and extend the car park way back to the garages , but the brewery are insisting that they do what is planned here and do away with some of the |
| 2 | Following the success of Tracy Edwards and her Maiden crew in the Whitbread Round the World Race , women involved in yachting are realising that they have a great chance to attain their sailing goals . |
| 3 | The men had been dead for at least a week and speculation is mounting that they had suffocated after locking themselves in the container . |
| 4 | Union leaders of the largest union in the Fox F M area are warning that they have n't ruled out the possibility of taking strike action in pursuit of their pay claim . |
| 5 | In other words , not only do we not have in front of us an exact cost for the works that are being voted through in this Bill — we have to go on the basis of an outdated figure of £1.4 billion , which is in itself an enormous amount — but the Government are saying that they do not have the foggiest idea whether the amount involved will accord with their investment criteria . |