Example sentences of "they [am/are] [v-ing] nothing " in BNC.
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| 1 | A further £300m is going on pension increases for widows and an improved scheme for current workers but they are getting nothing . |
| 2 | Many are those who believe they are munching the famed Grey Burgundy snails , picked from the soft , green hills of France when in fact , they are swallowing nothing less than imported slugs , many from the Far East ! |
| 3 | When young supporters chant ‘ We 'll be running round Pompey with our willies hanging out , singing I 've got a bigger one than you ’ , or some other scatological rhyme , slightly changed to fit the time and place , they are doing nothing new . |
| 4 | just as there are too many people who feel guilty if they are doing nothing , there are far too many who seem to feel guilty if they are joyful . |
| 5 | The youths studied — and you might like to consider the extent to which their experiences and expectations are commonplace — and are aware that in their leisure time they are doing nothing , are bored with it . |
| 6 | However , most subjects reported that they are doing nothing to avoid TB exposure , and many of those who report doing something are taking precautions that are not likely to be effective . |
| 7 | ‘ We have people here who are QCs and clergymen and they feel they have to be very careful , although they are doing nothing wrong . ’ |
| 8 | they 're earning nothing for us and really |
| 9 | They 're funking nothing . |
| 10 | it 's not as if they 're having nothing . |
| 11 | She says she ca n't understand why they 're contributing nothing . |
| 12 | She says she ca n't understand why they 're contributing nothing . |
| 13 | So they 're doing nothing then , are they ? |
| 14 | But the firms owners say that they 're doing nothing wrong . |