Example sentences of "they be [v-ing] [pron] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 8 ) Audiotext Harvard OTC ) " They are expanding their telephone lines dramatically , as they are getting several times the number of calls they had anticipated . " |
| 2 | One of the explanations for the dolphin 's superb streamlining seems to be that while they are swimming their skin surface shifts in folds or ripples , caused not by muscular action but as a response to changes in pressure on different parts of the body . |
| 3 | Companies such as Rank Xerox are so dedicated to the idea that they are inverting their organisation structures to ensure that the front-line troops — those who interface most closely with the customer become the focus of attention . |
| 4 | Some companies are so short of staff that they are offering their women workers flexible hours , together with substantial sums to cover their child-minding costs . |
| 5 | any person named in your policy schedule and certificate of motor insurance provided they are driving your motor cycle or using your motor cycle with your permission |
| 6 | More and more teachers in training are at least receiving an introduction to special needs ; are being encouraged to seek out information on special needs policy and practice in the schools in which they are doing their teaching practice , and are being introduced to a variety of approaches to meeting their needs . |
| 7 | They 're calling them bus shelters now . |
| 8 | ‘ There 's a new expression for YT that trainees are using this year — they 're calling it Slave Training , ’ said Mr Hanson . |
| 9 | The whole of Britain … seems to have caught it … the symptoms … you hear a racing car at full throttle in the ears … you go misty eyed at the sight of union jacks waving in the wind and then you start talking … rambling about red five … its a new disease … they 're calling it Mansell Mania … |
| 10 | Les Conn : ‘ Well , of course , the people were n't prepared for that kind of entertainment and they all put their hands over their ears , and Bloom started screaming , ‘ Get them off , they 're ruining my wedding party ’ . |
| 11 | Now they own their coun well they 're buying their council house he works for where was you know , and she 's erm something director , financial director now . |
| 12 | They can not be doing any honest work if they 're spending their life filling pieces of paper to go into these ring binders . |
| 13 | Which , erm if you work it out for Didcot , it means they 're reducing their sulphur output from 300 tonnes , to 200 tonnes a day , which , the figure of 200 tonnes is still erm terrifying . |
| 14 | Apparently they 're giving him laser treatment for it . |
| 15 | So if somebody gets H I , yes , because gets , takes out a policy at twenty five , gets diagnosed H I V at thirty , and they 're still living , they have n't actually got full blown aids , and they can live for a hell of a long time afterwards , they 're paying their W O P premium for a long , long time . |
| 16 | They 're transplanting their cottage garden a handful of plants at a time from their present home to the new house they 'll be moving to in November . |
| 17 | I wondered whether they were using my secretary Jean to do the work of other departments . |
| 18 | It 's alleged he fondled the women and suggested they take off their clothes while they were taking their driving tests . |
| 19 | People walked past La Farmacia , Botica del Sol and El Paso Shoes in the late afternoons as if they were making their evening promenade through a village in Mexico . |
| 20 | The Shiites thought they were doing what President Bush wanted when they staged their uprising in March 1991 . |
| 21 | Most UK banks announced on July 13 that they were lowering their base lending rates by 0.5 per cent , from 11.5 to 11 per cent , upon a signal from the Bank of England . |
| 22 | Presently they were testing their sensor pick-ups , temperature regulators , air purificators … |
| 23 | Both are possibilities but some of the smaller cairns look as though they were thrown together by walkers while they were having their tea break . |
| 24 | The reason for the move is that Phil took redundancy from BP when they announced that they were closing their Glasgow office and has since found a job with a Swedish oil company in London . |