Example sentences of "they [be] [v-ing] [conj] they [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He recognises that they are boasting when they talk . |
| 2 | According to Bernard Asbell , author of The Book Of You , wedded couples do n't feel the need to look into each other 's eyes when they are speaking because they feel at ease with each other . |
| 3 | The basic problem is a lack of women in a position for management promotion , because they are leaving before they get the opportunity . |
| 4 | When the whistle is blown again , the leader gives instructions such as ‘ hop ’ , ‘ walk backwards ’ , ‘ jump with two feet together ’ , ‘ run slowly ’ or ‘ walk again' until the leader eventually says ‘ Bus stop ’ when all the children must continue the way they are going until they reach the entrance to the bus when they go and sit down . |
| 5 | He may turn the argument on those galleries by saying that , in effect , they are admitting that they do not have any works of art that are available or appropriate for disposal . |
| 6 | We could ask each child to say ( or write ) what they are feeling as they leave the island , but we might first want to focus on the leavetaking in a more active way . |
| 7 | A learning technique in which individuals perform a series of sequential actions and say what they are doing as they perform each action . |
| 8 | Scientists , he said , must explain to the public what they are doing if they want to receive continued support . |
| 9 | Unfortunately many modern anthropologists are very vague as to which of these different objections they are making when they object to ‘ evolutionism ’ in general . |
| 10 | And they 're touring after they 've |
| 11 | those are the people who need to adjust what , how they 're living and they do n't . |
| 12 | If they 're whingeing because they have n't got quite the times they hoped for , then let them complain into your shell-like ear for a change . |
| 13 | You often see people looking at you and you know that they 're wondering if they know you . |
| 14 | They 're lying if they say they do n't . |
| 15 | According to their ever-so convincing press release ‘ They know what they 're doing and they use loops , breaks and samples the way other people breathe . |
| 16 | Erm and the car just broke up in half and that was , that had been er welded but like the police are saying as well as soon as they sort of get wise to what they 're doing and they find a way to er you know , get on to them , they devised something else . |
| 17 | They just do n't know how they 're surviving but they keep going on ! |