Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [pron] [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Tories have been comforting themselves that they are holding their own in marginal seats while Labour 's national poll ratings are being inflated by piling up extra support in its strongholds . |
| 2 | They 're inspecting us and they 're considering what we are and whether we 're all right . |
| 3 | Cos she 's gone mad and they put it on her , right , and they , they 're holding her and they 're tapping out of the stage sidewards and she 's sort of like going like this , she , she , thinks all these nice men 'll love me and then like at the end of the show you see them , they 're tapping her out of the studio and putting her into a van and she 's still wearing a straight jacket and smiling at you . |
| 4 | But now tha , they 're , they 're punishing them because they 're they 're ancient ! |
| 5 | I mean we 're doing it because they 're cheap . |
| 6 | This is just well I mean it maybe connected with that but we 're doing it because they want to increase the car parks . |
| 7 | ‘ A lot of people could do what we 're doing , ’ ponders Rat , ‘ but the fact is we 're doing it and they 're not . |
| 8 | ‘ A lot of people could do what we 're doing , ’ ponders Rat , ‘ but the fact is we 're doing it and they 're not . |
| 9 | Well y you 'll appreciate why I 've asked the question er Mr , because they supported it , they made representations in support at the consultation draft stage , they did n't object at the deposit stage , and yet today , as I understand your evidence , you 're telling us that they do object to site D thirty nine being shown within the inset . |
| 10 | And er said about it 's a regular and er they 're doing it proper , they 're putting them on jigs so they 're welding them and they 're out of line and all sorts ! |
| 11 | The owners say that they are so new to the game that for the moment they are selling everything because they do not know what will eventually prove profitable . |
| 12 | If they are expecting something that they have n't got , it may well be that their expectation is wrong . |
| 13 | If they are expecting something that they have n't got , it may well be that their expectation is wrong . |
| 14 | Now what we have to know is whether or not they are in fact getting these contracts because they are the best and the cheapest , or whether they are getting it because they have the best connections and they are paying the most money . |
| 15 | Despite John Smith 's firm establishment as an authoritative and credible alternative Prime Minister , Labour are fooling themselves if they think a change of leader is all that was required to bring about a change of government . |
| 16 | People are treating me like they 're happy to see me . ’ |
| 17 | Perhaps the former are slower ; or perhaps they are doing it because they want people to say they are working hard . |
| 18 | Lot of people are doing it because they just ca n't well circumstances . |
| 19 | I 'm dreading it when they |
| 20 | Or is there any sense in which those who oppose and vote against a particular policy or decision can be said to assent to it , or can be said to be governing themselves when they have voted against the policy that has been adopted ? |
| 21 | The Manchester winner came after seventy two minutes ; Swindon will be kicking themselves as they watch how substitute David Oldfield , a £6,000 signing from Luton , got the deciding goal . |
| 22 | ‘ A major factor in attracting customers will be assuring them that they can park quickly , cheaply and conveniently despite the upheavals , ’ he said . |
| 23 | Now he does say he would you know he even thinks he could be a Gold Cup horse and emulate Dawn Run I mean again it 's it 's great claims this early on but er they would n't be running him if they did n't think he 's got a chance . |
| 24 | No they 'll be having theirs before they come . |
| 25 | Yeah but I 'm doing it and they clock in |
| 26 | I agree what Rita asked for which was that it should all be archived in a central divisional higher , and I am taking it that they I think that the way we generally go about it that when we do n't get an enquiry erm , or when we do n't get a commission we keep a copy of it with the documents for a reasonable period of time . |
| 27 | Because it was the women themselves who were organizing it because they felt part of it they did n't see it as some sort of other people that were more politically motivated that than them giving them something to keep them out on strike , which by its very nature could could have been something that the people would have accepted for a while and then not accepted . |
| 28 | The , th th th the o the other thing that is I think , I think there is something in this , is that there was , at least within some sections of the peasantry , erm er a , a kind of erm revolutionary zeal which they were building themselves and they were wanting to go beyond the Party . |
| 29 | The means-tested payment for home helps meant that some clients who needed such help were refusing it because they had to pay for it . |
| 30 | The flies were troubling them and they blew through distended nostrils , or shook their heads , or stamped an impatient hoof . |