Example sentences of "[modal v] be [v-ing] [adv] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British auction houses must be laughing up their sleeves — clients will go to them more and more ’ , said Buffetaud . |
| 2 | ‘ The tobacco companies must be laughing up their sleeves , ’ she said . |
| 3 | They 'll be pitching out their Agas all over the country . |
| 4 | And that makes people angry , and , and hostile , because that 's what guilt has to er there will also be a lot of bottled up distress because they 'll think ‘ well he 's there , I 've got no right to cry , I 'm safe home ’ , so they 'll be bottling up their feelings about it . |
| 5 | In 1992 they 'll be letting down their hair in the traditional manner between 19th September and 4th October . |
| 6 | They 'd be hiding down their hole . |
| 7 | They 'd be hiding down their hole , would n't they ? |
| 8 | His political group fears that , by making a deal with the Iraqis , the Kurdish leaders may be letting down their comrades . |
| 9 | Kelly 's management say they will continue with measures to eradicate drug abuse on the premises and that following the incident they would be stepping up their own security . |
| 10 | Det Sgt Hardy Jones of Darlington CID said police would be stepping up their surveillance of the area and advised women walking around Harrowgate Hill to be on their guard . |
| 11 | I suspect that if ever the day came when we had the misfortune of the Labour party inflicting regional government on us from Newcastle , those people would be wondering why their income tax or whatever other form of tax that Labour would seek to impose was so much higher in the northern region than elsewhere . |
| 12 | The SDLP 's Pat Devine said that his party would be working out their policy for the AGM at a series of meetings involving all 17 of their councillors . |
| 13 | The Canadian health authorities in turn will be watching both their American and British counterparts . |
| 14 | The 3 threatened hamlets will be stepping up their campaign in the coming months to convince the County Council that a rural haven must not be lost forever . |
| 15 | Some of them will be doubling up their games . ’ |
| 16 | A team of volunteers from British Gas Plymouth & Cornwall District will be rolling up their sleeves to build a ‘ quiet area ’ for the pupils at Bere Alston County Primary School on the weekend of 24 and 25 April . |
| 17 | Having studied the Novell Inc and IBM distribution models , it looks like Microsoft is starting to recruit VARs and system integrators for NT and will be beefing up their skills . |