Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [noun] [prep] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE two winners of round-the-world holidays in our exclusive Courtauld News competition are finalising plans for their dream trips in February . |
| 2 | There 's the ex-taxi driver , the chicken farmer and the house decorator who are building robots in their spare time for space projects . |
| 3 | More than 80 years later , Lenin 's heirs are allowing refugees from their Communist regime escape in the opposite direction , in an East German-made train travelling across East German territory . |
| 4 | WWF-Malaysia is opposed to the tropical timber boycott advocated by most environmental groups , and it has echoed the Malaysian government 's complaints that European environmental groups are using misinformation in their campaigns [ see EDs 57 , 58 ] . |
| 5 | ‘ The incident occurred after school hours , but we are helping police with their investigations , ’ he said . |
| 6 | It 's expected to take two months just to identify and catalogue the antiques so they can be matched with items reported stolen.Two men are helping police with their inquiries . |
| 7 | The nations are demanding compensation for their curbing of forest exploitation by cattle ranching and logging . |
| 8 | So two private dealers are gaining recognition through their artists . |
| 9 | The travellers have now left their sites in Milton Keynes … but police are keeping track of their movements in case they 're soon in a popsition to make an arrest . |
| 10 | Such a control group could also have been identified easily as all practices have been keeping records of their referrals for x ray examinations since the introduction of the new contract in April 1990 . |
| 11 | Their survival in office challenged efficient management of the duchy and may have entailed actual financial loss if they had been keeping revenue in their own hands . |
| 12 | Their survival in office challenged efficient management of the duchy and may have entailed actual financial loss if they had been keeping revenue in their own hands . |
| 13 | The children have been writing letters to their MP John Patten . |
| 14 | So they 'd have been picking people in their thirties then , now they 'd be in their sixties . |
| 15 | However , the requirements of the two schemes differ considerably as , according to the Ministry of Forestry , the elephants are wandering miles from their usual territories , whereas Operation Tiger required the creation of relatively small reserves . |
| 16 | ‘ Unfortunately they 're demanding payment for their services . ’ |
| 17 | That 's to see if you can identify what the problems are with each of those three , and why they 're experiencing difficulties in their job . |
| 18 | They 're putting hexes on their bosses at the bank . ’ |
| 19 | They seem born to the hard sell ethos although new severe regulations against cold-calling and for " knowing the client " are forcing changes in their attitude . |
| 20 | THE BEATLES are suing Sony over their release of an archive bootleg , ‘ The Beatles Live At the Star Club — 1962 ’ . |
| 21 | Percy Nash and his wife Hortense have been nurturing orchids at their Gloucestershire home for more than thirty years . |
| 22 | A group of nuns are facing eviction from their convent after running up debts of more than a million pounds . |
| 23 | A group of nuns are facing eviction from their convent after running up debts of more than a million pounds . |
| 24 | Police are installing scramblers on their personal radios . |
| 25 | But it occurs to me that if they are having sex with their patients ( or clients ) regularly , this may well be the only useful thing they are doing for them . |
| 26 | Some cars are having trouble with their radio calls . |
| 27 | They may have different areas of expertise and will be able to concentrate on these without having to sit through lengthy periods when colleagues are asking questions about their own area of interest . |
| 28 | The logic is inescapable and is supported by no less a body than the French Centre d'Observation Economique ( CEO ) , which published a report last month showing that French franc appreciation hit French export competitiveness in mid-1992 , while French manufacturers have been losing ground in their domestic market since the middle of 1991 . |
| 29 | And Rover have been giving help with their 1400 K Series engine . |
| 30 | With increasing integration , some special school teachers are spending part of their time in ordinary schools , supporting children with special educational needs in ordinary classes or special classes and units attached to the ordinary school . |