Example sentences of "be [not/n't] [v-ing] [adv] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's not unusual , because I quite often find that one partner 's not working and therefore they 're not using up their tax allowance so at retirement or before , I can move money into their name , and there are good reasons for doing that . |
| 2 | A relative who is staying at the Bennetts ' Liverpool Road home stressed today that they were not building up their hopes . |
| 3 | Whilst the plague lasted many chaplains and curates were not carrying out their duties and the Bishop commanded them under pain of interdict and suspension to return to their parishes . |
| 4 | For instance you could n't , like nowadays , tighten up a slack scene where people were n't picking up their cues so quickly by cutting out a few pauses here and there . |
| 5 | It is what happens when the boss is not breathing down their necks . ’ |
| 6 | I mean , surely somebody 's not carrying out their work ? |