Example sentences of "they be [v-ing] [prep] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , some accept its authority and obey its instructions because they are binding on them . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ I have to understand what the problems are and why they are arguing about them . |
| 4 | They 're overflowing with them ! |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , they 'll take you for that , all right ; they 're fishing for them like mackerel . ’ |
| 6 | so they 're working on them ? |
| 7 | You know so it 's it 's it 's six of one and half a dozen of the other really , but the company worker learns to be the guidelines the rules the routines of the company and er also really backs up the company line you know and what they 're doing for them really is for the company . |
| 8 | It 's amazing what they 're doing with them . |
| 9 | cancers I think you 'll find that what they 're doing with them ar a lot of those cancers will be cured . |
| 10 | ‘ But there 's nothing , ’ Clare repeated in amazement , as she followed Caro over the raw uneven ground , and looked back at the truncated ends of the streets they were leaving behind them . |
| 11 | Well honestly they were laying into them so |
| 12 | Now they were thinner and leaner and much dirtier and all they were taking with them were the torn and grubby clothes they stood up in . |
| 13 | They were waiting for them inside the restaurant , which turned out to be a smallish place that somehow managed to achieve an atmosphere of casualness and intimacy at the same time . |
| 14 | They were waiting for them . |
| 15 | For example I can remember erm hearing that erm Spanish some Spanish oran orange growers who grow their oranges under tunnels , er were getting very depressed because of the erm chemicals they were spraying on them had a harmful effect on their nervous systems . |
| 16 | They mentioned names of lots of other cities too , but I could n't hear what they were saying about them clearly with that leather over my lugs . ’ |
| 17 | They were coming towards them now and Fernando had n't seen her yet ; this was so awful . |
| 18 | When Jessica poked her in the ribs and swore they were coming for them , she hardly raised her head . |
| 19 | They were they were asking for them to make more slates for for less money and they were n't prepared to sit down and really talk it through with the men they just treated you know they just had this awful attitude |