Example sentences of "they [verb] be [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were overheating in the Med , which they claimed was like swimming in spit . |
| 2 | The approach which they employed was by using hard systems which are capable of specification , analysis and manipulation in a more or less rigorous and quantitative manner ; soft systems which are not tractable by mathematical methods ; by exploring examples ; and by combining interdisciplinary approaches by reviewing the dilemmas which confront man 's intervention in natural systems . |
| 3 | Everyone arrives with a stack of singles which they think are worth considering for the playlist . |
| 4 | The way we see it , they both did a runner and they 've been in hiding ever since . ’ |
| 5 | Treasurer Keating had used high interest rates as his main weapon in the struggle to reduce the country 's current account deficit , but they had been for blamed for contributing to the loss of business confidence . |
| 6 | The foreman , Ricky Hill , said afterwards that the only problem they had was in deciding exactly when Mr Bakker began the pattern of fraud . |
| 7 | And the only privilege they have is of looking after us is n't it ? |
| 8 | Obviously , the ability to continue someone else 's work is very dependent on how disciplined they have been in identifying work to be done and returning successful work to LIFESPAN . |
| 9 | Later in the post it should be established how successful they have been in doing so . |