Example sentences of "[verb] they be be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is claimed they are being refused community care grants and budgeting loans . |
| 2 | " I mean , they do n't know they 're being watched . |
| 3 | They had strict orders not to let the Ping Tiao know they were being observed , but it was not something they could do indefinitely . |
| 4 | ’ When they realise they 're being watched , they 'll move around the store from department to department , trying on different clothes , testing make-up and so on . |
| 5 | With the fall in population more land became available , and those peasants who survived found they were being offered more favourable landholding terms by some lords and left the poorer lands for vacant richer lands elsewhere . |
| 6 | They all laughed and it helped to relieve the tension , but when they returned to the occupational health centre , far from being criticised for their performance , they heard only praise and found they were being treated as heroes . |
| 7 | ‘ Young thugs do n't like to know they are being watched and these cameras have been especially good at cutting down on incidents in the street , ’ he said . |
| 8 | It would certainly save trouble to be rid of the children , and to know they were being taught . |
| 9 | Cheese-makers say they are being squeezed by the effects of two systems in the rigidly-controlled milk market . |
| 10 | All three potential Kunsthalle directors say they are being welcomed by the lower Manhattan art community . |
| 11 | Now processors say they are being offered plastic waste with a dowry of £50–100 a tonne attached . |
| 12 | They say they are being presented with a £200 bill for training . |
| 13 | She says they 're being fed chicken and trout , and have put on lots of weight . |
| 14 | That will make householders feel they are being doubly penalised . |
| 15 | For them , the use of the term ‘ British ’ as a synonym for ‘ English ’ is an insult , a fact that English Conservatives sometimes overlook : introducing the poll tax a year early in Scotland was probably the worst blow to British unity in recent years , for it made the Scots feel they were being treated like second-class citizens . |
| 16 | Reagan 's low-key , laid-back , non-specific approach clearly went down well with legislators who , for once , could feel they were being treated as genuine co-partners in the policy-making process . |
| 17 | And someone buying it looking for that kind of book could justifiably feel they were being sold short . |
| 18 | ‘ And the boys would never see they were being fooled . |
| 19 | They feel that Shetlanders do not appreciate the sacrifices they are making : instead they suspect they are being regarded by Shetlanders as a nuisance not really to be welcomed and as far as possible to be ignored altogether . |
| 20 | I suspect they were being cared for under the Central Methodist hall . |
| 21 | Maybe it was n't the most satisfying job in the world but the men on loo patrol will no doubt be distressed to hear they 're being replaced by a machine . |
| 22 | Two refused to talk , having been told they were being recorded ( which is mandatory procedure at the Beeb and quite rightly ) . |
| 23 | In February , they were told they were being laid off as part of County Council spending cuts . |
| 24 | But you could you could bug someone probably like say that was covered up you could talk to them and make , they would n't even realize they were being |
| 25 | yo you know they 're are like children are n't they ? |
| 26 | As their letter informed me , it 's enough that they know they 're being watched . ’ |
| 27 | If they know they 're being watched , they try to get clever by splitting up . |
| 28 | Yeah I know they were is that what they were for ? |
| 29 | I spect they 're being taken someplace for stuff to be put in them . |
| 30 | Tenants in a house at Brockworth near Gloucester , who say they 've been paying rent for six months , barracaded themselves in when they heard they were being evicted because their landlord had defaulted on his mortgage . |