Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] they [am/are] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They include , to give just a few examples , realizing that they have re-read the same page of a book three times without taking any of it in ; nearly getting knocked over crossing the road ; yelling ‘ Tie ! ’ at a pupil they do n't know ; noticing that they are both reading a magazine and watching the television while having their evening meal ; spotting the line of empty wine bottles that has accrued since the weekend . |
| 2 | And DM shoes — I do n't wear them , but a lot of my friends do , and you ca n't help noticing that they 're much better made than the shoes for girls , they last so much longer . |
| 3 | There is obviously something wrong with a portrayal of children as totally lacking in reason until they leap out of bed on their tenth birthday announcing that they are now able to act on principle . |
| 4 | He has refused , so far , to bring the Moroccan troops home , but has issued a pamphlet explaining that they are not under allied command , and will not attack Iraq . |
| 5 | it 's a tangent it 's just another thing to be aware of er that certain put their exam but it 's along the same thing cos I know what 's happening and they 're not writing G C S E but they 're writing exam entries so many pupils x number of subjects so many passes okay ? |
| 6 | The new breeds of patio roses , Polyantha roses , and the modern shrub roses mentioned above , are all excellent subjects for pressing as they are considerably smaller than some other varieties , and bear a constant flow of flowers throughout the summer . |
| 7 | There 's an ecological number sung in typically spacey fashion ‘ The world 's spinning round , like a looney balloon ’ ; there 's an anti-Thatcher song summarising the Prime Minister 's lack of sensitivity in the one charge that she does n't like rock n roll ; and , proving that they are probably the only pop band ready for the single European market , there is an EC tribute : ‘ Down All The Days ( to 1992 ) ’ . |
| 8 | Scientific examination has shown that they are made of bronze similar to that used in genuine Italic figures from Italy and the patination appears to have developed over a long period , suggesting that they are not modern copies . |
| 9 | increase in the number of those in temporary accommodation , but is the Minister suggesting that they are not homeless ? |
| 10 | There is , therefore , a double dissociation between the effects of visual cortex and superior colliculus lesions , suggesting that they are functionally independent . |
| 11 | ‘ Attention was called to the Company 's payment of £50 per annum to the Vicar of Stantonbury for managing these schools , seeing that they are about to be handed over to a School Board and it was agreed that the payment be continued as in respect of Sunday School management , but during the pleasure of the Board and to the present incumbent only ’ . |
| 12 | The reality that there are rights of ownership and that they are liable to , and do , conflict with those of labour can not be exorcised by pretending that they are not there ; and it is the exclusion of the public sector from the Committee 's purview which admits that reality . |
| 13 | Recognise that addictive diseases affects different people in different ways and it is very variable in its intensity but that all share the denial of believing that they are not addicted : the crucial test of addiction is not whether one can stop the use of an addictive substance or behaviour but whether one can happily stay off and not be drawn back to it or to something equally addictive . |
| 14 | We may project the values we use ourselves on to other people — imagining that they are as critical as we are . |
| 15 | As we have seen earlier , this is a Freudian term implying that they are still committed to the ‘ pleasure principle ’ . |
| 16 | implying that they 're not any good , or not as good . |
| 17 | ( ‘ And their void shields are overlapping because they 're so figging close together ! |
| 18 | Councillor and Councillor mentioned testing and they 're dead right , I oppose it , it 's an irrelevance , a complete distraction . |
| 19 | he 's just saying no but they 're really good and I 'm going but they 're not , they 're rubbish . |
| 20 | crap bands and I 'm going but they 're so untalented , sort it out and he 's going |
| 21 | Other wheels are turning but they are not our concern . |
| 22 | The evaluation and assessment of test data on completely new products or packs and the problem of deciding whether they are sufficiently stable or whether they adequately protect the product under market conditions is more difficult . |
| 23 | Providing that they 're not all taken . |
| 24 | Interest can also be paid gross to overseas residents provided a declaration is signed stating that they are not ordinarily resident in the UK . |
| 25 | Someone will be exempt if they have a certificate from a doctor stating that they are severely mentally impaired and are also receiving one or more of certain social security benefits including attendance allowance , severe disablement allowance , or invalidity benefit . |
| 26 | The people are bright , reasonably well educated and unusually patriotic considering that they are invariably descended from a mix of European and African Negro forebears . |
| 27 | It 's nice to be able to walk across the road but I find that people are complaining because they 're not able to park . |
| 28 | They 're worth considering because they are less expensive and have strong ; wearing qualities . |
| 29 | People are either not coming or they 're not spending as much . |
| 30 | so I 'm stuck for the next three weeks and half a week because I , you know I get the , August bank holiday I get two days , saying that they 're probably going up to Grans for a week in the holidays er sometime to stay with her particularly with her being on her own as well this year |