Example sentences of "they be [v-ing] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several hotel and leisure groups are already beginning to diversify into this field : they are aiming at the top and more lucrative end of the market , charging fees well above the DSS limits . |
| 2 | They are operating at the bottom end of the market with no capital and no security . |
| 3 | One by one they are screaming at the top of their voices , like naughty adolescent vixens . |
| 4 | I mean , seeing the amount of kids that do go out there , and the state of the changing rooms that they are using at the moment , I , I think it 's really degrading . |
| 5 | They are helping to move soil into a garden they are building at the school with the help of mums , dads and teachers . |
| 6 | Now the pair reveal that they had not planned the child they are expecting at the end of the year . |
| 7 | They are living at an address that only I know . |
| 8 | They are aware of the need to improve their length so much that they put in the extra line so they are looking at a 1 or 1.5m ( 4 or 5ft ) area . |
| 9 | Children are sometimes told ‘ it is rude to stare ’ , but cat-lovers often forget this rule when they are looking at an approaching feline . |
| 10 | ‘ When people vote on the day , they are looking at the party who will form the government , and in this part of the country they do not want socialism , ’ said Mr Peter Hodgson , the Conservatives ' Western Area chairman , who was confident the Conservatives would retain all their seats . |
| 11 | Of course the elves are in a wood at that moment , and they are looking at the early evening stars , but that is not what they mean . |
| 12 | For example , if the adult holds an object , such as a doll , in the child 's line of gaze , the child is likely to look at the object and then immediately glance at the adult 's face to check that they are looking at the same thing . |
| 13 | Mr 's daughter , I think it 's his daughter , er is working for the British National Corpus and they are looking at the how words are used in ordinary everyday situations . |
| 14 | They are pushing at an open door , we in the industry are already working for change . |
| 15 | That 's what they are saying at the moment . |
| 16 | More evidence of the worldwide decline of coral has emerged from Florida , where researchers who have been monitoring the health of the reefs since 1976 report that they are dying at a rapid rate . |
| 17 | We saw awful conditions in Bouzoulouk , where , out of a population of 35,000 they are dying at the rate of 100 a day . |
| 18 | As time goes by , and more machines are added to the scale , you 'll have a month by month reference for PC performance — and as performance levels creep ever higher ( as they are doing at the moment ) we 'll extend the scale , and pick up new reference points . |
| 19 | The reason why people sometimes think they ca n't shed weight on a strict calorie ration of 1,000 daily is that they are guessing at the weight — and thus the calorie content — of their portions of food , or forgetting to add in the calories provided by little items like the butter spread on that bread , or the milk in all those cups of tea ; or they fail to realize that innocent-looking things like that canned soft drink or glass of orange juice , or the mayonnaise coleslaw served in the office canteen ( 'Ca n't contain many calories — it 's salad , is n't it ! ' ) can add a sizeable number of calories to the daily total . |
| 20 | Playing United at their own game would probably have been fatal , the way they are playing at the moment . |
| 21 | It is assumed that within a single erosional system all elements of the topography are mutually adjusted so that they are downwasting at the same rate . |
| 22 | Some of the students come for extra help for courses they are studying at the college . |
| 23 | They 're protesting at the government 's proposals to allow private firms to tender for prison work . |
| 24 | They 're not swimming around , yeah they 're staying at the top as well are n't they ? |
| 25 | It 's the first time they 've been to Britain , even though some have been teaching English for twenty years ; they 're staying at the Oxford House School of English , and will also visit the Oxford University Press as the trip has been made possible by an East German publishing house . |
| 26 | I mean what they 're considering at the moment is making Trumpton into a live-section , full-blown Broadway show , with perhaps a major star playing the train driver . |
| 27 | ‘ Obviously they 're looking at every aspect and it may include action against Tom Walkinshaw for putting together a deal that has been ruled unlawful . ’ |
| 28 | They 're looking at the same place where … ’ |
| 29 | So so in a way , they 're looking at the levels we 're at now is an accurate level using a high price item . |
| 30 | They go a a Medici shop or Athena or whatever and they 're looking at the best . |