Example sentences of "[verb] and the [noun] be [be] " in BNC.

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1 The benefits have already been seen and the guidelines are being updated and expanded to place further emphasis on how we deal with the risk points in any projects .
2 The first aircraft came into Wolverton Works on 2 April 1941 , when shop adaptations were incomplete and only eight men trained to commence work , and whilst the layout had to be completed and the staff were being gradually built up and trained , the first aircraft was completed by 31 July 1941 .
3 The market prospects for bauxite are improving and the industry is being redeveloped with the help of the former multinational company owners who were displaced by the first Manley government .
4 Chainreaction ( as the Herald reported last week ) would be moving into the newly built extension , the cottage was being completely renovated and the centre was being used to nearly 90 percent of capacity .
5 Down below , fires are being lit and the cattle are being driven gently into the enclosures of thorn bushes .
6 ‘ It seems to me that when the goodies are being distributed and the cake is being sliced , only crumbs will fall to the shareholders .
7 House-to-house inquiries have begun near where the fake bombs were found and the devices are being examined for clues .
8 I once saw a pike , a big one at that , attack the vane of a drifter on a fast retrieve after the bait had been lost and the tackle was being retrieved at speed to recast .
9 The house , a holiday home owned by a Wolverhampton family , had been almost completely destroyed and the fire was being treated as suspicious , the spokesman added .
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