Example sentences of "[pron] was being [vb pp] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He grabs my wrist as if I was being arrested for shoplifting . |
| 2 | Mr Templeton said that when he arrived at the fire after 10pm , he had spoken to a man who was being treated for injuries in an ambulance . |
| 3 | The Oval was a good cricket wicket despite the stories that it was being prepared for Laker and Lock . |
| 4 | She was disappointed when he told her he was sorry but it was being used for band practice that day . |
| 5 | The Mountie said grudgingly that a blood-covered rolled-up sheet of plastic had been found on the track near the area where Angelica must have been battered , and it could have been used as a poncho , and it was being investigated for blood type and fingerprints . |
| 6 | The Kerry has an unusually long history as a specialist dairy breed and it has been suggested that it was being bred for milk production in early Irish Celtic times when , it is thought , milk formed a major part of the people 's diet , either fresh or preserved in various ways . |
| 7 | Eddie Gilfoyle , 30 , was arrested at a hospital where he was being treated for stress . |
| 8 | Jim , a converted satanist from the London area , spoke of the time he was being groomed for initiation . |
| 9 | Whenever I went home , my mum and dad had asked me what was being done for John and why there had been no news of him . |