Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [be] be [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | My beer was to be in a posh hotel where I was being treated for my birthday , and after the heaven of getting out of a T-shirt that was generating its own new species of life in the arm pits , and into a hot bath , I looked forward to discussing the day eagerly with my companion . |
| 2 | IF anyone in the Government has a conscience , I hope it was pricked by your terribly moving picture of Belinda Giles asking Santa to keep open London 's St Bartholomew 's Hospital , where she is being treated for cancer . |
| 3 | Mrs Rees , 43 , an activity organiser at Trees Park Village near Middleton St George , was ‘ satisfactory ’ in Middlesbrough General Hospital , where she is being treated for facial wounds . |
| 4 | It was over forty years before a trail led to Whitewright , Texas , where they were being offered for sale by the descendants of Joe Tom Meador , the lieutenant in question , who had died in 1980 . |
| 5 | Just for those of you who have just arrived , we 're actually recording this session as part of a a large spoken database which is gon na be part of a national archive and so you 're being recorded for posterity . |
| 6 | Yes , as if I was being assessed for a place , a level , a grading here . |
| 7 | He grabs my wrist as if I was being arrested for shoplifting . |
| 8 | What harm would come if she were being fooled for a change ? |
| 9 | Just for a second she wondered if she was being taken for a complete fool . |
| 10 | If you are being selected for redundancy in preference to one or more of your colleagues , it is worth trying to find out why . |
| 11 | You should therefore make as much effort as you would if you were being interviewed for a particular job . |
| 12 | The University will assume that it is free to approach referees at any stage unless the candidate 's application stipulates otherwise ( i.e. candidates who wish a referee or referees to be approached only with their specific permission and/or if they are being called for interview on the final short list or are in receipt of a conditional offer , are asked to state such requirements explicitly alongside the details of the relevant referee(s) ) . |
| 13 | Will the Minister assure us that information on someone 's behaviour as a prostitute would be accessed only if they were being charged for similar offences ? |
| 14 | If it 's being run for the short-term , they reckon , that could account for a lot of its recent pragmatism . |
| 15 | Each controversial assertion is treated as if it were being made for the first time . |
| 16 | Every activity in the left-hand path is treated as if it were being undertaken for the first time . |
| 17 | Instead of all this fake indignation , when will he own up to the fact that most of the local authorities , including my own of Knowsley , have empty properties because they are being held for improvement under schemes in which the Government are involved after 13 years in which they have neglected to fund local authority and other housing stock ? |
| 18 | At the moment the equipment used here is borrowed from abroad because it is being used for experiment . |
| 19 | ‘ I have n't got it back yet because it 's being tested for fingerprints , but it was a smart piece of work . |
| 20 | Both relate to the social environment of the person with an established schizophrenic illness : while he is being treated for the disorder in hospital , and after he has been discharged into the community . |
| 21 | Having set the scene , it was about 2 years ago whilst I was being taken for a walk through the village by our springer dog , that I happened to meet up with the Church Warden who , after passing the time of day suddenly said ‘ Ah Bob , you do a bit of woodwork , do n't you ? |
| 22 | Well when you 're being paid for doing a job that 's the price you pay if you want to keep in work . |
| 23 | She recalled an occasion when she was being taken for a walk in the park . |
| 24 | Not a thing as long as you 're being as long as you 're being paid for it , it is actually . |
| 25 | What expression do they have when they 're thinking black thoughts about someone they 're trying to ingratiate themselves with , or when they 're being praised for qualities they 're aware they do n't possess ? |
| 26 | Although some horses will travel in horse trailers as if it is second nature to them , even without having any previous related experience ; and some horses will stand perfectly and quietly for the farrier when they are being shod for the first time ; many will not ! |
| 27 | What really matters is the ability to recognise when the cheese has been properly stored by the retailer and when it is being offered for sale in prime condition . |
| 28 | any motor vehicle when it is being used for fire brigade , ambulance or police purposes or for defence purposes ( including civil defence purposes ) if compliance with this Regulation would hinder or be likely to hinder the use of the vehicle for the purpose for which it is being used on that occasion |
| 29 | The party 's Anglican commitment was as firm as ever before 1914 , even though it was being led for the first time by a man who was not an Anglican himself . |
| 30 | Within religions of Indian origin , such as Hinduism , Buddhism and Sikhism , certain views of reality being as it is are taken for granted , such as dharma — the existence of a moral law , and karma — the impact of this on individuals according to how much they fulfil or fail to fulfil dharma , and samsara — the process of reincarnation . |