Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] be [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they ask for an explanation and are told that it is shooting at a wooden bird in the graveyard with bows and arrows , they may think they are being hoaxed . |
| 2 | She was anxious to keep a distance between them , though there was no reason why Luke should guess he was being followed , much less who was following . |
| 3 | Reagan 's low-key , laid-back , non-specific approach clearly went down well with legislators who , for once , could feel they were being treated as genuine co-partners in the policy-making process . |
| 4 | A futile gesture , as he lifted her off the ground , and before she could react she was being carried unceremoniously to the house . |
| 5 | The Muzak reached a gap as she was about to knock on the door and she could hear he was being told by the hotel that his credit was n't good . |
| 6 | ‘ To hear you talk , anyone would think you were being sent to prison ! ’ |
| 7 | Then he would remember he was being watched by Morris , and he would frown , and stuff his finger into his left ear to keep out the noise of the typewriter . |
| 8 | It is always wise to examine a flower very carefully before placing it in the blotting paper as if it contains any tiny insects they will think they are being provided with a picnic lunch and eat their way through the contents of your press ! |
| 9 | Robert Norster confirmed ‘ we plan to have people at all the major tournaments and I hope the players will realise they are being watched ’ . |
| 10 | But now , anyone who 's up to no good may find they 're being watched . |