Example sentences of "being [vb pp] [adv] [coord] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are few examples of their being scattered extensively and repeatedly used within a single text ; where this does happen , as for instance in Les quatre Souhais Saint Martin , the practice can readily be justified by its thematic significance ( on which see further below ) , as again can be seen to be the case with the cornucopia of excrement that Robin drops on to the deservedly victimized Jouglet . |
| 2 | Hamilton in Z2901 being shot down and critically wounded by Graf von Kageneck ; he died shortly afterwards . |
| 3 | This led to the Fell material being used again and widely appreciated . |
| 4 | I was in Brookhaven shortly after the announcement ; copies of their first report were being passed around and avidly perused , so I am familiar with the data . |
| 5 | We prefer that prostitutes should stand in the streets to be picked up by passing cars ( not the roomiest place for sex ) , in constant danger of being beaten up and even murdered , and that valuable police and court time be wasted in arresting , convicting and imposing heavy fines on girls who , unable to pay , return to soliciting even harder , that pimps should come into being to batten off the girls , and that women who are not prostitutes should be harassed by cruising motorists who will not take no for an answer . |