Example sentences of "[adv] and being [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Grainne smiled briefly , because it was certainly possible that these thoughts were flowing outwards and being absorbed by the ancient stones . |
| 2 | Are you able to give us an estimate of the time that elapsed between breaking the door in and being called away by your team leader ? |
| 3 | point of view when the information 's been com when so it 's coming in and being sorted it is better that it 's done at that particular time |
| 4 | Gustavsson made a disastrous start in men 's K1 by falling in and being left behind . |
| 5 | I remember thinking that the whole process of being shot down and being killed seemed very much simpler and less horrible than I had always imagined . |
| 6 | The House must ask that question , given that the hon. Gentleman is asking about vetoes while his party is in favour of lying down and being rolled over . |
| 7 | In fact , almost 20 per cent have never driven on their own on a motorway and many fear breaking down and being attacked whilst using them . |
| 8 | It is organized as a community with people frequently meeting together and being connected to each other in lots of different ways . |
| 9 | Sir John bellowed back , and continued up the wide thoroughfare , past a group of nightbirds , whores and petty felons now manacled together and being led down to the great iron cage on top of the Conduit . |
| 10 | The presence of different styles of thinking , being brought together and being compelled to intermesh , provides the basis for even further innovations in thought and action . |
| 11 | What happen was we was standing this jeweller 's , well really we 'd been there , she half the stuff for me and er other people and that , but erm , were standing there for ages , and she come , I 'm , I 'm sort of standing there like this up against the counter waiting to be served , suppose to be coming back right , stood right on the foot , it hurt , but I thought ok it 's a busy shop he wo n't so I 'd turned around , sort of he was there , so I sort of went to him like that and he was looked at me and fucking looked back , so I said are you gon na apologise then , getting right fucking pissed off cos I about three o'clock that day , hang over and being dragged up and down the town all fucking day ai n't my idea of fun you know , ri right in a bad mood anyway , and he said no in a real fucking why do n't you try and make me sort of attitude , so I 'm just about to fucking say something to me , like , how out the shop and everything , and she said what 's the fuck , what 's the matter with you then ? |
| 12 | No stripping off and being stood on blocks for the world-weary rich to stare at in lust or mockery . |
| 13 | The second key piece of information was that Angela Morgan 's car had been found in North Kensington , not far from her flat , and was now cordoned off and being crawled over inch by inch by a forensic team hastily dispatched by Davidson . |
| 14 | Taking off and being done , that is . |
| 15 | Many people were already returning home and being supported in the community even before the new official policy of ‘ de-institutionalization ’ was implemented in 1981 . |
| 16 | A bit like asking what heaven 's like and being told you have to die first . |
| 17 | Undealt with ancient hurts may insist on standing up and being noticed . |
| 18 | All sounds from outside were muffled because of the dock being partly below ground level , set into the slope of the bank , but in a short while I heard the sound of a car door slamming and after that the noise of an engine starting up and being driven away . |
| 19 | A small pulse began to throb erratically in the hollow of her throat and she ruefully decided that she just was n't used to waking up and being confronted with a virile man in the process of getting dressed . |
| 20 | It was like having this image of yourself being heated up and being sold as the new you or something . |
| 21 | Also blood , and menstrual cramps and the thought of labour pains and being stitched up and being woken in the night by a shitty damp bundle and having my tits tugged and bitten , and being mauled around by macho chauvinist piglings who call themselves obstetricians . |
| 22 | Children , in growing up and being socialized , are made to give up much that is pleasurable — not least , some of their individuality — for the sake of principles which are not always made clear to them , or may be obscure even to the person demanding obedience . |
| 23 | Routine , manual operations , which in many cases machines can do , are dying out and being replaced by skilled , technically orientated jobs which often involve either computers or the channelling of information by some other mechanism from one place to another . |
| 24 | ‘ He talked about it , but … when you finally reach a position where you might get something done you usually tell yourself that you can do more by staying trying to soften the effects of a policy than walking out and being replaced by somebody who gobbles up the policy flavour-of-the-month . |
| 25 | We heard that the Lincolnshire and Yorkshire stations lost far more men and aircraft than we did , and there was also a horrible story going around of an unfortunate rear gunner trapped in his turret as his plane landed , unable to get out and being roasted alive in full view of the ground crew , until a Wing Commander whipped out his revolver and shot him . |
| 26 | SCHOOL governors in Northern Ireland are dropping out and being marked ‘ absent ’ from meetings . |
| 27 | Calling out and being rescued . |
| 28 | I 'm having a good time walking up and down here and being astonished that anyone could be so ignorant . |
| 29 | Because I 'm a bit patterny , flowers , with this little bit here and being cropped there , just made my leg look a bit , and I thought oh dear , and I was n't convinced , Richard could n't stand them , he thought I looked absolutely gross in them . |
| 30 | ‘ She 's round , ma'am , ’ Salt said in her angry voice , and under her breath : ‘ Blessed if I know what the world 's coming to … serving wenches falling about and being propped in chairs as if they were gentry . ’ |