Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] being [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beverley Allitt with baby Katie Phillips , who suffered permanent brain damage after being left alone with the nurse |
| 2 | He was only 15 when he hanged himself in the hospital wing of Swansea Prison hours after being found guilty in court . |
| 3 | Two years later David Main was given a 9-month suspended jail sentence after being found guilty of using forged papers to sell Joan 's house . |
| 4 | He 'd served a year of an indefinite sentence after being found guilty of indecently assaulting a three year old girl in the city . |
| 5 | Graham Lloyd of Lancashire received an inscribed Gucci watch , worth £1000 , and a case of champagne after being named Young Player of the Month by City investment company Whittingdale , whose chairman Patrick Whittingdale hosted a celebrity lunch for umpire Dickie Bird before the Oval Test . |
| 6 | Four months after being made redundant , the erstwhile business development manager of AST Research Inc 's East Europe operation , Chris Swallow , has formally launched AST 's second authorised distributor in the region . |
| 7 | On Aug. 30 five of the remaining seven fishermen were sentenced to prison terms of up to 14 months after being found guilty of " violation of freedom " . |
| 8 | THE flamboyant diamond dealer , Darius Guppy , best friend of the Princess of Wales 's brother , Earl Spencer , is facing a long prison term after being found guilty of swindling insurers out of £1.8 million . |
| 9 | The position is equivalent to that which would exist if the third defendant were claiming contribution by means of a separate action after being held liable to the plaintiffs . |
| 10 | An investigation was mounted after Raynsford and Kemp were taken to hospital on Saturday after being found unconscious , with head and body injuries , in their cell . |
| 11 | George Marshal Naykene , editor of the Christian Chronicle , was sentenced to 18 months ' imprisonment with hard labour after being found guilty of criminal libel . |
| 12 | On Nov. 10 Laith Shbeilat and Yaqoub Qarrash , both members of the House of Representatives , were sentenced to 20 years ' imprisonment with hard labour after being found guilty by the State Security Court of membership of the banned Shabab al-Nafeer al-Islami ( Islamic Vanguard Youth ) and of possessing illegal weapons [ see pp. 39118 ; 39166 ] . |
| 13 | And she was fined £1,500 after being found guilty of controlling prostitutes ' earnings . |
| 14 | The courage and dignity with which Arthur Ashe announced in New York that he has the AIDS virus , as a result of being given infected blood during one of the two major heart operations he underwent in the mid 1980's , was typical of one of the world 's most outstanding and gracious sportsmen . |
| 15 | The subject is the saint after his martyr 's death , the result of being flayed alive , with his skin over his shoulder like a cloak ; go around behind the statue to see the face , with hair , beard and eye holes . |
| 16 | There has been growing concern about patients who are compulsorily detained in hospital as a result of being found unfit to plead or legally insane . |
| 17 | I did not appreciate the irony of being knocked dead on my back with a bunch of flowers clasped to my chest . |
| 18 | ‘ When you telephone us for a quote , we will assign a member of staff to you , whom you can contact whenever you need to , without fear of being charged extra in costs , as some solicitors are wont to do every time you telephone them . |
| 19 | This , Emecheta explains , is a very strong goddess of the Ibos , so strong that Hausa soldiers dare not attack her for fear of being made impotent . |
| 20 | She employed the architect George Devey to build her ‘ Pavilion ’ , where she would spend her days , but for fear of being made ill by the river 's damp fumes she always dined and spent the night with her brother at Waddesdon . |
| 21 | New teachers on probation may be afraid to admit to difficulties , for fear of being branded inadequate , and even losing their job . |
| 22 | There is a fear of being found wanting , even found out , and thus the constant threat of a plummeting descent from heaven . |
| 23 | Their instinct is to try to hide this for fear of being thought weak or inadequate , and this , in part , contributes to the fact that although their overall experience of the distress of bereavement may be slightly less than that of widows , many men take longer to recover fully . |
| 24 | Born in a Preston slum , and upbraided as ‘ a worldly little devil ’ by his harridan mother because he longs for food and warmth , his acute fear of being thought worldly dominates his subsequent life , causing him to be misunderstood and exploited . |
| 25 | It helps the conversation become familiar , so that everyone feels at home in it , and feels able to contribute to it , without fear of being thought inadequate . |
| 26 | Tutors can give the pupils more individual attention , and encourage them to ask questions they might be reluctant to ask the teacher for fear of being thought stupid . |
| 27 | A humble self-sufficiency — hard-earned , often enough , like Larkin 's , and subject to sudden , spasmodic panics of loneliness or a fear of being thought insensitive — are the hallmark of many a post-war British hero , and no talk of anti-heroes can entirely rob it of its modicum of cautious praise . |
| 28 | This fear of being left empty and , more simply , that of being left , seems to be the most basic feminine fear , extending over the whole of a woman 's existence . |
| 29 | Many children , particularly younger ones , develop anxieties about the possible loss or disappearance of their remaining parent and may show clinging behaviour or fear of being left alone . |
| 30 | I suppose that might be a fear of being considered big-headed or vain . |