Example sentences of "[verb] [being] [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would be delighted if you would consider being interviewed for the film . |
| 2 | Around a third of people in the study reported being affected by the overlapping benefit rules , and this aroused strong feeling of unjustice . |
| 3 | An unfortunate error also resulted in seventeen questionnaires with the question deleted being issued on a week day . |
| 4 | then the , the main problem is rent because presumably it all , all starts being creamed off the top so , okay you do n't have to redistribute land , but you can still get rid of the landlords and the people who are erm taking away the surplus |
| 5 | Maisie particularly enjoyed being spanked with a hairbrush , and liked to accompany this activity with a series of clear , confident expressions of her need to be disciplined . |
| 6 | M. B. I never forget being called by a superintendent , who said : ‘ Sergeant Bullock , you 're acting inspector over the weekend . |
| 7 | ‘ The repeated testing is leading to problems in that animals now associate being put in a crush with being tested and one can get considerable stress in older animals . |
| 8 | did n't enjoy being tossed in a blanket , |
| 9 | I sometimes thought that he would enjoy being mistaken for the one rather than the other , because he disliked the idea of poetry as a ‘ profession ’ : an attitude which some lesser figures found puzzling . |
| 10 | Just as you may resent being disturbed in the college library , so fellow students do n't enjoy being interrupted in the middle of some important piece of work . |
| 11 | Against this background Robert Fleck left East Anglia on a family holiday to Yugoslavia , resigned to fact that he had narrowly missed being selected for the Scotland World Cup squad at Italia ‘ 90 . |
| 12 | There was so much enraged violence in the action that Isabel knew she had missed being hurled across the church by that powerful arm only because of fitzAlan 's self-control . |
| 13 | Also reaffirmed was a commitment to protect the environment and to the creation of a new regional ecological order , support being expressed for the Costa Rican government 's proposal calling on the UN to establish a Council of the Planet Earth during the UN Conference on Environment and Development in Brazil in 1992 . |
| 14 | Neither Whitehall , nor government nor this county council , nor the children we 're talking about would welcome being used as a political football by Mr . |
| 15 | Some patients , perhaps especially those who express anxiety about the risk of fire or who are known to have experienced a fire , may welcome being told about the fire precautions in the ward . |
| 16 | In Webster v Higgin [ 1948 ] 2 All ER 127 a clause which provided that " no warranty is given " did not prevent a statement which had previously been made being construed as an express warranty . |
| 17 | We can expect being cheated by the Tories , but Mr Quinn can perhaps explain how his party can always find money to pay for perks and excursions to faraway places for councillors and £3.5m expenditure upon the County Hall . |
| 18 | Tough and tender Kathryn takes gold IMAGINE being lost in the wild stretches of the Scottish Highlands , icy northern wind beating heavily against your face and sheets of splintering rain biting deep into your face . |
| 19 | He imagined being shot in the water and it closing over his head , filling his mouth and lungs , the last moments of life choked out of him . |
| 20 | The subtle effects of centuries of propaganda will not be easily overcome , but we could make a start by looking more honestly at the reality of war and stop being blinded by the glamour . |
| 21 | Corbett could smell the heavy , thick fragrance of those mouth-watering dishes he had seen being prepared in the kitchen . |
| 22 | Others love a day by the sea or an afternoon in the country ; and many most enjoy being taken to the homes of relatives or friends for a meal . |
| 23 | Erm what place erm does the convenor see being made in the legal processes to make available to estranged couples the opportunity for erm voluntary conciliation between the parties ? |
| 24 | It is a recognized component of rituals of healing we can still see being practised by the wise men , witch doctors and shamans in ‘ primitive ’ societies and sometimes in the spiritual healing work of evangelical preachers . |
| 25 | Similarly , within the civil service the engineer or architect may resent being bound by the rules and regulations of administrative practices and accountability rather than those of the profession . |
| 26 | Hari felt the impulse to ruffle William 's hair but she knew he would resent being treated like the child he was , boys grew up quickly in the harsh realities of World 's End . |
| 27 | Just as you may resent being disturbed in the college library , so fellow students do n't enjoy being interrupted in the middle of some important piece of work . |
| 28 | But I I do n't like being treated like a child ! |
| 29 | She would want another half later , but she did n't like being faced with a full pint all at once . |
| 30 | I do not really like being touched by a stranger since I had been mildly attacked as a child , but something told me this was no casual greeting . |