Example sentences of "[prep] [being] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doherty , from Strabane , had joined Derry on a one-month contract after being released at Old Trafford , the intention being to see how things worked out at the Brandywell . |
| 2 | After being pegged at 4–4 following the first frame of the evening session , Hendry raised his game to collect the £40,000 first prize — and become Masters champion for the first time . |
| 3 | A small Immediate Reaction Force based on the existing Allied Command Europe ( ACE ) Mobile Force , capable of being activated at short notice , would also be retained . |
| 4 | Furthermore the term register is sometimes used to refer to any device which holds a group of one or more bits of information , and which is capable of being accessed at electronic speeds : in this book we use it only for storage devices provided for some special purpose ( such as the SAR ) , and do not apply it to a general store location . |
| 5 | It must be capable of being repeated at some later date . |
| 6 | The governments ' answer , it seems , is to go back to the ERM as it worked for most of the 1980s — a more flexible ERM , in which exchange-rate realignments happened now and then , instead of being resisted at all costs . |
| 7 | Suddenly he was apprehended by an irate Scout master who took a dim view of being woken at such an hour . |
| 8 | It had the added distinction of being edited at one time by Nelson Mandela , the ANC leader now in prison . |
| 9 | Johnson , after a moment of being stung at this carelessness , dismissed it as ‘ rather an inconvenience than a loss ’ , and went on to use the incident to defend his views on the second sight . |
| 10 | Meanwhile the passenger in the second car was reliving the horror of being towed at such great speed . |
| 11 | a vehicle placed on a road with the battery removed and incapable of being driven at all |
| 12 | It should also be understood that black sportsmen work sedulously at perpetuating their popular image of being relaxed at all times . |
| 13 | Despite being exercised at such length , Crookback 's histrionic powers show no abatement . |
| 14 | Despite being shot at point-blank range , Mr Dale ( 43 ) survived , but Mr Norris ( 46 ) died almost instantly . |
| 15 | The former soldier said : ‘ It was a bit like being mortared at any time . |
| 16 | This did not , however , stop the question of political marginality and the need to reform existing policies from being raised at all , as can be seen subsequently by the attempts after 1981 to introduce both locally and nationally measures which were meant to address some of the grievances of the rioters and to ensure that further disturbances did not occur . |
| 17 | The mare , who finished ninth in the Sprouston Claiming Hurdle , was laid at the four-figure price by two Tattersalls bookmakers before being returned at 500-1 . |
| 18 | With only 11 runs needed from two overs , Byas rammed Snell through the covers before being caught at long on next ball . |
| 19 | The first was Starr v National Coal Board [ 1977 ] 1 WLR 63 which dealt with the plaintiff 's right to object to being examined at all by the defendant 's doctor . |
| 20 | In addition to being timetabled at all series , this examination is available on demand at any time of the year : details available from the Board . |
| 21 | In addition to being timetabled at all series , these examinations are available on demand at any time of the year : details available from the Board . |
| 22 | In addition to being timetabled at all series , this examination is available on demand at any time of the year : details available from the Board . |
| 23 | In addition to being timetabled at all series , this examination is available on demand at any time of the year : details available from the Board . |
| 24 | In addition to being timetabled at all series , this examination is available on demand at any time of the year : details available from the Board . |
| 25 | Occasionally they are led through the freshly flooded rice-paddies to turn and fertilize the soil ; otherwise their duties extend only to being sacrificed at noble funerals such as these , and leaving their magnificent horns attached in layers to the Toraja houses whose residents had so generously supplied them . |
| 26 | For many , investment business activity carries with it the very real threat of punitive action , whether arising from failure to comply properly with the regulations or , worse still , from committing the criminal offence of conducting investment business without being authorised at all . |
| 27 | That that the matter is not urgent and should be dealt with only at the receipt of a vote from Education Committee , I move A standing order A thirteen E be suspended for this meeting and B the motion and amendment be referred to the Education Committee for report without being debated at this meeting . |
| 28 | The conduct struck at by the section may cause misery without being aimed at any particular victim . |
| 29 | Dolly , Tom and Carrie had all gone to bed , but Seb 's knocking brought Tom to the bedroom window complaining about being disturbed at such a late hour . |
| 30 | Angry at being put at such a disadvantage , Shaughnessy twice confronted Aviv about the leak , and twice Aviv denied having had anything to do it . |