Example sentences of "[vb base] [being] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | M. B. I never forget being called by a superintendent , who said : ‘ Sergeant Bullock , you 're acting inspector over the weekend . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The clients appreciate being kept in the picture , even if their stay can not be made shorter . |
| 8 | It is as a result of fears such as this that members of the RUC are required to obtain official permission before they cam talk to outsiders , such as the Press and researchers , or face being sacked from the force . |
| 9 | Strangely , Shepherd seems to have shown little interest in the effects of the electric media ; indeed , his account of the present-day situation assumes an even tighter grip by the ‘ industrial world sense ’ , the system created by literacy and print being generalized as a ‘ symbolic-technological filter ’ which regulates the processes of communication vital to socialisation and the creation of consciousness ’ ( Shepherd 1982 : 149–50 ) . |
| 10 | I stood at the front door for a long time being soaked by the rain . |
| 11 | : animate being affected by the action ; |
| 12 | In one very vivid dream , I remember being shot in the lower back and although it was only a dream we had to swim under a sort of submerged wall in order to escape . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I remember being fascinated by the story when I worked for a while in the Royal Library . |
| 14 | I remember being amazed at the size of the placenta , which resembled a football and the lack of discomfort which accompanied its arrival . |
| 15 | Even the most avid mycologists dislike being shot over a chanterelle . |
| 16 | We shall just have to pretend it 's not there , there 's not , there 's not quite as bad as when I had to speak for Amnesty on Radio Essex last year and it was live , as every word , every word I spoke was being you know being heard by a lot of people and that 's , that was very , that was very intimidating . |
| 17 | So instead of waiting ten days for delivery and then the invoice being , tha , you know being delivered with the goods when you open |
| 18 | Or parameters which provoke the discharger 's concern can be framed leniently , control being assured by the insertion of a much stricter parameter of more general application . |
| 19 | Resist being served from a salame where all the casing has already been removed — the meat may have become dry and tough during storage . |
| 20 | Therefore , if the call was priced at 20p then the put must be priced at 8p ( the prices in the traded options market being quoted to the nearest half-penny ) . |
| 21 | The production is part of a special showcase season being presented by the Rose Bruford College , where Ms Rainsford is a final-year student on a BA theatre degree course . |
| 22 | Modernity has been a bit like that in the last thirty years , except that as the story progresses , faster and faster — with many Enlightenment doctrines reappearing in new form — new lines keep being added to the narrative so that no one knows how the story will end . |
| 23 | Is that not the best discouragement to crime and an encouragement to those elderly people who fear being attacked on the streets ? |
| 24 | They have to erm , first of all ask er R S P C A funding it , which is very much against anyway because I , I hate being humiliated by the this way . |
| 25 | They admit that theology is meaningless to those outside the realm of faith ( 'faith' being interpreted as a direct transmission of knowledge to the individual , who acquires understanding on the basis of a kind of spiritual drip-feed connecting God with the believer ) . |
| 26 | I am , of course , conscious that , as a convert to some important aspects of European integration , I risk being impeached for a lack of consistency ; however , I am always happy to recall the words of Ralph Emerson , who said : ’ A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds , adored by little statemen and philosophers and divines . ’ |
| 27 | We must continue the drive for improved competitiveness and increased productivity , otherwise we risk being left at the starting gate , ’ he said . |
| 28 | ‘ People have to stand well back from the edge of the pavement or else risk being splashed by the mud and water spilling from these ‘ sealed ’ lorries , ’ he said . |
| 29 | Whether you love the adventures of ‘ Swallows & Amazons ’ or fancy being marooned on a desert island like Robinson Crusoe you will know that behind these exciting stories lies a real world of evil men ( and women ) who terrorised merchant ships to satisfy their own greed . |
| 30 | Avoid being boxed into a corner , and always fight with a strong sun behind you . |