Example sentences of "[coord] being [verb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People may be projecting the present into the past , re-evaluating the past on the basis of the present , or being influenced by some broader underlying general forces of optimism and pessimism . |
| 2 | ‘ And the true order of going , or being led by another , to the things of love , is to begin from the beauties of earth and mount upwards for the sake of that other beauty , using these as steps only … ’ |
| 3 | Here is this man , never previously seen doing his public duty , always seen merely roaring at the Labour Party or being interviewed like any tuppeny-ha'penny minister , now occupying the despatch-box which is the only site that gives credibility to his claim to be a prime-minister-in-waiting . |
| 4 | Instead of your call drowning or being drowned by another , it is intercepted by Contran and you hear either an amplified version of the other call or a brief squelch-like sound in your headset . |
| 5 | We may see an object ( visible in the earlier view ) disappearing , and being replaced by another one — as in a game of ‘ peekaboo ’ . |
| 6 | Indeed , to put effort into scoring goals was now positively bad policy since , by taking players away from defence , it carried the risk of actually losing — and being relegated after all . |
| 7 | There was dissatisfaction over times , hours worked , and being visited by several different staff . |
| 8 | You may be better advised to start again , possibly finding your candidates by a different method , than risk the problems of engaging an inadequate candidate and being faced with all the disruption of having to go through the whole process at a later stage anyway . |
| 9 | It is organized as a community with people frequently meeting together and being connected to each other in lots of different ways . |
| 10 | Eventually Humbert was forced to surrender , handing his sword gravely to the English commander and being treated with all the honours of war and politeness of diplomacy . |
| 11 | Twenty minutes later I 'm dressed again and being directed to another department for the bone-marrow expiration . |
| 12 | Known as ‘ Um Yusef 's burgah ’ ( Um Yusef 's mask ) , they were always getting lost and being found by some kind soul who returned them to me . |
| 13 | But being consoled by another mother who seems unfrustrating makes it harder to reconcile the two … ’ . |