Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [noun prp] be be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man interviewed in Doncaster was being treated as a witness who may have information about Moira 's disappearance . |
| 2 | Staff at UCCA say the fault has now been corrected but all applications made before November are being double checked . |
| 3 | On the face of it , the shooting looked like another bloody event in Irish history , but perhaps it was its timing — on the same day that the government had sat for the first time — that intrigued him , or perhaps it was Joe 's words : that his father and the men like him had died for Ireland were being betrayed . |
| 4 | Mr Oatley pointed out that because small producers were going out of business , up to 10 per cent of eggs consumed in Britain were being imported . |
| 5 | He said security cameras in town centres an idea recently proposed in Darlington were being used increasingly in Britain , and the success seen after their introduction at football grounds was being repeated in high streets . |
| 6 | Its ‘ restoration ’ seems to promise much , but the promise is interrupted by Artegall 's being required to return to the Faerie Queene 's court . |
| 7 | Hermite had presumably gambled on Smith 's being the only entry for the competition , but there were in fact two others . |
| 8 | Just as the Yarm Road scanner magnet was being installed , the future of another sophisticated scanner planned for Darlington was being decided . |
| 9 | Meanwhile UN officials believe most of the food aid being sent to Sarajevo is being ‘ diverted ’ . |
| 10 | Four examples acquired in Sudan were being refurbished . |
| 11 | The Spaniards had put about a cover story that the fleet assembled at Cadiz was being made ready to sail to Sicily and Ormonde was forbidden to go near the port ; he was to be picked up from Corunna . |