Example sentences of "[was/were] being [verb] on [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The curious facts of Ipswich v Fisons were being relied on to support the distinction . |
| 2 | The airlift had now stopped and people were being moved on to Myitkyina , hoping to get a plane there . |
| 3 | Many of the vehicles saved in the 1940s and 50s , were being passed on to museums or back to private ownership , as interest was revived during the late 1960s . |
| 4 | According to analysts , Souto had been forced to take responsibility for recent revelations that several high-ranking officers were deeply implicated in a vast network dealing in stolen cars from Brazil and Argentina , most of which were being passed on for sale in Bolivia . |
| 5 | Christopher Picton , 34 , of Avon Way , Colchester , Essex , became trapped as the reels , weighing two and a half tons , were being loaded on to a lorry . |
| 6 | Because you know money-wise because we were not content to sit back and see er schemes being introduced that , which were going to act as a deterrent to er our members er being able to earn wages er on incentives and so therefore erm what happened was that we agreed that the consultants er head personnel manager would come down and talk to each group of people who were being put on to the incentive scheme , one , in order that he go over everything with them in regard to its application , and two , then answer any practical questions er where our members may find that there could be difficulties . |
| 7 | Sara waited , on guard against the charm which she felt was being turned on for her . |
| 8 | A MAN who staggered from a wrecked block of flats in blazing clothes was being operated on in hospital last night . |
| 9 | Following the data which was being projected on to the tiny screen , it was clear that the telemetry and guidance modules had performed according to specification . |
| 10 | " It was as if some Technicolour epic of Cecil B. De Milles was being projected on to the screen of the vast plain . " |
| 11 | It may also have been the case that magistrates were less willing to overturn the appeals of disappointed claimants , since they were well enough aware that the increasing burden of relief was being thrown on to a decreasing number of shoulders as the proportion of the village populations either needing assistance or at least no longer able to pay poor rates increased . |
| 12 | Stimulated by Gould 's remarks , he reached for a piece of paper lying near to hand — presumably one that was being drawn on by one of the zoological draughtsmen working at the Society at the time — and proceeded to write on the reverse side of the drawing . |
| 13 | Léonie could n't watch them any more , she was being pulled on to the narrow track between the trees . |
| 14 | She felt his warm mouth on the palm of her hand then she was being pulled on to his lap . |
| 15 | The other bloke was being sat on by three other passengers , including the little old lady in the straw hat , while Preston hopped around moaning and clutching his wrist , but he did not tell Polly this . |
| 16 | It was perfectly featureless and reflected none of the light which was being directed on to its surface . |
| 17 | We lost one rehearsal because Rossini 's Barbiere had been cancelled and Lohengrin was being put on in its place . |
| 18 | By the turn of the century , alignment research was on the increase , although it was being carried on by individuals working in isolation from each other . |
| 19 | The Court of Appeal held , however , that there was no partnership in existence , since no business was being carried on by the defendant and X ; on the contrary , the goods had been ordered in preparation for the formation of a company , and such transactions could not be considered as ‘ carrying on a business ’ . |
| 20 | From 1165 to 1299 , considerable prison building was being carried on throughout the country with Rochester being among the earliest in I 165 . |
| 21 | Carl , at No. 38 with Does It Feel Good To You , only realised he was being spied on by the law when police pulled him up in his car . |
| 22 | I thought I was being spied on by a right nutter ! ’ |