Example sentences of "[adv prt] being [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says he is very proud of his wife 's achievement , but is a bit worried she may become a better rider than him and he will end up being relegated to the pillion seat in future . |
| 2 | Secondly , it must be remembered what would happen in any banking institution should depositors start withdrawing funds which did not end up being re-deposited within the system . |
| 3 | And so , like a lot of American music , Hawaiian music ended up being tainted by the Las Vegas thing . |
| 4 | But I ended up being sent to the juvenile court where I received a conditional discharge . ’ |
| 5 | The plotting routines available in most statistical packages are still rather crude , especially those which rely on the line-printer as their printing device ; plots on machines designed for text mean that the resolution ( i.e. number of subdivisions possible on either the horizontal or vertical axis ) is usually poor ; many values that are in fact different can end up being plotted on the same point . |
| 6 | There are many cases which end up being settled at a figure considerably higher than that for which the case might have settled , say , 1–2 years previously . |
| 7 | But she ended up being forced into the bath , having a noose placed around her neck , being blindfolded , gagged , and threatened with a knife and a chisel . |
| 8 | Have you taken leave of your senses to end up being attacked in a back alley off the Haymarket of all places , by a man you do n't know ? ’ |
| 9 | Much of this secretive internal trading is conducted at sur lattes stage , when the wines have undergone secondary fermentation , thus Champagnes which have been blended and rendered sparkling by one firm end up being sold under the label of another . |
| 10 | Yesterday , Mr Baron said that strict justice demanded that ‘ the European Parliament can not go on being regarded as a marginal institution , able only to speak but not to take decisions ’ . |
| 11 | No matter how big the tree may grow , the same branching rule goes on being applied at the tips of all its twigs . |
| 12 | It 's just that I ca n't bear to see someone like you , Ruth , made miserable so worthlessly , and until you get some feeling of respect for yourself you 're never going to snap out of it , and you 'll go on being used as a doormat . |
| 13 | But it looks as though the house went on being used as a rendezvous till you bought it . |