Example sentences of "being [vb pp] [prep] [pron] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I loosened my shirt collar and watched a couple of generals being saluted by their chauffeurs . |
| 2 | I have the impression that in some quarters no thought is being given to what discoveries might be round the corner and in others no provision is being made to take advantage of them . |
| 3 | Will Labour fulfil the £35 billion of pledges being given by its spokesmen throughout the country ? |
| 4 | Indeed , the most frequently cited judicial ruling on the employment law status of casual workers ( the " O'Kelly case " , see Leighton 1984 ) , concerned precisely this last category of people — a group of " regular casuals " at a major London hotel who sought redress for being dismissed following their efforts to secure trade union recognition . |
| 5 | Existing catalogues of non-HMSO official publications are being examined for their degrees of comprehensiveness . |
| 6 | The survivor , No. 59 at Fleetwood Depot in 1939 , before being stripped of its steps , handrails and trolley mast . |
| 7 | Her arms and legs ached , and because of her pending interrogation she was ever conscious of being stripped of her knickers . |
| 8 | In spite of her grief at being parted from her cousins , she could not help but feel excited . |
| 9 | ‘ Several of the Wootton paupers were very obstinate on their admission , and persisted in not being parted from their wives . |
| 10 | Although the so-called Toleration Act of 1689 meant that Dissenters were no longer being persecuted for their beliefs , they were still denied full civil rights , since the continued existence of the Test and Corporation Acts technically banned them from holding political office . |
| 11 | This , at the moment , is being undertaken by her parents . |
| 12 | They drove through the brightly lit city streets of Tsimshatsui , and it was like hurtling back to earth through the atmosphere ; Rachel felt she was being shaken till her teeth rattled as the car sped up through the cross-harbour tunnel into Causeway Bay , past the bobbing sampans and the escort clubs , speeding towards Central District along the harbour road , traffic everywhere , horns blasting in her ears … |
| 13 | They are being taught by their parents to defy the law of the country ’ . |
| 14 | I ask what is being taught in our schools , and in our seminaries ? |
| 15 | However , if we do not like being judged by an external tribunal , if we do not like our citizens being interrogated by foreign judges about acts committed in the United Kingdom , if we do not like our Acts of Parliament and our internal administration being scrupulously picked over by a European Commission , if we do not like the relations between the Crown and its possessions being altered over our heads , the remedy is in our own hands . |
| 16 | The hospital is being guarded in its comments on the death , as it does n't want to prejudge the outcome of an inquest . |
| 17 | ‘ Much as I love being crushed between your thighs , do you think you could leave me a little circulation ? |
| 18 | She felt her knickers being jerked down to her knees , and his knob being pressed between her legs in one frenzied movement . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm being poisoned by my saucepans , ’ she whispered darkly . |
| 20 | Companies surely benefit from being quizzed about their strategies and from a free flow of ideas with the market . |
| 21 | They must have been washed up on this ancient beach after being torn from their moorings , perhaps by a storm . |
| 22 | He seemed to be haunted by a fear of being forgotten by his friends and Gould became one of the many objects of an obsessive correspondence . |
| 23 | Union members who apply for the Commissioner 's assistance are protected against being disciplined by their unions because they have done so . |
| 24 | Many of us Christians have become extremely skilful in arranging our lives so as to admit the truth of Christianity without being embarrassed by its implications . |
| 25 | T. D. The discipline was tyranny but it was n't bad for us — two policemen walking along the road together , talking about women or football like everybody else , and they ca n't keep their eyes for crime or for offences being committed under their noses . |
| 26 | However , an increasing number of cases are being reported in which patients ' pain does not respond as expected to the most powerful opiates . |
| 27 | A council is asking for Government action to help RAF wives who 're being evicted from their homes . |
| 28 | There are many instances of white youths being pressured by their parents to give up their sport in preference for more reasonable and secure occupations , lest they invest their time and energies in a pointless pursuit of intangible dreams . |
| 29 | This ‘ teacher authority ’ can lead to pupils being stifled by their teachers ' expectations . |
| 30 | She was too lost in misery , and when she found herself being lifted to her feet embarrassment added itself to the misery . |