Example sentences of "being [vb pp] [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shockingly juxtaposed with an apparently childish survival of a primitive chant , the Lord 's Prayer grows increasingly fragmented , corruptly incorporating the complaint , ‘ Life is very long ’ , while being broken up and having its utterance prevented by ‘ the Shadow ’ in the long passages which are partly like a new ritual , usurping the old , and partly like a long gloss which dominates the original text of the prayer . |
| 2 | In both cases the greater stability and permanency of the labour force encouraged farmers to build more tied cottages in order to ensure a supply of labour — and the significance of tied cottages was further increased by estates being broken up and sold to sitting tenants , a change which also brought about a decline in the number of closed villages . |
| 3 | In particular the northernmost pond is being filled in and levelled . |
| 4 | Builders ' rubble and other waste material some of it possibly of a dangerous nature is being dumped there and in particular the northernmost pond is being filled in and levelled . |
| 5 | A nice night 's sleep seems like a nice change , but nightmares have habits of popping up , once when I was five I had a dream that my friends and I were being ripped apart and eaten by a giant , now when the time comes to go into that great big C D tea room in the sky , could you change something ? |
| 6 | Are they aware that the layouts produced by ZZAP ! are constantly being ripped off and copied by at least 40% of all other mag 's on the shelves ? ! |
| 7 | He had had a distinguished war , being wounded once and decorated twice , and had spent the next five years recreating it in a series of patriotic British movies . |
| 8 | When one friend was being picked on and hacked by a bullying and much bigger opponent , Burton laid the bully out ; when the referee was not looking , of course . |
| 9 | I think if he 's making pronouncements which are being picked up and treated as very important , and they 're only being treated as important because of his position then he should be ba , getting his facts right ! |
| 10 | They really do stand a better chance being left there to their own devices for the parents to feed them the right diet than being picked up and brought here . |
| 11 | She felt herself being picked up and carried , but she had n't the strength to struggle . |
| 12 | There were incendiaries scattered all over the airfield for days , being picked up and made safe — another job for the armourers . |
| 13 | But I felt myself being picked up and swept heavenward . |
| 14 | Rising to his feet on the floor of the penthouse Nicholas staggered for a moment , while his wrists were being wrenched back and lashed ; and knew from the way John was standing that he had received the same treatment . |
| 15 | Your dog can then watch events without fear of being trodden on and hurt by passers-by . |
| 16 | Other men were running now , and yelling ; she heard the unmistakable sound of the ramp being rolled back and felt its nearness before it could actually hit her . |
| 17 | Philip , however , seems to have overplayed his hand , demanding that Henry surrender Pacy-sur-Eure as security while the exchange was being carried out and causing the English King to break off the conference in indignation . |
| 18 | Teesside Magistrates were told he had not entered plans with Middlesbrough council , had failed to give notice of work being carried out and had not made the foundations big enough or deep enough . |
| 19 | Soon the hated secret police were being hunted down and shot in the streets . |
| 20 | During the ‘ Killing Times ’ of the 1880s , when the Covenanters were being hunted down and killed mercilessly , the father fled with his family to Ireland , where they stayed for several years , probably until after James II and VII was deposed in 1688 . |
| 21 | I felt I was being pushed around and lost some enthusiasm . ’ |
| 22 | They stopped it being watered down and prevented the part about combating discrimination from being taken out . |
| 23 | Although projects for the reform of the courts were being drawn up and had in some cases been completed , " the date of their publication can not yet be predicted with any certainty " . |
| 24 | The results should be capable of being used formatively and to indicate any particular need for support for the child , or for more specific diagnostic assessment . |
| 25 | Back in Africa , Paul Giblett has offered further technical help to environmentalists who are considering a geological survey of the region to establish whether heavy metals are being leached out and concentrated in areas used by the elephants . |
| 26 | Although it was now early morning , the house was still in total silence , and so there were no witnesses to see Mason being helped downstairs and put in the carriage . |
| 27 | It was one of those old-established inns tucked away into the side-streets of London that have somehow avoided being bought over and sanitized by the big chains , an ivy-covered twenty-room place with panelling and bay-windows and a fire blazing in the brick hearth of a reception area furnished in rugs over uneven boards . |
| 28 | Close by are four more being washed down and wrapped for burial . |
| 29 | Pakistan finished at 388 for 3 , but were unable to continue until the Saturday , the second day being washed out and landing the TCCB with the second enormous refund of the series , this time estimated at anything up to £250,000 . |
| 30 | Any wood block floor will eventually need some maintenance by being sanded down and resealed . |