Example sentences of "the [noun prp] were [being] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Old baby reins and buggies were brought into use and children in the Strand were being pushed around in trolleys . |
| 2 | In 1967–8 the Yukons were being phased out and an aircraft was needed to supplement the Cosmopolitans . |
| 3 | In the 1730s settlements in the Tobol region to the south-east of the Urals were being attacked . |
| 4 | But he was always prepared to turn off the tape and listen to her ranting on about how she missed Ricky and how bloody the Argentines were being to her and to their horses . |
| 5 | The winds in the Bahamas were being reported by the weather service to be at 80mph with gusts to 100mph . |
| 6 | If this is true then it would be the supreme irony that the CIA were being fed with their own information . |
| 7 | At this time , the Rayles were being plagued by a large gang known as the Wokingham Blacks . |
| 8 | Because the Philippines were being constantly invaded , the islanders , known as Moros , retreated to the jungle and waged a continual guerrilla war against the enemy , abandoning their escrima sticks in favour of short , razor-sharp daggers which could be more easily wielded in the jungle 's dense foliage . |
| 9 | During the year , pesticides whose use is banned in the US were being exported at the rate of 15 tons a day . |
| 10 | In effect , therefore , the CMHTs were being required to act as local change agents , responsible for creating additional services in the community and mobilizing resources to sustain them . |
| 11 | There were also fears that the same trends of homelessness among mentally ill people as had become apparent in the USA were being repeated in Britain . |
| 12 | It announced that Mexican drug enforcement agents in the USA were being ordered home immediately , and that US DEA personnel based in Mexico would have to cease their activities . |
| 13 | Mr Maginnis , the UUP 's security spokesman , expressed disappointment that there was still no indication that the means necessary to disrupt the command and control structure of the IRA were being implemented . |