Example sentences of "being [vb pp] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We did n't invite friends with Mother being placed as she was , but if neighbours called they would be offered a glass of something , usually home-made ginger cordial , and a bit of cake if we had it . |
| 2 | A charity worker says his social security payments are being stopped because he 's taking aid to Sarajevo . |
| 3 | ‘ You can avoid being contaminated if you have the right protective cover and use protective gloves , ’ said Pooley . |
| 4 | The request which was made to me in Committee was to bring forward amendments to enable the Secretary of State to set up a funding council , on the clear understanding that no commitment was being given that we would wish to do such a thing . |
| 5 | We finished our shift at 8 and he was going at 9 , but at 8 , instead of the usual people who came to take over from us , the managing director of the company and his next-door neighbour came in their golfing clothes to pick up whatever tip was being given and we were told to push off . |
| 6 | ‘ I apprehend that a tribunal which is by law invested with power to affect the property of one of Her Majesty 's subjects , is bound to give such subject an opportunity of being heard before it proceeds : and that that rule is of universal application , and founded upon the plainest principles of justice . |
| 7 | ‘ I apprehend that a tribunal which is by law invested with power to affect the property of one of Her Majesty 's subjects , is bound to give such subject an opportunity of being heard before it proceeds : and that that rule is of universal application , and founded upon the plainest principles of justice . |
| 8 | The idea is that he 's using them as , as a way of communicating the idea of the forest being er landscaped ; the whole environment of being polluted and it has an ecological background to it . |
| 9 | Finally I was given the number , but not the code for Guildford , connection being broken before I could ask for it . |
| 10 | This brought the West Indian 's aggregate for the two matches to 181 without being dismissed and it enabled his side to seal their second impressive nine-wicket win . |
| 11 | During the conference Dino said through an interpreter that many people back home are worse , are still there and are not being treated as they should be , fuelling the controversy over whether the UN airlifted the most deserving cases . |
| 12 | During the conference Dino said through an interpreter that many people back home are worse , are still there and are not being treated as they should be , fuelling the controversy over whether the UN airlifted the most deserving cases . |
| 13 | People do n't mind being referred if it 's something that is genuinely but say they phone Leeds and Leeds do n't know and Leeds refer them to a number they think it is and then they refer to a third number then somebody gets . |
| 14 | There is a risk of a misleading illusion being formed and I know that my hon. Friend would wish to avoid that . |
| 15 | The methods of applying these four steps will vary according to the stage of embryogenesis being examined and they will be described in turn . |
| 16 | We were told that the papers in the case were being examined and it was clearly implied that action would be taken . |
| 17 | Will we see women working on check out tills being sacked because they can not keep a smile screwed on to their faces for eight hours every day ? |
| 18 | Will the Leader of the House explain why the Government voted against the EC directive on maternity leave which would have given women a minimum of 16 weeks of maternity leave and protection from being sacked because they are pregnant ? |
| 19 | She was being persecuted and it was part of a carefully laid plan . |
| 20 | He went there and back and do nothing to the people bol er er involved , being consulted and we 've had that going on for two years no consultation here has taken place with the people who it affects and there 's nothing in your motion to say it will . |
| 21 | Was it Monday , no it was yesterday , I was in the loo and I could hear this paper being ripped and I thought oh they 've got one of my club catalogues , I did n't think any more of it and then I could hear Joseph going weee , I thought what the devil 's he got , so went out , Joseph has got the flying circus bus that was meant for Charlotte and him and , Brenda and Charlotte was sharing the , the , garage thing that I 've brought so I thought well now it 's out , well they 're not going to keep all that till I said to him whatever is Father Christmas going to say , I said he 's supposed to be taking these away to bring I said er , what 's Father Christmas gon na say ? , no Ben forget , so I thought while they 're out I could see Joseph 's playing a lot , way with this bus thing , he was having a whale of a time , he thought that was great , so I said to Charlotte I said do you like that bus ? |
| 22 | The deal was being completed as we went to press , subject to approval by the bankruptcy courts . |
| 23 | not being taught If you were getting cut out you 'd up |
| 24 | RIGHT An urban site being excavated before it is destroyed by the very deep foundations of modern buildings . |
| 25 | ‘ A textile and design centre is being developed and we have a sizeable programme of help for every sector of the industry . ’ |
| 26 | It needs an understanding of how all the parts contribute to the whole , so that new elements of collaboration can be introduced as and when appropriate , with the children 's confidence and understanding being developed until they are ready to take over the initiative for themselves . |
| 27 | Even the supposedly rigid ‘ external financing limits ’ imposed by the post-1979 Conservative government in Britain have proved to be flexible in practice ( Heald and Steel 1981 ) , with targets being adjusted when it became apparent that they would not be met . |
| 28 | The swimming hole , being situated as it was in the castle meadow , was backclothed by the magnificent walls of the castle . |
| 29 | At the thought of those tears , my eyes felt as though they were being crushed and I wished that that moment would last forever . |
| 30 | Because of the way he was looking , his parted lips , his wondering eyes , she felt desire , a flicker of it , the first sign , the first time for months , a movement like a string being plucked where she thought her womb was . |