Example sentences of "[prep] being [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tony Greener was appointed chairman of Guinness PLC in January 1993 , after being chief executive from January 1992 . |
| 2 | THIS five-year-old mare will go hurdling after being unbeaten in two bumpers last season . |
| 3 | £560 if you were hospitalised for a week after being involved in an accident as the NatWest Hospital Income Plan would pay you DOUBLE the normal rate for hospitalisation . |
| 4 | After being involved with The Hitman , a show that celebrates its own lightweight tackiness , establishing her credibility as an artist could be a problem . |
| 5 | Nick Pollard died from head injuries after being involved in a scuffle in the centre of Newent . |
| 6 | A YOUNGSTER broke his leg and suffered cuts to his face after being involved in a car crash at the weekend . |
| 7 | KOO Stark , a former girlfriend of the Duke of York , was being kept in hospital last night after being involved in a road accident in London . |
| 8 | Mrs Mainwaring 's 18-year-old son died after being involved in a road accident yards from the Halton Hospital gates . |
| 9 | Dessie Farrell , one of the few Dublin players to emerge from last with his reputation intact , is back in the side today after being absent for two months through injury . |
| 10 | West Indian pace bowler Ken McLeod has signed up for a second stint at Synthonia after being absent from the league for three years . |
| 11 | New signing Mark Bright returns to the attack after being ineligible for the Spora tie . |
| 12 | Some minerals seem to survive more or less unaltered even after being subject to prolonged weathering , whereas others decompose very rapidly . |
| 13 | Never done any work at all after being married no , never , no . |
| 14 | NEIL RUDDOCK leads out Spurs at champions Leeds tonight and will not be fined after being sent-off against Crystal Palace on Saturday . |
| 15 | AFTER being ill-served for many years by the investment industry , the small investor at last has a choice of funds which follow share indices . |
| 16 | However , Schillaci , Italy 's sensation of the 1990 World Cup missed a penalty two minutes from time , after being foul by goalkeeper Giovanni Galli . |
| 17 | Lyons flies out to Brunei this week to take charge of the national team less than six months after being surplus to requirements at Huddersfield Town . |
| 18 | They see the practice of taking a bath , which is cold , after being hot and sweaty from work , as being harmful . |
| 19 | There are few more pathetic sights than aggrieved bowlers staring down at the popping-crease after being no-balled , craning neck insinuating that the umpire was in error . |
| 20 | Meanwhile , Scarborough have sacked groundsman John Carter after being unhappy with the state of the McCain Stadium pitch . |
| 21 | The race has been won in the past two years by a Gold Cup winner-The Thinker 12 months ago after being successful at Cheltenham the previous season , while the 1985 Gold Cup hero Forgive ‘ N ’ Forget won here in 1987 . |
| 22 | The race has been won in the past two years by a Gold Cup winner-The Thinker 12 months ago after being successful at Cheltenham the previous season , while the 1985 Gold Cup hero Forgive ‘ N ’ Forget won here in 1987 . |
| 23 | First , all the wood for the body was finished and machined in the Sawmill , and transported to the relevant positions for assembly , as follows : No 1 stage was the fitting of the floor , No 2 stage , the ends moving , to No 3 stage when the sides were temporarily fitted , after being job-built . |
| 24 | At a stroke our artistic patrimony has been increased by a treasure which is about to go on display after being unseen for seventy years . |
| 25 | A woman police constable who reported him has since had to be transferred ‘ after being cold-shouldered ’ . |
| 26 | After being stuck in traffic behind trailer upon trailer carrying ‘ The Doors ’ logo , I eventually found myself with director Oliver Stone watching a drunk and disorderly Morrison recording ‘ Touch Me ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ The idea came from speaking to businessmen who had missed important meetings after being stuck in a cab in heavy traffic , ’ says Cave . |
| 28 | He eventually fell , seven short of a century , ‘ gated ’ by the offspinner after being stuck fast for 25 minutes , but Dermot Reeve , in his first Test , and watched by his mother Monica , who had flown halfway around the world to see him play , and Lewis , who unfurled drives and cuts of genuine quality , ensured progress was maintained as the weather closed in . |
| 29 | ‘ When he took me into the lead I did n't want to be there that soon — so many horses have been caught after being clear , ’ he said . |
| 30 | HOW silly of comedy writer Carla Lane to try to save a pit bull terrier which faces an automatic destruction order after being unmuzzled in public . |