Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] be [vb pp] [prep] [being] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I would be accused of being a racist , take this for example , I was down at lower school , I had a black girl in my class , she did something or another . |
| 2 | ‘ People have suggested that I will be attacked for being homophobic for going into Hoover 's sex life in such detail , ’ Summers says . |
| 3 | One member of his family could come and visit him that afternoon and yes , we would be allowed to bring food , which would be examined before being given to the prisoner . |
| 4 | ‘ But we were told that when the work resumed there would be no cause for concern as the mud and filth being dredged from the Lagan was to be carefully loaded into ‘ sealed lorries ’ which would be washed before being driven away . |
| 5 | Under the deal , called PRT ( Promotion , Transfer and Redundancy ) , nobody can be sacked without being offered another job somewhere in the system . |
| 6 | Thinking of the provocatively slow way she might later take off her shiny red boots , dark hair falling down over her placidly unconcerned face as she bent to remove them , thinking of the longer , slower flow of her otherwise quick young body as she discarded her clothing bit by bit and turned with a sudden smile of submission towards his already rumpled bed , he was also holding in to himself and caressing within himself the glass-cased ideal of a woman — a Princess — who could be worshipped without being touched by bonily clutching fingers , who could transform him without being stickied by any of his bodily fluids . |
| 7 | If you were caught , you 'd be charged for being improperly dressed — you had to be in uniform . |
| 8 | The basic problem with this aspect of the technique is that the movement occurs very quickly , so you could be excused for being unsure quite what has happened . |
| 9 | I think you can be oppressed through being exploited , harassed , discriminated against ; or through being ignored and looked straight through . |
| 10 | TODAY does not believe in merely telling the Government that something must be done without being able to suggest positive moves . |
| 11 | It is of no surprise to you and I to know that we are in a erm an economic crisis , and , but I think that we might be accused of being in an area that does n't take the fair share of the cuts . |
| 12 | This year , of course , everything will be geared to being selected for the Olympic Games . |
| 13 | They may be helped by being reminded of the long-term benefits of such observation . |
| 14 | Attack is a no-no for bowlers in limitedover cricket ; they should be resigned to being the chopping blocks for the batsman 's run-scoring and entertainment propensities . |
| 15 | He was , he informed us in his speech to the senate , fully aware that he may be accused of being naive . |
| 16 | If the passage of the deposit is not prohibited , then it could be lost by being passed to an individual or a company that goes bankrupt or becomes insolvent before completion . |
| 17 | Prost ( right ) is worried that he could be penalised for being involved in ostensibly innocent race clashes |
| 18 | When he told him he would be arrested for being drunk , Sweeney butted him in his left eye and brought his knee up to his groin . |
| 19 | Nathaniel Houlton , a widower living in Bristol , itemized the details of his coffin in a will drafted on 26 May 1767 : ‘ First , It is my Will and Desire ( if it can be done without being Offensive ) to have my Body kept for the space of One Week at the Least after my Demise , before my Coffin ( which I direct shall have a Double or false Lid , as my late Wife 's had ) , be closed up ; … |