Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] be [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ENOUGH electricity to light Basingstoke is being wasted every night by people too lazy to switch off their remote control televisions at the mains . |
| 2 | A DAY trip to Lapland to meet Santa is being organised by Airtours on December 13 . |
| 3 | do you think Mick is is gay ? |
| 4 | A UN spokeswoman in Belgrade said she had heard Srebrenica was being shelled by Serbs while Gen Morillon was stranded there . |
| 5 | Mr Chubb claimed Denega was being crippled by interest rates and a development incorporating the facade was considered ‘ uneconomic ’ . |
| 6 | Mr Chubb claimed Denega was being crippled by interest rates and a development incorporating the facade was considered ‘ uneconomic ’ . |
| 7 | The disclosure from Sir James Sherwood , the man who revived the Orient Express , comes as Government plans to privatise BR are being questioned by two former Cabinet ministers . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , equipment from the now disbanded NVA is being sold by public auction , and a number of vehicles have been despatched as part of aid packages to Mozambique and Eritrea . |
| 9 | A squealing young woman called Clarissa was being chased along a passage by a young man called Toby . |
| 10 | But doubts about G Tec have spread beyond California , in Baltimore , Maryland , the company also operates the state lottery , here too the awarding of contracts is being scrutinized , a forty nine million dollar contract to provide a popular computerized casino game called Keyknow is being investigated by a grand jury . |
| 11 | They know John is being deported . |
| 12 | I mean Kevin is is helping him and he 's he 's checking a certain amount of his work but obviously he ca n't be there all the time . |
| 13 | The unions fear SSDs are being forced to provide nursing care on the cheap . |
| 14 | Corbett looked at the old drunken face and knew Benstede was being sardonic . |
| 15 | ‘ No , the neighbour said she heard a noise and thought Minnie was being burgled so her son got through the window and let her in . |
| 16 | He thought Blanche was being too finicky . |
| 17 | Vehicles entering Llandudno are being checked and some , including vans whose occupants appear suspicious , are being turned away . |
| 18 | Mrs Thatcher , however , thought Major was being over-generous . |
| 19 | I thought Louise was being very obliging . |
| 20 | the Gloucester team to face Bristol is being kept secret but there 's nothing hush hush about our next guest he 's the man who 'll be riding motor bikes for the Oxford Products Team in the British Championship this season … |
| 21 | I think Chrissy is is n't he ? |
| 22 | In Geneva , a UN spokesman said Washington was being asked to provide heavy helicopters to take in supplies and evacuate wounded people from Srebrenica . |
| 23 | Mr Paz Zamora said Europe was being invited to the summit because it had ‘ demonstrated a marked interest in dealing with the problem alongside other countries ’ . |
| 24 | At the LTB 's annual meeting last week , Lord Pitt said London was being undermined as a tourist attraction by a ‘ lack of some kind of co-ordinating body , able to promote the capital and fight for its best interests ’ . |
| 25 | SunSoft Inc announced a value-added reseller programme designed to educate resellers on selling 32-bit computing : it includes training and education , sales and lead generation ; marketing and merchandising support ; SunSoft claims Solaris-on-Intel is being evaluated by Amoco Inc ( 10,000 units ) , AT&T Universal Card , DuPont Pixel Inc ( 20,000 units ) , Foxboro Co , Philip Morris , Superior National Insurance and 3M Co . |
| 26 | They will say Lamb is being roasted for breach of contract . |