Example sentences of "[adv] [noun prp] be [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So Scotland is being treated well under the measures . |
| 2 | The famous film director from France could speak no English , and so Miranda was being sent to do the interview as well as provide the paper 's weekly caricature ; she had the address of the location , a newsagent 's in the High Street of a part of the city she had never heard mentioned before , Giblett Park , though she had lived in London most of her life ; the Press Office had said that he would give her ten minutes between takes , or more if she were lucky and the filming was going well and Jean-Claude Meursault was feeling mellow . |
| 3 | Already Carhartt is being sold alongside Timberland ( itself an authentic US brand that has found far wider appeal following a cult introduction ) in shops like Leeds ' and Manchester 's Aspecto . |
| 4 | He could never quite work out whether or not Willi was being deliberately naughty . |
| 5 | Tonight Robinson is being transfered to Bullingdon prison in Oxfordshire . |
| 6 | WC apps : 8 Once more Yugoslavia are being talked of as dark horses but they faded in 1974 and flopped in 1982 . |
| 7 | Three days later Haslam was being interviewed for a job at ICI and he was offered the chance to become a technical services engineer in the Nobel Division , an offer he snapped up immediately . |
| 8 | It did not occur to the Jones that , for example , they were now insisting unswervingly on an 8pm bedtime , and that now Olwyn was being rewarded ( the bedtime story ) for making it on time . |
| 9 | Three years later the tables had turned once more and now Dannii was being asked for interviews in Britain simply because of her sister 's fame . |
| 10 | Now Wigan are being asked to defend their world crown in Brisbane next February . |
| 11 | Three hundred and fifty years ago England was being torn apart by a bloody civil war . |
| 12 | Three hundred and fifty years ago England was being torn apart by a bloody civil war . |
| 13 | In Medieval times the Benedictine monasteries had a rule which called for ‘ the care of the sick to be placed above and before every other thing , as if indeed Christ were being directly served in waiting upon them ’ . |
| 14 | But at least Merson is being judged solely on form . |
| 15 | Other mitigating measures could involve the encouragement of private concerns to develop their own plantations , as is already occurring on a small scale , not only in the rainforest regions but also in savanna regions where Eucalyptus is being successfully cultivated to provide fuelwood and poles . |
| 16 | At night , when Veronica is being washed in the kitchen sink , John repeats his performance but more half-heartedly because he really prefers to watch the TV while playing with his toys . |
| 17 | The court was told there 's a shortage of officers at the prison where Spencer is being held . |
| 18 | One example was when Etty was being bathed at home on a Sunday , at the age of 14 . |
| 19 | ‘ Her mother died giving birth , when Eve was being born . |
| 20 | In a separate development on Jan. 27 , nearly 1,000 students attempted to storm the villa where Ershad was being detained , demanding that he be transferred to prison within 24 hours . |
| 21 | We may also note that , when this message was sent to MACMIS in the afternoon of 15 May , AFHQ was under the impression that 5 Corps had already taken surrender of the 200,000 Croats , which was why Tito was being asked to " instruct his commander to accept them " . |
| 22 | His association with Marius Steen had been the reason why Bloomwater was being used for the filming . |
| 23 | Doubtless Tom was being specially vigilant those nights as his father , James , was not only Company Secretary at that time , but also Chief Air Raid Warden for the area . |
| 24 | He usually employs the work kivas , which literally means animal fleece , but occasionally — especially in the scenes where Helen is being entertained — he chooses to use the word tap e s instead . |
| 25 | A few days later a group of nobles keen to impress Aurangzeb broke into the quarters where Dara was being kept , a small garden outside the walls of Shahjehanabad towards Nizamuddin . |
| 26 | As a further precaution , the addresses of Israeli staff were not printed in official diplomatic lists for fear of encouraging the impulsive gesture at a time when Israel was being a little hard to take . |
| 27 | The substitution did seem strange as I could n't see why Wallace was being taken off and not Deane ( or a defender ) . |
| 28 | During the lecture the speaker did not say why Lesotho was being developed , beyond saying that it was a contingency ‘ in case of emergency if South Africa closes its door ’ on the 50,000 miners . |
| 29 | ‘ What is it ? ’ asked Creggan desperately , watching where Minch was being taken away . |
| 30 | The only extra sound-proofing on the breeze blocks between his room and mine is a couple of layers of paint , which is probably why Yvonne was being quiet . |