Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] be be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked at me hard , realized I was being honest , and did as I asked . |
| 2 | I realised I was being deceived , ’ he told the General Medical Council 's professional conduct committee . |
| 3 | ‘ I fully realised I was being firmly pushed out of your life when you went back to England . ’ |
| 4 | I found I was being sent to some ghastly hole , miles from civilisation , on top of the Lincolnshire wolds , and as I trekked sullenly north , little did I know how the course of my life was about to be permanently changed . |
| 5 | With the fall in population more land became available , and those peasants who survived found they were being offered more favourable landholding terms by some lords and left the poorer lands for vacant richer lands elsewhere . |
| 6 | They all laughed and it helped to relieve the tension , but when they returned to the occupational health centre , far from being criticised for their performance , they heard only praise and found they were being treated as heroes . |
| 7 | This Aids quit which is being taken around the country , recently came to Oxford ; a way of remembering those who 've died , whilst keeping hopes alive for the future . |
| 8 | I believed I was being useful to my country and conserving the monarchical system against republicanism . ’ |
| 9 | The less fortunate were the severely wounded who were being placed on the grass with two medics to attend to their wounds . |
| 10 | At the same time , she recognised she was being unreasonable . |
| 11 | I also assumed she was being relevant . |
| 12 | It was also essential that he believed he was being cured , because of the need he would face soon for what I can only call ‘ self-help ’ . |
| 13 | On hearing the doorbell , the Commander 's reaction was affected by the events of the day and the matter they had just been so emotionally discussing : irrationally , he believed he was being visited by the police . |
| 14 | At one stage he believed he was being attacked and he over-reacted . |
| 15 | He had n't known whether to put it down to the fact that she imagined he was being left outside the camaraderie of the brothers or that in some strange way she was laying claim on him . |
| 16 | Reports pointed out that though the act had been passed for women 's protection , it seemed it was being used almost exclusively to punish poor women . |
| 17 | Told he was being arrested , he just smirked : ‘ You guys have been watching too much TV . ’ |
| 18 | United 's youth development officer was called in by Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan on Friday and told he was being fired . |
| 19 | The 41-year-old mother realised she was being followed by two men as she returned to a multi-storey car park after a lunchtime trip to a supermarket in Fareham , Hants . |
| 20 | As she forced her way back along the pavement , laden with shopping bag and plant wrapped in paper , Meredith suddenly realised she was being hailed . |
| 21 | ‘ When I put my hand down to feel what was wrong I realised she was being attacked — but I did n't know by what . |
| 22 | She realised she was being propositioned . |
| 23 | She realised she was being too serious , a problem that had plagued her all her life . |
| 24 | Leonora shivered and held out her hands to the stove , then stood motionless as she realised she was being watched . |
| 25 | Between whiles she got up and looked out of the window , watching the pale sunshine come and go on the elaborate mouldings and cornices of the offices on the opposite side of Hand and Ball Court , until she realized she was being watched from a window of the floor above by two young men in shirtsleeves . |
| 26 | He guessed it was being fired from the hip . |
| 27 | I do n't begrudge the support we 've given , but I was annoyed when I realised we were being taken for granted . |
| 28 | The heater was magnificent — a piece of copper tubing from the engine up between the two front seats meant regular stops for fresh air before we realised we were being poisoned by fumes . |
| 29 | Later , when the women let themselves into their own room , Billie sensed she was being watched . |
| 30 | Little Tero whinnied hysterically when she discovered she was being left behind . |