Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun] be [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was awakened by a seaman who told him that the ship would not be leaving for seven days , and there would be no place for him to hide as timber was being loaded under German supervision . |
| 2 | The man interviewed in Doncaster was being treated as a witness who may have information about Moira 's disappearance . |
| 3 | A major factor that contributed to Tip 's being top man with the bag was the philosophy and teachings of his father , Tip Senior . |
| 4 | I 've been out on the on the streets and the roads and we 've had a few beers and I 've not seen any trouble but the first I 've heard of trouble was was this morning after breakfast in a nearby hotel and and by by the trouble that 's been caused I do n't know the details of it but I believe it 's been quite intense really . |
| 5 | Support for CGA is being phased out with Windows 3.1 in favour of displays that can handle colour . |
| 6 | can sail into a beautiful old age with enthusiasm for hobbies , taking up new interests of all sorts and I 've taken up skiing after the age of fifty and I 'm , I feel I 'm getting on well with it and this fresh air and and you know , getting out and finding who you really are after , you know , looking after children is is a wonderful thing ! |
| 7 | In April the government had stated that more than 600 people suspected of collaboration were being detained [ see p. 38166 ] . |
| 8 | UNEMPLOYED women over 25 and living in Cleveland are being given the opportunity to join a free six-week course on media techniques . |
| 9 | Staff at UCCA say the fault has now been corrected but all applications made before November are being double checked . |
| 10 | BUSINESSPEOPLE in Clwyd are being invited to send their staff on a one-day customer care training course developed by the Canadian tourist industry . |
| 11 | A man arested in Blackpool is being questioned about the murder of a student in Cheltenham . |
| 12 | What caused the accident remains a mystery , although a cut in on of the rear tyres was discovered over a week later , but according to Lotus is was impossible to be categoric as to the real cause . |
| 13 | the Chi the Chinese empire is , is actually growing but possibly in the sense that within Chinese territory marginal land that has n't previously been used for agriculture is being brought into use . |
| 14 | On the face of it , the shooting looked like another bloody event in Irish history , but perhaps it was its timing — on the same day that the government had sat for the first time — that intrigued him , or perhaps it was Joe 's words : that his father and the men like him had died for Ireland were being betrayed . |
| 15 | Reports issued by human rights organizations claimed that members of the civilian population remaining in Kuwait were being subjected to brutal torture and repression . |
| 16 | Four Louis XVI wall-lights valued at £3,000 are being sold from the French-style drawing room along with the £5,000 giltwood suite and 1850 card tables . |
| 17 | Commuters with BR season tickets will be entitled to a refund for today 's journeys , and parents of school pupils who normally travel by rail are being urged to claim as well . |
| 18 | Mr Oatley pointed out that because small producers were going out of business , up to 10 per cent of eggs consumed in Britain were being imported . |
| 19 | The massive increase in the number of GCSE candidates opting to continue in education is being trumpeted by the Tories as a success story . |
| 20 | Fellows from universities who fought in Spain are being given jobs in Intelligence or Censorship where they could do a lot more damage as traitors than a squaddy like I 'd be . |
| 21 | The EC also insisted on a biannual monitoring of Rover 's hitherto secret five-year corporate plan , in order to confirm that the money allocated for restructuring was being spent on that . |
| 22 | He said security cameras in town centres an idea recently proposed in Darlington were being used increasingly in Britain , and the success seen after their introduction at football grounds was being repeated in high streets . |
| 23 | In short , the origin of ‘ civilisation ’ might well be traced to man 's dawning understanding that the ‘ joie de vivre ’ experienced in childhood was being lost to the individual as his life went on . |
| 24 | There must have been a suspicion that under the control of these Authorities only left-wing teachers need apply for jobs , and that money that might have been spent on education was being spent elsewhere ; for example , on supporting lesbian or ‘ gay ’ groups . |
| 25 | Its ‘ restoration ’ seems to promise much , but the promise is interrupted by Artegall 's being required to return to the Faerie Queene 's court . |
| 26 | Hermite had presumably gambled on Smith 's being the only entry for the competition , but there were in fact two others . |
| 27 | An new investigation led to Ferrier 's being charged with assault . |
| 28 | ( This appears to be the only independent support , apart from introspection , that they adduce for belief-expression 's being essential to assertion . ) |
| 29 | Her supporters included Thomas Hess , Meyer Schapiro , Leo Steinberg , Harold Rosenberg , and Peter Selz , and their intervention , asserting that Canaday had offended Ashton 's ‘ rights and responsibilities as a critic ’ , resulted in Canaday 's being censured by the American art critics ' association . |
| 30 | Though not consistent among themselves , they date the first , less conclusive campaign in 818 or 819 , the second , more decisive one which , they say , resulted in Konya 's being taken and plundered , in 819 , 820 or 821 ; and the statements in the earliest extant list , itself dated 824/1421 , lead to dates of 818 and 820 for the two campaigns . |