Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] and [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In towns and cities which are occupied for long periods of time , there is a continuous process of old buildings being demolished and levelled for the construction of new ones , which in turn become old and are demolished . |
| 2 | By the time of Edward I the major part of the Forest revenues was being raised and accounted for by the sheriffs . |
| 3 | Sinn Fein complained that their election workers were being harassed and delayed for up to half an hour at checkpoints . |
| 4 | Nothing is known about the location and extent of the associated estate ; it could have been connected with stone-quarrying around Bath , which was being extracted and used for tombstones at Colchester before the Boudiccan revolt . |
| 5 | Hull Crown Court heard his estranged wife Jackie was left covered in cuts and bruises and with two black eyes after being kicked and punched for three hours . |
| 6 | His wife , Alice , who went to Malawi as a Church of Scotland missionary , is out on bail after being arrested and detained for distributing pro-democracy literature . |
| 7 | Meanwhile in Ireland , at that time , women were being arrested and harassed for reading Spare Rib and the war in the North was raging on with ever-increasing numbers of Republican women being imprisoned without trial . |
| 8 | And even if the Host is still able to hope that the Monk will show another side to his character as a tale-teller , the Monk will not , and retreats into a sort of sulky silence after being interrupted and asked for something less serious : The Monk as a character is explicitly and repeatedly compared and contrasted with the teller who succeeds him , the Nun 's Priest . |
| 9 | If Ogarkov 's demotion in September 1984 revealed anything beyond a straight-forward preference to utilise his skills more effectively , then punishment came not for losing an argument , but for breaking the rules — for carrying on arguments after being overruled and pressing for prerogatives in the military-technical and military-political areas which were not rightfully his . |
| 10 | The ability to manage people is the more necessary at a time when a number of different lay ministries are being encouraged and developed for the conduct of worship . |
| 11 | In general , the measures were to attempt to create an environment for cycling which was safe , direct , comfortable and in which cyclists felt that they were being encouraged and provided for . |
| 12 | The party machines , however , are being oiled and watered for an early poll . |
| 13 | The planes have been tested and are now being loaded and prepared for flight . |