Example sentences of "being [vb pp] [conj] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They went to Malaga , where Ken was upset about not being recognized and then left because after raising his voice he was being pestered by autograph-hunters . |
| 2 | In restaurants , Ken and Hugh Paddick had meals together where there was inevitably the same story of not being recognized and then having to move because too many people were pestering him . |
| 3 | For his part Dinca , a former First Deputy Prime Minister , claimed that he had not opposed Ceausescu for fear of being dismissed and even executed . |
| 4 | Do n't wait for it Appleton if you want to save your insipid self from being punctured or badly handled all you can Do for the Better of our ESTEEMED BURMA is GET OUT ! |
| 5 | and converting , often being persecuted and physically assaulted for his beliefs . |
| 6 | Mr Le Pen said his 17-member party was being persecuted and unjustly accused of racism and fascism . |
| 7 | One of the most characteristic features of Gnostic thought was the fundamental dualism of God and the world , the Deity being regarded as completely transcending the world which , so far from being his creation , was the realm of the Devil and consequently irredeemably evil . |
| 8 | I could then realize that he was a fever specialist of world renown , but that his colleagues in many European countries were being insulted and even attacked by their own pupils , probably because they would not assent to the Herrenvolk theory . |
| 9 | That alone makes the patterns in social relations more complicated , but in addition we must analyse processes of change to judge how far the character of these structures is being modified or even transformed . |
| 10 | After being wounded and briefly taken prisoner during the retreat from Mons , he joined the Intelligence Bureau in Cairo , later known as the Arab Bureau , in December 1914 with T. E. Lawrence [ q.v. ] , who became a close friend and ally . |
| 11 | Elderly residents are being downgraded and sometimes have to share rooms , and that situation will get worse . |
| 12 | The attempt of one of the leaders concerned to implement these extreme tactics resulted in his being caught and summarily executed by the local military commander . |
| 13 | Take a trip to Karolinka which is well known in Czechoslovakia for its glass production and watch the glassware being made and maybe take the opportunity of buying some of its produce at very reasonable prices . |
| 14 | In contrast popular dissenting tracts frequently insist on a strong separate identity , suspicious of being seen as formally composed and keen to assert scriptural language as a key to asserting their own experience . |
| 15 | Since two different groups of headlines appear in E [ the last sheet but three ] it is obvious that an interruption occurred while E was printing ; and it appears probable that it came about because the printer abruptly decided to run off a small number of complete copies of the book for sale while the opera was being presented and then to finish the entire edition at leisure . |
| 16 | Queen in her own right , yes ; but only of that junior partner , while being fêted and ultimately enjoying the pleasures of being queen consort of the senior . |
| 17 | The British car manufacturing industry has been very reluctant to catch up with the clean technology being offered and vehemently resisted pressure to adopt catalytic converters for many years , advocating instead an alternative technology known as the ‘ lean burn engine ’ . |
| 18 | Copyright protects your work from being copied or commercially exploited by someone else without your consent . |
| 19 | They were running a great risk of being intercepted and possibly destroyed , unless they knew what we are bound to suspect : that the English leadership was incompetent , and perhaps divided . |
| 20 | Someone would be sweating steam in their sleep , someone 's baby would be face down on her pillow ; Belle 's grandmother knew what was wrong without being told and always righted it if it could be done . |
| 21 | Disputes over the size of populations of the north and south had resulted in previous censuses being challenged and ultimately cancelled . |
| 22 | The foreman would naturally advise the security men on the gate , and Personnel Department , which would result in the steward being apprehended and instantly dismissed . |
| 23 | The doctrine of ultra vires was used not simply to control the scope of the power being exercised but also to control the way the power was used . |
| 24 | Feudalistic China remained locked in the past and bore the seeds of its own decline , eventually being overpowered and nearly destroyed by the blue' cultures . |
| 25 | The teacher must also be completely familiar with the game being played and also show fairness in scoring . |
| 26 | In the evening , body temperature is being reduced and so tends to be slightly higher than required . |
| 27 | Because of the ontological indeterminacy inherent in the narrative , it is often impossible to tell who an interlocutor is , or whether a scene is being remembered or merely imagined by one of the characters involved . |
| 28 | It may simply be the result of little domestic refuse being left around the farm ; cereals may not have been processed there , or , if they were , not in a place likely to have resulted in their being burnt and therefore preserved . |
| 29 | Cutbacks were being made in the provision of security which were leading to more cars being stolen and also placing an extra burden on the families who were visiting sick or loved ones . |
| 30 | Everywhere Stalinism is being reformed and openly discussed , in Hungary , Poland , the Soviet Union . |