Example sentences of "the [noun] [vb mod] be being " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many people in Russell 's Water think they know what happened to Jim Eggleton , and think the killer could be being protected locally . |
| 2 | The offence must be a ‘ serious arrestable ’ one ; the investigation must be being ‘ conducted diligently and expeditiously ’ ; and there must be a need to secure or preserve evidence or ‘ to obtain such evidence by questioning him ’ [ emphasis added ] . |
| 3 | The icing on the cake would be being able to reunite people with property they 've had stolen . |
| 4 | She and the pole must be being drawn towards the sea . |
| 5 | The numbers of baby eels in Scandinavian and European rivers are also declining , and the NRA believe that the depopulation may be being caused by an unknown factor , possibly pollution , in the Atlantic . |