Example sentences of "[prep] being " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thoza Khonje , a 43-year-old area sugar company manager , was arrested on 28 February 1989 , reportedly after being overheard criticizing policy decisions by Life-President Hastings Kamazu Banda . |
| 2 | Tarcisio Medina Charry , a 21-year-old student , ‘ disappeared ’ after being arrested in 1988 . |
| 3 | Isidro Caballero , a 33-year-old teacher , ‘ disappeared ’ after being detained on 7 February 1989 by an army patrol . |
| 4 | They all ‘ disappeared ’ after being taken into custody by members of the Indian Peace Keeping Force . |
| 5 | Zikri Nafkhosh Mustafa , Nabi Muhammad Shukr , Jabbar Rashid Shifki and Ja'far Tamar Mahmud are four of 315 Kurdish children and youths who ‘ disappeared ’ after being arrested in Iraq in August 1983 . |
| 6 | Oumarou Aman , Cameroon : released from labour camp in January 1991 after being held for more than six years without charge or trial . |
| 7 | When Amnesty International visited Yemen in October 1990 to prepare for government talks , they heard reports of thousands of Yemenis being expelled from Saudi Arabia , some after being tortured . |
| 8 | Many older people need help in the period after being discharged from hospital . |
| 9 | Harold started Ryburn in July 1990 after being made redundant . |
| 10 | THE SHARE price of Lincat Group , maker of commercial catering equipment , is getting a boost after being toppled from its perch of 175p this summer when news of continuing problems at three subsidiaries filtered through to the City . |
| 11 | Already replaced once in June after being splattered with paint , it was replaced again last week with a new painting featuring a bluer sky . |
| 12 | Peter Davenport , who joined Middlesbrough from Manchester United for £700,000 less than a year ago , may seek a move after being left out of the squad for Saturday 's game at Watford . |
| 13 | Evaristo Porras Ardila , linked to the powerful Medellin cocaine cartel , was being held in the south-western city of Pasto after being deported from Ecuador on Sunday night . |
| 14 | In Dortmund a 56-year-old man , apparently an even more extreme right-winger , was in a critical condition after being kicked and pelted with bottles by left-wingers . |
| 15 | And in Dusseldorf police said a member of the Republican party suffered a heart attack after being beaten up by demonstrators . |
| 16 | And as luck would have it , I just happen to have a list of apparently germane truths which I have been maturing during the last month or so , after being worsted in various conversations . |
| 17 | Sheffield Eagles , still homeless after being banned from the Owlerton Stadium , have brought forward their home match against Leeds from 29 October to Wednesday , 25 October , to enable it to take place at Wakefield . |
| 18 | Alan Curtis , the former Welsh international striker , yesterday signed for Swansea after being given a free transfer by Cardiff . |
| 19 | Yang Yang , 20 , a self-confessed member of China 's pro-democracy movement , had been detained in Hong Kong for 10 days after being arrested for overstaying his visa . |
| 20 | Professor Wybran , 49 , the director of the Co-ordination Committee of Jewish Organisations in Belgium ( CCOJB ) , died early yesterday after being shot in the head on Tuesday night outside the Brussels University Hospital , where he headed the Immunology Department . |
| 21 | A 19-year-old man died after being shot in the head in a north London street as his girlfriend and two-year-old daughter looked on , police said yesterday . |
| 22 | A SPANIARD defends his German Masters title this week , after being stung into winning last year when he was left out of the Suntory World Matchplay Championship , while an Australian plays here having sacrificed a lucrative place in this year 's matchplay event , writes Norman Dabrell from Stuttgart . |
| 23 | The 18 later left the building after being assured they would be considered for emigration . |
| 24 | RIO DE JANEIRO ( AP ) — Luis Sales , head of a Brazilian advertising agency , was freed unharmed after being held by kidnappers for two months . |
| 25 | Mansell was shown the black flag three times after being disqualified for reversing his Ferrari after overshooting his pit during a scheduled stop to change tyres . |
| 26 | Nine pupils and two teachers were treated in hospital after being overcome by noxious fumes in a classroom at Lancaster Boys ' School , Leicester . |
| 27 | AFTER being ill-served for many years by the investment industry , the small investor at last has a choice of funds which follow share indices . |
| 28 | Moore 's England props , Paul Rendall and Jeff Probyn , belatedly return for Wasps , at home to Blackheath , after being left out of the first two First Division games . |
| 29 | Robert Heslop , 70 , of Tanfield Lea , Stanley , Co Durham , died from head injuries after being in an accident with a police car on Saturday night while crossing a road . |
| 30 | A KURDISH refugee who set fire to himself after being told his application for political asylum in Britain had failed has died , intensifying criticism of the Home Office 's handling of the Kurds ' plight , writes Mike Prestage . |