Example sentences of "[verb] them being [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We tied balloons and streamers to the tents , wheelbarrow and Land Rover and watched them being thrashed by the wind . |
| 2 | Surrounding buildings had to be protected by a wall of water to stop them being engulfed by the flames . |
| 3 | There were not enough , however , to stop them being blitzed in the final by a Warblers side whose quaint victory song underlined a cutting edge . |
| 4 | They went in , Miguel 's arm protectively round her waist to prevent them being separated by the throng of hot , energetic dancers . |
| 5 | Fraser had bought control of Scottish press and publishing interests , such as the Glasgow Herald and Evening Times publishers George Outram , specifically in order to prevent them being bought by the Canadian Roy Thomson . |
| 6 | In this way power and love might both be enjoyed , as we see them being enjoyed by the heroes of a thousand school stories . |
| 7 | And successful treatment is prolonging the lives of affected people — but not dealing with the causes or preventing them being affected in the first place . |