Example sentences of "[verb] being [vb pp] by the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can expect being cheated by the Tories , but Mr Quinn can perhaps explain how his party can always find money to pay for perks and excursions to faraway places for councillors and £3.5m expenditure upon the County Hall . |
| 2 | The subtle effects of centuries of propaganda will not be easily overcome , but we could make a start by looking more honestly at the reality of war and stop being blinded by the glamour . |
| 3 | Similarly , within the civil service the engineer or architect may resent being bound by the rules and regulations of administrative practices and accountability rather than those of the profession . |
| 4 | She had a very jolly time in Korea and she does not like being photographed by the Press . |
| 5 | It was Dr Who that provided the young Loveday with his earliest musical revelations , as he can remember being transfixed by the time travelling adventures and the theme music ( an early outing into electronic music composed by the legendary Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop ) . |
| 6 | Frankie dashed into the main kitchen and passed the window in a stoop to avoid being seen by the men outside . |
| 7 | He thought you would have to keep well over to one side of the car roof to avoid being struck by the side of the tunnel arch as the train came into Gloucester Road . |
| 8 | Only thirty yards or so separated them , when Curtis saw the Prophet lift a hand from the steering wheel and knock the rear-view mirror out of alignment to avoid being blinded by the glare . |
| 9 | Try to avoid being overcome by the sense of relief at finishing which produces a vague summary or a conclusion of the " thus it can be seen … variety . |
| 10 | It does this by disguising itself as an aphid , in order to avoid being detected by the ants . |
| 11 | He claimed he fled to the United States to avoid being executed by the IRA . |
| 12 | But as she kept to the inside edge of the footpath to avoid being splashed by the congestion of horse-drawn vehicles her gaze turned to the heart of the city , and all at once her spirits lifted . |
| 13 | If , that is , we survived the cold and managed to avoid being hurled by the wind into that bottomless pit at the base of the waterfall . |
| 14 | One effect of this Treasury influence which has been suggested is that organizations which are not under direct Treasury control have avoided being audited by the C. and A. G. Hence , some big spenders of government money have adopted other forms of audit . |
| 15 | I also hated being beaten by the wind and was frustrated by my lack of progress . |
| 16 | I stood at the front door for a long time being soaked by the rain . |
| 17 | : animate being affected by the action ; |
| 18 | ‘ I remember being fascinated by the story when I worked for a while in the Royal Library . |
| 19 | Or parameters which provoke the discharger 's concern can be framed leniently , control being assured by the insertion of a much stricter parameter of more general application . |
| 20 | Nearby branches of Books Etc were untouched — although of course they could not avoid being affected by the disruption that was caused by the bomb to trading in the area . |
| 21 | ( I kept on remembering Penny Lester 's grisly dormitory stories about how her mother survived being raped by the Japanese , I kept on saying , do n't resist , do n't resist . |
| 22 | The production is part of a special showcase season being presented by the Rose Bruford College , where Ms Rainsford is a final-year student on a BA theatre degree course . |
| 23 | Blake closed his eyes but kept being kicked by the Doctor , attempting to escape from his bonds . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've stopped being surprised by the number of people , including priests , who like the odd punt . |
| 25 | ‘ People have to stand well back from the edge of the pavement or else risk being splashed by the mud and water spilling from these ‘ sealed ’ lorries , ’ he said . |
| 26 | How does a bat keep track of its own echoes , and avoid being misled by the echoes of others ? |
| 27 | Who can help being struck by the tolerance of our age … |