Example sentences of "[prep] [being] [verb] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Perkins may have come to regret this decision because , after being eclipsed at the exhibition , the demand for their mauve dye decreased rapidly , and they found that the commercial potential for magenta dye had been grossly underestimated . |
| 2 | After being enrolled at the university at the age of seventeen , Freud studied physiology , biology and anatomy . |
| 3 | Diego bust-up : Seville directors will today discuss Diego Maradona 's future after he stormed out of the Spanish club 's stadium after being substituted at the weekend . |
| 4 | Twin sisters , Emma and Becky Harper , died shortly after being filmed at a family party in Cheltenham . |
| 5 | Arrested : A distraught Ms Gibson shouts to reporters after being held at the airport |
| 6 | Have you ever had the experience of being met at an airport or a station by someone who did n't know you ? |
| 7 | Jane , because she was a mistress , rarely had an opportunity to attend the more elegant events of society , and she was not going to miss this chance of being seen at a duchess 's ball . |
| 8 | But the Liberal Democrats protested that their front bench spokesman had had to wait nearly five hours to be called by the Speaker instead of being called at the start of the debate like the Government and Opposition . |
| 9 | in respect of self-employed persons , in receipt of National Insurance Unemployment Benefit or in the absence of the entitlement to such benefit provides satisfactory evidence of being registered at the Department of Employment ( DHSS in Northern Ireland ) . |
| 10 | while they 're away , well , she never , she was quite happy to let you go ahead and do it she said , the only thing was , she said she 'd miss having the privacy in that corner because of being overlooked at the back . |
| 11 | In this way there is less chance of being caught at a disadvantage or being ambushed by circumstances . |
| 12 | For instance , in the law of contract the question , ‘ What is the difference between void and voidable contracts ? ’ can be accurately answered by saying that a void contract is an apparent contract that is in truth no contract at all , while a voidable contract is a contract that is capable of being avoided at the option of one party . |
| 13 | London Underground said last night the station was in the process of being evacuated at the time of the blast . |
| 14 | Despite being scheduled at the end of a long golfing year , the size of the Championship purse should ensure the participation of those eligible to enter . |
| 15 | Evidence for the importance of this ‘ rural-urban shift ’ can be found in the fact that London sustained such heavy population loss in the 1970s despite being located at the heart of the most dynamic region in the UK . |
| 16 | They always bid for funerals and I can remember folk on in being horrified at the idea that folk would put a notice in a window . |
| 17 | And as Jake nodded , Shiona reluctantly resigned herself to being trapped at the table with him for another little while . |
| 18 | He admitted to being surprised at the progress being made in Scotland , and expressed much admiration for the work currently being planned by the SCU and Teamsport Scotland in developing coaching at both school and club level . |
| 19 | By 300 the West added the birth of Jesus integrated into a solar calendar by being placed at the winter solstice . |
| 20 | From the above brief outline of work attempting to get to grips with the character of aesthetic response it can be seen that it is both complex and ‘ multi-layered ’ , a term used by Greger ( 1972 ) to describe how multiple meanings come to attain a feeling of significance by being grasped at the threshold of consciousness . |
| 21 | It was made famous by being used at a remembrance service for Falklands dead . |
| 22 | When ( and only when ) five items have accumulated by being added at the end of the previous complete sentence , you reply with the type of shop — in this case obviously a chemist 's shop . |