Example sentences of "[be] be [vb pp] at [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He brought his ballad finished ’ , we hardly need to be reminded that The Rime of the Ancient Mariner , Christabel , and other poems were being written at this time . |
| 2 | It was not just in the treatment of syphilis that advances were being made at this time . |
| 3 | In 1820 he was sent to Fort Augustus , where the locks of the Caledonian canal were under construction , and , as his father was well known to everyone there , he was given the opportunity of learning not only masonry but all the branches of civil and mechanical engineering that were being practised at that time . |
| 4 | Given the time needed to deal with the residue of Poll Tax no reduction in Support Services , including typing is being suggested at this time and other services are expected to continue as at present . |
| 5 | and the head or whoever it is is committed at that time to be taking the rest of the year so they can profile . |
| 6 | ‘ The QE2 was being built at that time . |
| 7 | It was probably in 1937 that he and Tolkien had a conversation about their distaste for much of what was being published at that time . |
| 8 | The historic state coach No 351 which was being restored at that time suffered exterior damage in the fire but it is now intended to restore it as a museum piece . |