Example sentences of "[was/were] being [vb pp] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asquith 's reform had been presented as an interim measure and the preamble to his Bill stated that the Lords " powers were being curtailed pending the introduction of a reform of their composition . |
| 2 | I hobbled my shameful way from First Buttress North on Lundy as the sun 's last rays winked over the darkening sea ( and last orders for food were being called at the island 's only pub ) after tumbling from the very last move of the 90ft first pitch of Road Runner . |
| 3 | It is only a few years ago that we were being warned about the arrival of another ice age , for heavens ' sake ! |
| 4 | At about the same time , far away in Rome , Christians were being persecuted by the Emperor Nero . |
| 5 | In a room across the courtyard , a noiseless television shed stabs of light , as if a vast torchbeam were being played around the walls . |
| 6 | Relations were worsening , moreover , between the major capitalist nations and the developing countries , which were being robbed of the fruits of their labour and forced to suffer poverty , illiteracy and famine . |
| 7 | Other INSET initiatives , particularly school-led INSET and management training , were being developed towards the end of the evaluation period but they were beyond the reach of PRINDEP 's time and resources . |
| 8 | The arts generally continued to thrive through public subsidy , to orchestral music above all , and new forms of partnership were being developed between the Arts Council and local authorities and industry and finance . |
| 9 | General hospital units were being developed within the catchment area of the hospital and its function as an admissions unit would eventually be superseded . |
| 10 | The bull and cows were being herded along the road at Calne , Wilts , when he suddenly ran wild with lust . |
| 11 | Some survivors complained they were being herded towards the site of the second bomb and were only 50ft away when it exploded . |
| 12 | She told him that she and some others were being escorted by the household guard on an expedition to the country that day . |
| 13 | His self-image and his idealism were being threatened at the anvil of reality . |
| 14 | New jobs , particularly in financial and professional services were being created in the City and in Docklands but were not going to local residents . |
| 15 | As the three funerals were taking place , four men from the Coleraine area were being questioned about the killings . |
| 16 | TWO men last night were being questioned about the IRA bombing of Harrods following a dramatic armed raid just hours after police showed a video of two suspects . |
| 17 | As the three funerals were taking place , four men from the Coleraine area were being questioned about the murders . |
| 18 | Some 150 northern businessmen were being questioned by the police , having come forward to volunteer information about bribes they had paid . |
| 19 | Others in the team were being filled with the Spirit and others strengthened for the work of ministry . |
| 20 | Philip 's misgivings , his hurt over Jim , were being assuaged by the Congress , and the happy atmosphere that was leading up to it . |
| 21 | All this time the bodies found , one after the other , in Mouncy Street , were being examined by the pathologists . |
| 22 | In fact , one of the major tensions was precisely that between the residual kinship patterns and the new form of relationships that were being constructed in the course of the nineteenth century . |
| 23 | At the same time as these theories were being explored in the world of school — theories designed to make the pupil the equal of the teacher — the concept of equality was beginning to have a powerful effect on education in a more overtly political sense . |
| 24 | Although rebel Serb radio broadcast that Stup had fallen yesterday , Bosnian soldiers and ammunition were being rushed through the town to the front throughout the day . |
| 25 | The mushrooms were being dotted around the eggs , bright and buttony . |
| 26 | Only now the coherence and the poetry were being deluged by the reality , or hope , of psychedelic drugs . |
| 27 | When she reached the atrium , she could hear the faint hum of voices and laughter coming from the library , where drinks were being served beside the fire — for the weather had reverted to normal , and there was a chill in the air this evening . |
| 28 | Now that the Spot the Talent competition was over teas were being served in the marquee . |
| 29 | And the pirates were so busy discussing the problem , and what they would do with the reward if they won it , that they did n't notice that they were being observed from the window above by none other than the new Mayor and his entourage . |
| 30 | As Angel One advanced in turn and returned the formal pre-combat courtesy , he was acutely aware of the fact that they were being observed from the spectators ' gallery above . |