Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] [prep] the time of " in BNC.
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1 | London Underground said last night the station was in the process of being evacuated at the time of the blast . |
2 | The action was brought by the owners of the two ships which were being repaired at the time of the fire and were damaged . |
3 | This part closely resembled Brodrick 's best-known building , Leeds Town Hall , which was the result of a competition that he had won in 1853 and was being built at the time of the Government Offices competition . |
4 | The Leicestershire farms had a considerable amount of land rented on short-term leases : this land was being used at the time of the survey but might not be available in future years . |
5 | Other ranges and designs were introduced to cope with even heavier demands and with minor amendments , utility furniture was still being produced at the time of the festival of Britain in nineteen fifty one . |
6 | And reciprocally , if memory formation requires the synthesis of proteins for the construction of synapses , then if one could stop the proteins from being synthesized around the time of learning then the memory should not be formed ; an animal trained on a task and prevented from synthesizing proteins should behave as if it has no memory for the task — is amnesic — when it is subsequently asked to perform it . |
7 | Nearly 500 people arrested after the rebel attacks were still being held at the time of the AI visit . |