Example sentences of "be [being] [vb pp] from [noun prp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trees are being imported from Florida for the vast Little Britain office complex near the Barbican . |
| 2 | So as prostitutes are being deterred from Swindon by big fines and clear up campaigns , they 're taking the problem elsewhere ; to the cities like London , where the fines are low and demand for their work is high . |
| 3 | In the beginning , only coal was transported on the line but by 1814 passengers were being conveyed from Kilmarnock to the coast at Troon , at weekends and on holidays . |
| 4 | The Institute bankers were being changed from Lloyds to the Royal Bank of Scotland in order to obtain better interest rate bands on cash deposited . |
| 5 | The Customs and Excise Department is being moved from London to Liverpool , with the new office housing 1,800 staff . |
| 6 | That man was being transferred from Dartmoor to the Isle of Wight . |
| 7 | If it was being pointed out to her that she had been born to a life of political responsibility and not simply pleasure by one member of the powerful and able house of Guise in France , the message was being reinforced from Scotland by another : her mother , Mary of Guise . |
| 8 | The prisoner , who is serving a five year sentence for burglary was being moved from Dartmoor to Bullingdon Prison in Oxfordshire . |
| 9 | By October Eva was being farewelled from Australia to " her first appointment on missionary service to the Howard Institute in Southern Rhodesia " ( Australian War Cry November 15th 1952 ) . |