Example sentences of "of [being] [verb] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have you ever had the experience of being met at an airport or a station by someone who did n't know you ? |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In this way there is less chance of being caught at a disadvantage or being ambushed by circumstances . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | London Underground said last night the station was in the process of being evacuated at the time of the blast . |