Example sentences of "being [vb pp] [adv prt] of the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Eastern Europe , meanwhile , new nation states are being formed out of the debris of the old system and nationalist feeling is exceptionally strong , and it is an open question whether some of these states will in due course be incorporated in an enlarged EC or perhaps in some still wider , but as yet only vaguely conceived , ‘ European homeland ’ ( to use Gorbachev 's expression ) . |
| 2 | Llewelyn turned from the harness that was being checked out of the armoury , and looked at his foster-son for a moment from so far away and by so dazzling a light that he seemed hardly to know him . |
| 3 | The young are being drained out of the village . |
| 4 | Quite apart from this impulsive folly , there was another reason for Leopold to be anxious : Wolfgang had written that on being turfed out of the archbishop 's lodgings he had taken refuge with his friends the Webers , who had left Munich for Vienna in 1779 when Aloysia was taken on at the German opera . |
| 5 | When God is posited as the First Cause , the very ideas of cause and effect are being torn out of the context in which they properly belong , that of the perceived regularities in the world of which we are aware . |
| 6 | ‘ How could Buckingham make such treasonable utterances — without being hounded out of the chamber ! ’ |
| 7 | The brains themselves only need the lightest poaching for a quarter of an hour before being lifted out of the court-bouillon and set on the beds of lettuce . |
| 8 | Just pause there what do think about that girl being tipped out of the bed ? |
| 9 | The last smear of faded orange was being sucked out of the sky and a few windows jumped into oblongs of light along the battered terrace . |
| 10 | The Christian Democrats got only 38.7% of the vote , against 45.1% four years ago , and are being booted out of the government for the first time since the state was founded 45 years ago . |
| 11 | A fine and storming time was had by all ( to put it mildly ) , the degenerate nature of the evening summed up perfectly by the mildly amusing spectacle of one SHAUN RYDER being carried out of the venue at the end of the night , screaming out the directions to his hotel to his sweating , grumbling slaves . |
| 12 | A YOUNG man was on a life support machine last night after being attacked out of the blue in a town centre . |
| 13 | Use the same command , preferably at a relatively early stage once the dog has settled down after being let out of the car , or off the leash . |
| 14 | The cost of the compensation was being met out of the money saved by cutting price subsidies . |
| 15 | AMATEUR drama lovers have vowed the show will go on despite being bombed out of the venue for their drama finals for the second time in two days . |
| 16 | BRISTOL CITY look like being priced out of the market for Danish international defender Bjorn Kristensen . |
| 17 | This forced the Central Bank , in a 10-day period up to Sept. 13 , to buy $800,000,000 in US dollars , to prevent Brazilian exports being priced out of the market . |
| 18 | Newly-elected as a member of the Executive Committee as Derry Area Secretary , Padraic was a member as Sligo Area Secretary for 9 months from April to December 1974 when he resigned on being transferred out of the area . |
| 19 | The plot has still to be finalised but insiders say Marcus will find out he has AIDS after having a gay affair with Dieter , who is being written out of the show . |
| 20 | Lisabeth and Fenella were being moved out of the way and generally harried from pillar to post . |
| 21 | Malcolm Smith , who runs the noted Jencra herd at Stoke on Trent , paid 7,500gn for Jim Goldie 's 17-month-old Epatant son , Goldie 's Globetrotter , while the suitably named Goldie 's Goldmine , another by the same sire , made the same amount when it sold in a private deal to David Dick of Mains of Throsk , Stirling , and Archie McGregor , Allanfauld , Kilsyth , after being turned out of the ring unsold at 7,200gn . |
| 22 | Some of them were unable to hide their disappointment at being cheated out of the chance of facing the enemy . |
| 23 | The young child will feel that he is being pushed out of the way to make room for someone much more important . |
| 24 | Although I had wanted to go away and agreed to go away , when the time came I also felt that I was being pushed out of the nest , and that my parents were glad to be rid of me , in that there would be one fewer person to cater for . |
| 25 | the petrol being pumped out of the back , that |
| 26 | By fitting a unique valve called an ECO Lock into the sump , we can prevent undissolved detergent being pumped out of the wastepipe . |
| 27 | And as well as the injury caused by hooking , they suffer distress from being hauled out of the water and handled . |
| 28 | Je t'aime : a different procedure , with the subject and object being got out of the way first , so that the long vowel of adoration can be savoured to the full . |
| 29 | This prevents nitrates being washed out of the soil in winter . |
| 30 | As Mr Holmes says , ‘ You can easily end up with people being locked out of the system . ’ |