Example sentences of "being [vb pp] [adv prt] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fish was revived by being placed back in the water , and literally given an underwater lip-to-lip kiss of life … |
| 2 | Raw muck and slurry can burn young plants and even slow down plant growth whilst it is being broken down in the soil . |
| 3 | tha that 's because the iron is er being broken down in the body . |
| 4 | She could not believe her eyes when she saw the Tillers being marched off in the crocodile line to the English Girls ' Club after rehearsals . |
| 5 | Leslie was disturbed to hear of this latest small trauma : ‘ It distresses me , ’ he wrote , ‘ to think of you being chivvied about in the way you are ; after all , the army supports me , and when it moves me thinks a wee bit about me . |
| 6 | Hollywood was scared , not simply because of the threat to personal life and limb , but by the implications being meted out in the press which followed two distinct inferences : first that Polanski through his and his dead friends ' involvement with drugs had brought this tragedy upon his own house , and , second , that the ‘ new ’ Hollywood in general must accept some guilt through its current fascination with violence , drugs , sex and the lifestyle of what appeared — in the eyes of the establishment — to be a mortally sick section of society . |
| 7 | Bye-laws 17 , 18 , and 22 deal with back-siphoning : wherever a cold water supply is connected to a flexible hose , the law insists that the tap or outlet is fitted with a non-return valve to prevent contaminating liquids being sucked back in the mains system by any loss of pressure . |
| 8 | The development of every organism starts from a very generalized structure , with the more specialized features that distinguish the particular species being added on in the course of growth . |
| 9 | Official statements said that no art restoration work was being carried out in the Chapel at the time of the fire . |
| 10 | Yet another youth project of a rather specialist nature is being carried out in the north east area . |
| 11 | The research is being carried out in the North West as this region is one of the largest providers of local authority unstaffed homes . |
| 12 | Since then most archaeological work has been concentrated on the fortifications , with all too little excavation being carried out in the interior , mainly because of the presence of modern buildings . |
| 13 | In addition to the work being carried out in the UNEP HQ at Nairobi and in the GEMS/GRID site in Geneva , a series of GRID regional nodes are now being set up world-wide , each equipped with the same hardware and software and local subsets of the data . |
| 14 | The project has the support of the Zambian Government , and is part of a wider investigation into displacement in Southern Africa , being carried out in the Department of Geography at King 's College London and the Refugee Studies Programme of the University of Oxford . |
| 15 | Londonderry-based Trust members recently visited Armagh to discover the work being carried out in the city centre area . |
| 16 | He has been on the Opposition Front Bench for long enough to have seen and understood the redevelopment work that is currently being undertaken in Londonderry and which is being carried out in the county towns throughout the length and breadth of Northern Ireland . |
| 17 | Because the clergy were on the whole ministering to the poor , many of them could not avoid being caught up in the unrest , violence and fear . |
| 18 | He was a great melodist , but he had a real struggle being caught up in the machinery of making hits . |
| 19 | He was also cursing his luck at being caught out in the open , when three figures stepped forward into the moonlight and stopped facing him across the intervening space . |
| 20 | The experience gained here and in other countries is now being written up in the form of guide lines for future motorcycle users . |
| 21 | It was the perfect response from Mike Walker 's side after Saturday 's 3-0 defeat at Wimbledon which once again saw the East Anglians being written off in the title stakes . |
| 22 | Harry Moyle himself was rescued after being shot down in the sea ( by Spitfires , in fact ) and was rescued by a fishing boat from North Berwick . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't like the fact that I am being pushed out in the cold . |
| 24 | You 're not the one who 's being chucked up in the air . |
| 25 | The hotel was coming to life : in the next room a woman was scolding a child ; there were sounds of pots and pans being shifted about in the kitchen ; eventually , from down the corridor , came a rattling of cups and saucers . |
| 26 | Far from being wrapped up in the Tour and excited by it , she looked all the time as if she would sooner be anywhere else . |
| 27 | SLF are also in danger of being banged up in the Tower Of London for incurring the wrath of Her Majesty 's Government . |
| 28 | ‘ Their problems may be acute , and there is a risk of being swallowed up in the mass of an adult ward . |
| 29 | He liked to recall how bachelor officers and other ranks were all shaved in bed without being woken up in the process . |
| 30 | At this point the stunt that was being pulled off in the music found its visual equivalent rising to meet it . |