Example sentences of "[coord] being [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no question of buying time , as with a bureau , or being charged internally , as in the case of a mainframe . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't know which is worse — being here alone in Bluebeard 's castle or being cooped up with Bluebeard himself … ! ’ |
| 3 | However , there are tales of not everyone knowing what meetings are scheduled or being asked along . |
| 4 | ( Or being kicked upstairs , as the vulgarians call it . ) |
| 5 | Unless the offer is recommended and a shut-out ( see para 8.2 below ) is possible ( so that the offeror knows in advance that its offer will be successful ) , the offeror will normally wish to make the rights issue conditional on the offer becoming or being declared wholly unconditional . |
| 6 | ( 8 ) The offer of the cash underwritten alternative is usually made conditional only upon the main share offer becoming or being declared wholly unconditional in accordance with its terms . |
| 7 | Is the donkey pulling a loaded cart , the sheep on its way to the slaughterhouse , or the dilapidated parrot on a perch , happy or being treated cruelly ? |
| 8 | Mark knew that he would never be promoted after the Steiner incident so he concluded he must indeed be on his way out , or being moved sideways . |
| 9 | Highway engineers ' schemes for increasing the size of junctions often result in the stone being broken up for hardcore or being tossed unceremoniously aside . |
| 10 | As I 've already said , being a few seconds late will not be a severe disadvantage , but being early or being forced down the line will stop you from tacking when you want to . |
| 11 | Washing experiments were performed to try to determine whether the drug was being removed from the outside of the cell or being leeched out from the inside . |
| 12 | All about running for trains they could n't catch or being sat on by scaly monsters , and they got hold of books that told you that it meant Sex . |
| 13 | Too frequently I have made the mistake of buying fresh food once a week and either running out of organisational steam halfway through the week , so all the meals I had planned to cook have fallen by the wayside , or being held up at work or in some other way and grabbing fish and chips on the way home instead . |
| 14 | Footstraps are on the board to stop your feet bouncing or being washed off in stronger winds . |
| 15 | They remained in the atmosphere for 5–20 days before settling out or being washed out by precipitation ( soot particles attract water and so should readily form droplets ) . |
| 16 | Exemptions likely to be encountered include vehicles not exceeding 10 cwt unladen specially adapted for invalids ; vehicles brought from abroad for a temporary stay are exempt not exceeding one year from date of importation ; vehicles going to or returning from a vehicle test or being repaired etc. as a result of the test , provided in all cases prior arrangements have been made . |
| 17 | He described local people dropping dead from starvation or being torn apart by Serb shelling as they sought shelter or scoured the snowy terrain for anything edible . |
| 18 | From now on the locals would do what they were told to do by Detroit , and if they did n't like it they could take the option of either getting out of their own free will , or being booted out . |
| 19 | This can result in buyers waiting months for the goods to arrive or being fobbed off with a different machine . |
| 20 | No one likes streets covered in dog excrement , or being bowled over by a powerful dog pulling on its leash . |
| 21 | I can enjoy the experience of killing or being wounded fully , because I am not killing or being killed . |
| 22 | Now the men were scattered and being hunted down like wild animals . |
| 23 | The volatile combination of passion and laughter was so overwhelming that Virginia shut her eyes and tangled her fingers in the ruffled dark hair and began to drown in the exquisite taste and texture and sensation of kissing Guy and being kissed back very comprehensively in return . |
| 24 | It also holds monthly meetings , and being made up solely of people with an interest in children 's books — mainly publishers and booksellers but also authors , illustrators , agents and critics — it is a useful talking shop with no particular stance or axe to grind . |
| 25 | ‘ The idea of someone performing a song and being made out to be a god or whatever … it 's very strange . |
| 26 | What have drowning , suffocating , bleeding and being run over by a steam roller got in common ? |
| 27 | The experience underlined for Cuckney the importance of having clear goals in a crisis and being determined not to waver from the chosen course of action : |
| 28 | I was watching Stalag 17 with my grandmother and being felt up by a dirty old man . |
| 29 | Right , so you think that Margaret Thatcher , having been Prime Minister for over a decade and having nominated her heir apparent , and having left in erm a rather tearful manner and being pushed out , you think that she said ‘ right , from now on it 's hands off ’ ? |
| 30 | They remained as members of that Hall for four years , taking no public examinations , and being taught predominantly but not exclusively by teachers attached to the Hall . |