Example sentences of "[being] [verb] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Residents also fear that people using the only regularly served bus stop in the village — up on the A31 bypass bridge — are being placed at risk . |
| 2 | He/she sits down with you and compiles a list of the situations and circumstances which make them angry ( being criticized at school , being called names , and so on ) . |
| 3 | The situation was the same at the Chalk sites : it appeared that the solvent originated from leaks or careless handling many years ago , and that groundwater is not being polluted at present . |
| 4 | She was being treated at home at that time . |
| 5 | ‘ Bill was being treated at South Cleveland Hospital and he saw notices that they were looking for donations for the holistic centre in the new hospital building . |
| 6 | The parents of a nine year old girl who died while being treated at hospital say an internal inquiry was just a white wash . |
| 7 | Like all areas of our business , hotelware is being examined at present and until a plan for the future has been determined we will continue to maintain our activity in hotelware . |
| 8 | When he straightened again he saw that he was being examined at length . |
| 9 | Is your club 's forward programme being arranged at present ? |
| 10 | They stated that almost everyone was ‘ supportive ’ and ‘ welcoming ’ , apart from ( a ) some general practitioners who were a little anxious about severely dependent elderly people being sustained at home , and ( b ) a few people concerned about the risks of bringing unqualified support workers into people 's homes with all the attendant risks of exploitation , etc . |
| 11 | Even so , they were generally being sustained at home at a cost below that of institutional care . |
| 12 | Mustoe should be fit after being withdrawn at half-time on Saturday when he complained of a groin injury . |
| 13 | Such a situation was not unusual amid the vicissitudes of war and of the United States being propelled at speed into undertaking vast global responsibilities . |
| 14 | However , clinics such as the Manchester Homoeopathic Clinic are run very reasonably and other clinics are being developed at present along similar lines . |
| 15 | The idea of being received at court for the first time since the childhood marriage , at first caused Anne much excitement . |
| 16 | Our , most of our rules and most of our laws are made by people who are frightened of losing their property , and not the sort of people who are frightened of being mugged at night . |
| 17 | Annexed to the notice was a document entitled ‘ Guidance for persons being interviewed at Elm House under section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 ’ This was largely concerned with the physical circumstances in which the interview would be conducted , but it did also inform the recipient of the notice that : |
| 18 | The bringing together of school-leavers and vacancies began with the adolescent being interviewed at school , after which a form was completed by the headteacher and a member of the SCC , just as the ‘ Friendly Visitors ’ had done prior to 1910 . |
| 19 | Many fixed-rate mortgages are now being refinanced at interest rates of around 8% . |
| 20 | My youngest child is being bullied at school and I want to send her to St Saviour 's . |
| 21 | My sister Pat , aged thirteen was in theory being educated at home according to a syllabus devised by the Parents ' National Educational Union , and which worked on a postal basis in much the same way as the Open University does today . |
| 22 | Wannabe Ian Bothams should order Harry 's Challenge — a giant haddock fillet ( £9.95 ) : the fish tastes bouncy and fresh in spite of being frozen at sea and transported from Grimsby , and there 's a serving of hideously verdant mushy peas on the side . |
| 23 | The conclusion of the policy being pursued at present is that eventually everybody will be subsidising nearly everybody 's housing . |
| 24 | Several hands had hoisted her up , and she could remember being carried at shoulder height , giggling and swaying — and then ? |
| 25 | and he being dropped at sort of nine o'clock |
| 26 | Arthurton , who had profited through glorious square-driving in his top-score of 59 after twice being caught at slip off no-balls , essayed the shit once to often against Pringle . |
| 27 | However , I think booksellers should have a hard look at what is being done at Christmas to promote books . ’ |
| 28 | Planning Applications Certain alterations were being made at No. 36 Belmont Road . |
| 29 | Planning Applications Certain alterations were being made at No. 36 Belmont Road . |
| 30 | ‘ We 'd be on a hiding to nothing , ’ said Joe , ‘ and that would probably include being shot at dawn . |