Example sentences of "[being] [verb] by [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I loosened my shirt collar and watched a couple of generals being saluted by their chauffeurs . |
| 2 | Will Labour fulfil the £35 billion of pledges being given by its spokesmen throughout the country ? |
| 3 | Tail-end Charlie in the formation was a small float-plane owned but Bernhard Bergersen which on this occasion was being flown by his son . |
| 4 | Blanche was n't used to being rebuked by her son . |
| 5 | Unfortunately there are n't enough speech therapists or psychotherapists available either on the NHS or privately , so you may have difficulty in being referred by your doctor or finding one yourself . |
| 6 | The main purpose of the Exchequer was to prevent the Crown from being defrauded by its own officials . |
| 7 | This , at the moment , is being undertaken by her parents . |
| 8 | By providing an outside point of reference for the important work being undertaken by our Brazilian colleagues it has helped to give community based approaches to health care credibility within the country . |
| 9 | In effect , the American gentleman was putting forward the view that M. Dupont was being manipulated by his lordship and other participants at the conference ; that M. Dupont had been deliberately invited late to enable the others to discuss important topics in his absence ; that even after his arrival , it was to be observed that his lordship was conducting small private discussions with the most important delegates without inviting M. Dupont . |
| 10 | They are being taught by their parents to defy the law of the country ’ . |
| 11 | This is because poorer families who see the superior goods being consumed by their richer neighbours will attempt to ‘ keep up with the Joneses ’ and so spend a large fraction of their incomes . |
| 12 | Sir Patrick Wright ( Permanent Under Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs ) , who had the honour of being received by Their Royal Highnesses , was present and the Gentlemen of the Household in Waiting were in attendance . |
| 13 | A top woman jockey is critically ill after being crushed by her horse in a National Hunt race . |
| 14 | Manucci , who was employed in Dara Shukoh 's artillery , portrays his patron as a flawed hero , brave and generous but constantly in danger of being outwitted by his wily opponents : |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm being poisoned by my saucepans , ’ she whispered darkly . |
| 16 | I am bound to say that his personality and his voice with his Glasgow accent were a little disconcerting at first ( I felt rather as if I were being addressed by my highly educated carpenter ) , but he inspired me with such confidence as he went on that I forgot that , and of course one has to recognise that a new era in political life has dawned for England , the old aristocratic school is practically swept out of it , it is the dawn of the new " regime " . |
| 17 | He seemed to be haunted by a fear of being forgotten by his friends and Gould became one of the many objects of an obsessive correspondence . |
| 18 | As was usual with Susie , she was being uprooted by her restless husband the moment the last blind was in place , this time to Oxfordshire . |
| 19 | This Northern Rebellion soured any possibility of Mary ever being trusted by her cousin Elizabeth , and spelt little but trouble for the always uneasy Border . |
| 20 | Union members who apply for the Commissioner 's assistance are protected against being disciplined by their unions because they have done so . |
| 21 | Many of us Christians have become extremely skilful in arranging our lives so as to admit the truth of Christianity without being embarrassed by its implications . |
| 22 | While he realises that there will always be problems in trying to teach anyone a new subject , Reas admits that it was sad to see a keen student being teased by his less keen classmates , but felt hopeful that perhaps a seed had been planted that one day would grow . |
| 23 | Since most Western societies are liberal in outlook , cherishing the proposition that ‘ we 're all individuals ’ , it is not surprising that the early , uncompromising identification of sexism with women 's oppression was quickly challenged and replaced with the notion of individuals being oppressed by their restrictive sex roles . |
| 24 | There are many instances of white youths being pressured by their parents to give up their sport in preference for more reasonable and secure occupations , lest they invest their time and energies in a pointless pursuit of intangible dreams . |
| 25 | This ‘ teacher authority ’ can lead to pupils being stifled by their teachers ' expectations . |
| 26 | This year the British Association of Sport and Medicine is being organised by its Scottish Committee . |
| 27 | Take as your aim the thorough understanding of that part being considered by your lecturer at the time you are studying . |
| 28 | You know , there 's no point in wasting your time you know , logging everybody else , and you go to the boss , and you say , boss you know that personal management skills course that I , you said I should go on , so you proving what , you know , what a good person you are , because you 've remembered a month later what the course was called , erm , I , I was told on that course to keep an interruptions log , so you 're proving , you know , that you are a good person when you 've done this , and i see from this that a great deal of your valuable time is being eroded by my humble concerns , you know , something like that . |
| 29 | Assistance Publique 's responsibility as the community hospital system for the poor of Paris is constantly in danger of being overwhelmed by its newer role as the country 's leading provider of tertiary referral services . |
| 30 | Wolfgang Goldecker and his gunner being rescued by their own air/sea/rescue unit . |