Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [verb] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was allowed to do one concert after being kept waiting most of the day by the Russians . |
| 2 | Suzanne died of severe burns a week before Christmas after being found wandering naked near a Stockport golf course . |
| 3 | MacPherson had been arrested after being found lying drunk outside a disco . |
| 4 | This is sometimes due to a generally secretive approach but it is probably more often because of a fear of being made to appear inadequate at the hands of an experienced interviewer . |
| 5 | The real danger today is not of being seen to condone precipitate separatism but , through the impotence of our response so far , of being seen to condone brutal and barbaric behaviour of a kind that has not been seen in Europe since the 1940s . |
| 6 | But most EC members are now no longer ashamed of being seen to strike tactical alliances with Britain . |
| 7 | Corporate executives contemplating the possibility of being required to commit corporate crimes know that they face a regulatory agency which for the most part will be unable to detect what is going on , and in the minority of cases when it does , it will have no heart and few resources to pursue the matter into the criminal courts . |
| 8 | Hence , corporate advisory services such as deal management and similar work are capable of being promoted using cold calling techniques in addition to using other permitted methods . |
| 9 | The depressing facts of the matter are that in those sectors still covered by the councils , areas like shops and catering and laundries , security and administration , people are already working punishing shifts for pittances because their employers know the chances of being caught dispensing illegal hourly rates are minimal as are the resultant fines in those few cases successfully brought to prosecution . |
| 10 | Can the Minister justify the payment of more than £234,000 of public money to accountants , bureaucrats and consultants to prepare opting-out submissions when that money can be better used to reduce waiting lists or to make a donation to the appeal for the Royal hospital for sick children in Edinburgh instead of being used to propagate Tory party propaganda which is not wanted by the people of Scotland and which would damage the health service in Scotland ? |
| 11 | Many children grow up to enjoy satisfactory lives who are clinically termed severely handicapped , yet they would apparently be at risk of being allowed to die due to the severity of their handicap . |
| 12 | Contraction with is used to generate associated tensors . |
| 13 | Jane eyed her slim figure enviously , dreading the evening ahead , certain now that the old Frank Usher dress she had decided to squeeze herself into was going to look absurd . |
| 14 | The second version of the Insolvent Debtors Act did not prevent anyone who mismanaged his finances , or who was commendably cautious but overwhelmed by catastrophe , from being forced to spend two months in prison . |
| 15 | It had cost Ruth her pride in being forced to do such a thing . |
| 16 | We are lucky in being helped to envisage these statues by possessing a fine bronze statuette of identical character ( fig. 13 ) . |
| 17 | The new partner should , it hardly needs to be said , be given an opportunity of studying the full agreement together with the firm 's accounts for , say , the last three years before being invited to sign any instrument of accession or adherence . |
| 18 | What I 'm interested in is trying to promote more of the sort of spontaneous collaboration , where shared interests emerge from an activity the children are engaged in , and they develop it together . |
| 19 | However , in this instance you do the company a disservice , since the harmoniser patches you refer to are intended to work this way . |
| 20 | In the far corner , the Husayn twins appeared to be trying to lift one of them off its pedestal . |
| 21 | They seemed to be trying to outstare each other . |
| 22 | But John said , when she 's stupid enough to be trying to sell that house and who 'd buy that thing , stuck up the end of that road ? |
| 23 | The absurdity of beef dumping is all the greater because the EC claims to be trying to support African cattle farmers . |
| 24 | Like a washing-machine , thought Gina , and noticed that Hugh 's mother had her head on one side and appeared to be trying to observe possible maternal tendencies . |
| 25 | ‘ My primary task is going to be trying to make that work , improve it and lift the level in various countries . |
| 26 | Now , that obviously means , colleagues that we 're , we 're going over for a period of time , but we 're er slightly behind this afternoon , so certainly need to be trying to pull some work back . |
| 27 | We have received no convincing answers either from UKOOA or the Government as to the procedure that needs to be observed to ensure that offshore workers not only enjoy the right to be trade union members but can have their trade unions recognised by their employers . |
| 28 | Major obstacles remained over combat aircraft numbers , especially with regard to land-based naval aircraft , which the Soviet side had insisted on excluding unless a CFE agreement was to be extended to cover naval arms control in general . |
| 29 | Participatory democracy does need to be strengthened to promote active citizenship at local and national levels . |
| 30 | They actively seek to expand their influence and would appear to be aiming to cover most of west London … the group can be expected to continue in their attempts to undermine the police , but are unlikely to be successful except in conditions of widespread disorder , general strike , etc , when they might have a potential for destabilisation . ’ |