Example sentences of "[being] [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hendry , who defeated James Wattana 9-5 , captured snooker 's biggest prize of the season so far , a cheque for £110,000 , as well as being given the gold-plated trophy as a memento of his outstanding record at the London venue , where he stretched his unbeaten record to 20 successive victories . |
| 2 | It was weeks since she 'd seen Elaine , and she had n't even asked her how she felt about James being given the general managership , albeit only temporarily as yet . |
| 3 | He went to work for the Gas Light & Coke Company at Beckton in 1908 but he soon chafed at not being given the free rein to which he had become accustomed at Davis Bros . |
| 4 | If there is a point to saluting the winner of a race , it is ultimately to celebrate his good fortune in being given the natural attributes to do what he does ; and to thank him for the excitement of the spectacle he provides in devoting all his concentrated effort to showing he 's the best . |
| 5 | In South Africa children are no longer being taught the traditional hymns in schools . |
| 6 | No , it was nothing to do with being taught the great learning of the world . |
| 7 | As well as being taught the basic techniques of childcare , some girls may also need to learn how to give and take love , if they have come from environments in which they experienced very little love and affection . |
| 8 | The core areas are the ranges of points which define the grades , with any post falling within a grey area being assigned the appropriate grade . |
| 9 | They also wanted some data at higher current densities , , but were nervous that increasing the amount of current could lead to another disaster — the vaporised palladium block still haunted Fleischmann — so they decided to achieve this by keeping the total currents approximately unchanged but using rods that were only 1.25 cm long instead of 10 cm , the effect being to increase the current density eightfold . |
| 10 | When this is being done the blocking rail must be fully closed before you begin to knit again . |
| 11 | After being sentenced the sex-slave image remains , but she has now become a wronged mother ( Daily Mail ) or mum ( Sun ) . |
| 12 | Sportsmen who believe themselves to be blessed with natural advantages , after being told so by others , become depressed by the lack of success of the magnitude they had come to expect after being fed the natural ability line . |
| 13 | Then , in that mean , ill-lit corridor I collided with another prisoner being pushed the other way . |
| 14 | Exhibitors are being offered the additional option of selling direct from their stands . |
| 15 | By raising the apparent value of Guinness 's shares in this way , they had hoped to attract the approval of Distillers ' shareholders , who were being offered the inflated Guinness shares in part payment for their Distillers holdings . |
| 16 | Baird then returned to the mainland after two years to work as sous chef under Brian Baker at Hambleton Hall , Leicestershire , before being offered the head chef 's job at Longueville himself 12 months later . |
| 17 | I even heard one supervisor , on being shown the new radio equipment on Venturous , remark that of course it was all very nice , but he did n't think the Waterguard Service was quite ready for radio yet . |
| 18 | The Italian was in the process of being shown the red card himself for a crunching tackle on Walsh when the Pompey striker hit back angrily . |
| 19 | After being shown the red card as the players walked off he gave a TV interview allegedly slating some European referees , and now faces a possible ban from the game . |
| 20 | They do not replace individual lessons but in one respect may be even more helpful : seeing another member of the group being shown the basic principles can often make it much clearer to the rest of the group . |
| 21 | I casually wondered whether this meant 50 tins of Pedigree Chum and then ambled off after Tony who was being shown the Arctic Ocean by Nathan . |
| 22 | The UK accredited representative did not doubt the technical ability of Italian electronics experts to read-out the pulses , but without access to the particular code being used the whole effort would be useless . |
| 23 | On 2 November 1715 , General Forster , who had now received a commission from the Earl of Mar appointing him Commander-in-Chief of the Jacobite forces in England , led his somewhat reluctant army through Longtown and Brampton towards Penrith , though the Highlanders with him had cheered up , and become noticeably more loyal , on being promised the handsome pay of sixpence [ 2.5p ] a day . |
| 24 | I was obsessed with the way they looked , but I knew I was n't being told the whole story about them . ’ |
| 25 | Do n't assume you 're being told the whole story this week just because you ca n't imagine how anyone could distort it . |
| 26 | ‘ Gosh , that made me feel so much better — being told the whole world is in recession ! ’ |
| 27 | I do n't remember actually being told the old plan . ’ |
| 28 | Sergeant Phillips ' parents in Swindon told us they were annoyed at not being told the full story earlier , but declined to be interviewed . |
| 29 | Ask them what they think about being called the new Nirvana of Vaselined Fannies and they shrug , offering the usual lines about comparisons being inevitable . |
| 30 | In America , Roth has to live with being called the new Gary Oldman . |