Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have all heard the stories of season ticket holders being found to stand for a match because someone else had been allocated a ticket for that seat . |
| 2 | Local authorities in Scotland are being asked to pay for a Soviet ship to measure radioactive and chemical pollution in Scottish coastal waters . |
| 3 | Of course life is not always as simple as that , and being asked to cover for a colleague at very short notice or an unexpected cancellation or transfer on the theatre list can throw your best laid plans into disarray . |
| 4 | Nurses are being urged to campaign for a pay rise . |
| 5 | Criticisms made of it are here being required to stand for a more general critique . |