Example sentences of "[was/were] being carry [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The expansion of the surface was what was causing the pebbles to move away from hers they were being carried along by the movement of the sheet .
2 Two UN doctors who got into the area recently reported that amputations were being carried out with a carpenter 's saw and no anaesthetic or antibiotics .
3 Pending the formation of an Inter-republican Economic Committee [ see above ] , whose proposed structure and functions were being worked out by Ivan Silayev , RSFSR Prime Minister , the functions of government in the economic sphere were being carried out by the interim Committee for the Management of the National Economy , also chaired by Silayev [ see p. 38371 ] .
4 The Court of Appeal held , however , that there was no partnership in existence , since no business was being carried on by the defendant and X ; on the contrary , the goods had been ordered in preparation for the formation of a company , and such transactions could not be considered as ‘ carrying on a business ’ .
5 From 1165 to 1299 , considerable prison building was being carried on throughout the country with Rochester being among the earliest in I 165 .
6 While the course organisers were able to operate in this way in a majority of cases , for a small number of courses which either finished early in the year , or employer.based project work was being carried out over the summer months , organisers posted on the questionnaire on behalf of [ MS .
7 He complained that recruitment was being carried out under the banner of a management consultancy service without being accounted for or charged for separately .
8 Official statements said that no art restoration work was being carried out in the Chapel at the time of the fire .
9 Christ 's will for his Church , that they should be one ( John 17:21 ) , was being carried out in the Christian community at Antioch .
10 My giddiness had gone and I felt happy and relaxed , as if I was being carried along on a slow , peaceful current .
11 And now she was being carried along by the impetus of those two decisions .
12 Father-of-three Gordon Corps , 62 , collapsed at 11,500ft on a mountain and died as he was being carried down to a base camp .
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