Example sentences of "he [verb] [verb] being [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is done by considering a case in which a passenger can be held equally liable even though he sought to avoid being identified with the aggravated crime . |
| 2 | This fellow Simon , you read about him in a few verses earlier , he was a , he was a magician , a so , er a sorcerer , he was the , the wi the witch doctor if you like , if he was in i i in an African situation , there he was , he was the medicine man of the town , of the area and he too believed and was converted , he was baptized , and he was amazed at the miracles that he 'd seen being performed by Philip through the power of God . |
| 3 | As he got on , and less nervous , the words came easily ; and then he began to dislike being restricted by a written text and to prefer headings . |
| 4 | Corbett could smell the heavy , thick fragrance of those mouth-watering dishes he had seen being prepared in the kitchen . |
| 5 | His concern for leprosy sufferers , whom he had seen being thrown alive into burning pits , led to the establishment of a leprosy hospital in Calcutta — a very advanced concept for the time . |
| 6 | MICHAEL Purtill probably thought he had stopped being featured in the newspapers . |
| 7 | Hope perceived this as acutely as anyone else ; he had experienced being called a black bastard , being physically abused , being spat at , being excluded . |
| 8 | He thought the Church would be upset by his researches on Moses and monotheism , and he wanted to avoid being prevented from practising psychoanalysis . |