Example sentences of "she [was/were] [being] [verb] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dragging her feet reluctantly , as if she was being pushed from behind , Sylvia took her book to Carolyn , standing well back and handing it to her at arm 's length . |
| 2 | At last she was being dismissed from his dangerous presence . |
| 3 | Between whiles she got up and looked out of the window , watching the pale sunshine come and go on the elaborate mouldings and cornices of the offices on the opposite side of Hand and Ball Court , until she realized she was being watched from a window of the floor above by two young men in shirtsleeves . |
| 4 | Dane and Marianne exchanged a laughing , indulgent glance , seeming for all the world like two fond parents , and Shae looked away , all too aware that she was being excluded from the charmed circle . |
| 5 | Shannon knew she was being excluded from the conversation , though there was absolutely no evidence of that . |
| 6 | A drink was thrust into her hand and within five minutes she was being passed from group to group as though she were the prize exhibit ; asked numerous questions she did n't know how to or have time to answer ; told endless tales of this person or that person ; until eventually , somewhat bewildered , she ended up in the bar with someone called Patrick who began regaling her with tales of old Ireland . |