Example sentences of "being [verb] [adj] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He and Nell were agreeing that after the scene the actors would leave again ( all except Giles-the-murderer ) , even though they did n't like being banished all the time and were complaining about it . |
| 2 | Other subjects include Place Names , Folklore , Clan Donald , Natural History with ornithology particularly covered , Geology , Transport , Distilling and a large section under the heading Descriptions , New material is being added all the time and a library list is printed from time to time . |
| 3 | Major movies are being made all the time in other countries , particularly in Australia and Britain , so I 'm not in any race to get to Hollywood . |
| 4 | Even allowing that man 's capacity to overlook what he does not want to see is almost unlimited , the folk of this age can hardly have failed to observe that new law was being made all the time . |
| 5 | New demands on time and men were being made all the time . |
| 6 | Tessa grew testy about the line 's being used all the time , and said that the Bulgarians were the worst lovers in the Balkans , as though that were a world-known fact , like the trying nature to others of our gentle Scottish weather . |
| 7 | ‘ He said it had hardly ever been used intentionally to murder people in Europe , though it 's being used all the time out East for helping relatives on to the next world . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll do whatever else I can to help you , Blanche , but you 've got to realise I 'm being watched all the time now . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I could n't handle the pressure of being watched all the time . ’ |
| 10 | More and more gliders were being produced all the time and it was quite impracticable to house them all in hangars , so they stood endlessly around the edges of airfields in the rain , waiting for an invasion which might come this year or might come next . |
| 11 | We have a very limited budget and funds are being reduced all the time . |
| 12 | With over 300 different PEPs on the market , and new ones being introduced all the time , finding the best one to suit your needs wo n't be easy . |
| 13 | The Jockey Club has always declined to give a reason for its suddenly being seen as performance-affecting , saying only : ‘ Our list is being updated all the time . ’ |
| 14 | Yes it 's being asked all the time . |
| 15 | New selections and volumes are being compiled all the time . |
| 16 | Heat is being generated all the time and that 's the problem . |
| 17 | The birds ' health is being monitored all the time at the trust . |
| 18 | Improvements in the quality of the air we breathe have been achieved and are being achieved all the time particularly in respect of those pollutants either proven or suspected of causing physical environmental harm , especially to people . |
| 19 | Leyhill prison on the Gloucestershire Avon border is as far from the popular conception of a jail as you can get.Modern buildings cluster around borders boasting blooms that many public parks would be hard pressed to match.Leyhill is an open prison … the last port of call for inmates nearing the end of their sentences.A hundred prisoners work on the nearly forty acres of lawns , borders and market gardens.Their skills won them a silver medal at Chelsea for this display of garden design.And at Leyhill , they 've created a spectacular show … with drifts of brightly coloured pelargoniums competing for attention with giant cannas … and a fine show of roses.New borders are being created all the time … giving the prisoners an opportunity to express themselves and learn techniques that could help them go straight when they 're released : |
| 20 | However , as new viruses are being discovered all the time , no vine can be regarded as truly virus-free . |
| 21 | And yet old people are being restrained all the time . |
| 22 | You 're trying to , you 're trying to avoid being starved all the time are n't you darling ? |