Example sentences of "being [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a ground capacity of 6,000 , the intention is to make it an all-ticket match , with members being given the first option . |
| 2 | Hendry , who defeated James Wattana 9-5 , captured snooker 's biggest prize of the season so far , a cheque for £110,000 , as well as being given the gold-plated trophy as a memento of his outstanding record at the London venue , where he stretched his unbeaten record to 20 successive victories . |
| 3 | The system was being given the highest priority by the BR board , it said . |
| 4 | It was weeks since she 'd seen Elaine , and she had n't even asked her how she felt about James being given the general managership , albeit only temporarily as yet . |
| 5 | He went to work for the Gas Light & Coke Company at Beckton in 1908 but he soon chafed at not being given the free rein to which he had become accustomed at Davis Bros . |
| 6 | Margaret , daughter of the illustrious Lord Florent Count of Holland and Mathilde , daughter of Henri Duke of Brabant , Sister of William , King of Germany , being forty-two years of age , was delivered on the Friday before Easter , at nine o'clock in the morning , in the year 1276 , of 365 babies male and female which ( in the presence of several great lords and gentlemen ) were arranged in front of the font and were all baptized by a bishop , the males being christened the same name , namely Jean , and the females Elizabeth . |
| 7 | No , it was nothing to do with being taught the great learning of the world . |
| 8 | The core areas are the ranges of points which define the grades , with any post falling within a grey area being assigned the appropriate grade . |
| 9 | GARY DRAKE , the former British junior hardcourt champion , won a £15,000 car after being nominated the best player in the finals of the Vauxhall Indoor Tennis Trophy Tournament . |
| 10 | They also wanted some data at higher current densities , , but were nervous that increasing the amount of current could lead to another disaster — the vaporised palladium block still haunted Fleischmann — so they decided to achieve this by keeping the total currents approximately unchanged but using rods that were only 1.25 cm long instead of 10 cm , the effect being to increase the current density eightfold . |
| 11 | There 's just one snag about being voted the best pub in Britain — so many toasts of congratulation there 's a danger of running out of beer . |
| 12 | CEREDIGION and Pembroke North MP Cynog Dafis has been given a Greenhouse award by Green Magazine after being voted the best newcomer to Parliament . |
| 13 | When this is being done the blocking rail must be fully closed before you begin to knit again . |
| 14 | After being sentenced the sex-slave image remains , but she has now become a wronged mother ( Daily Mail ) or mum ( Sun ) . |
| 15 | It was obviously much easier during the Kaiser 's war when a short sharp Court Martial was followed by the offender being shot the next morning . |
| 16 | Sportsmen who believe themselves to be blessed with natural advantages , after being told so by others , become depressed by the lack of success of the magnitude they had come to expect after being fed the natural ability line . |
| 17 | Then , in that mean , ill-lit corridor I collided with another prisoner being pushed the other way . |
| 18 | Exhibitors are being offered the additional option of selling direct from their stands . |
| 19 | Baird then returned to the mainland after two years to work as sous chef under Brian Baker at Hambleton Hall , Leicestershire , before being offered the head chef 's job at Longueville himself 12 months later . |
| 20 | I even heard one supervisor , on being shown the new radio equipment on Venturous , remark that of course it was all very nice , but he did n't think the Waterguard Service was quite ready for radio yet . |
| 21 | The Italian was in the process of being shown the red card himself for a crunching tackle on Walsh when the Pompey striker hit back angrily . |
| 22 | After being shown the red card as the players walked off he gave a TV interview allegedly slating some European referees , and now faces a possible ban from the game . |
| 23 | I casually wondered whether this meant 50 tins of Pedigree Chum and then ambled off after Tony who was being shown the Arctic Ocean by Nathan . |
| 24 | The UK accredited representative did not doubt the technical ability of Italian electronics experts to read-out the pulses , but without access to the particular code being used the whole effort would be useless . |
| 25 | On 2 November 1715 , General Forster , who had now received a commission from the Earl of Mar appointing him Commander-in-Chief of the Jacobite forces in England , led his somewhat reluctant army through Longtown and Brampton towards Penrith , though the Highlanders with him had cheered up , and become noticeably more loyal , on being promised the handsome pay of sixpence [ 2.5p ] a day . |
| 26 | I was obsessed with the way they looked , but I knew I was n't being told the whole story about them . ’ |
| 27 | Do n't assume you 're being told the whole story this week just because you ca n't imagine how anyone could distort it . |
| 28 | ‘ Gosh , that made me feel so much better — being told the whole world is in recession ! ’ |
| 29 | I do n't remember actually being told the old plan . ’ |
| 30 | Sergeant Phillips ' parents in Swindon told us they were annoyed at not being told the full story earlier , but declined to be interviewed . |