Example sentences of "being [vb pp] [adv prt] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is very little we know about these processes although several studies are being carried out at present . |
| 2 | For example a great deal of work is being carried out at present on the re-structuring of our training courses with a view to safe guarding the status of our Examination Award and gaining future exemption from lengthy in-service training for newly-qualified teachers . |
| 3 | this is being carried out at site level so more details can be given . |
| 4 | A beta version of PC-DOS version 6 is being shown off at Comdex with support for PCMCIA cards and power management facilities , and in addition the company has struck a deal with Paper Software Inc of New Paltz , New York for its Sidebar technology . |
| 5 | One of the most interesting new schemes to be put forward is the Jobclubs which are now being set up at Job Centres . |
| 6 | A woman who is happy in her job and hates being cooped up at home all day win bring back positive qualities to the household , but on the other hand the strains and stresses of work can also leave their mark on family life . |
| 7 | She says she hated being cooped up at home , concocting his favourite tuna fish salad . |
| 8 | The girls were being taken in at night after we left and what a mess we got in the morning ! |
| 9 | Seems if they really want to study erosion then they should go watch all the bagfuls of ‘ pretty ’ rocks being taken out at Diamond Creek . |
| 10 | ‘ The whole time since I heard that Walter would be released unconditionally I have been wondering how things will work with him being allowed out at night and to talk to whoever he wishes and me sitting at home in the evenings , gagged . ’ |
| 11 | Some of the asylum seekers are now being put up at bed and breakfast hotels in Bristol and Weston-Super-Mare . |
| 12 | Other ideas include mixing straw with sewage to make compost , which is being tried out at sewage works near Oxford and using it to make paper , which it was widely used for until the 40s . |
| 13 | This custom continued , the telegram being sent off on the morning of the shoot and the telegram of thanks being read out at lunch . |
| 14 | Too frequently I have made the mistake of buying fresh food once a week and either running out of organisational steam halfway through the week , so all the meals I had planned to cook have fallen by the wayside , or being held up at work or in some other way and grabbing fish and chips on the way home instead . |
| 15 | I start to apologize for being held up at work . |
| 16 | HEART-THROB singer Richard Marx was left shaking with fear after being held up at gunpoint by Chinese gangsters . |
| 17 | A car salesman is recovering after being held up at gunpoint by a man posing as a customer . |