Example sentences of "being [vb pp] at that time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The QE2 was being built at that time . |
| 2 | Where a claim is submitted stating ‘ paint spilt on carpet ’ investigations should be made to establish that the room was actually being redecorated at that time . |
| 3 | The historic state coach No 351 which was being restored at that time suffered exterior damage in the fire but it is now intended to restore it as a museum piece . |
| 4 | In 1820 he was sent to Fort Augustus , where the locks of the Caledonian canal were under construction , and , as his father was well known to everyone there , he was given the opportunity of learning not only masonry but all the branches of civil and mechanical engineering that were being practised at that time . |
| 5 | It was probably in 1937 that he and Tolkien had a conversation about their distaste for much of what was being published at that time . |