Example sentences of "often being [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Dentdale 's eastern end , Dent Head and the viaduct lead into the dale , the road winding on to Lea Yeat and Cowgill where the narrow winding Coal Road climbs by Monkeybeck Grains and below Shaking Moss over into Garsdale , its highest points often being blocked by snow in the winter months . |
| 2 | It is a compulsive stop for cars and coaches , the large parking places on the roadside often being taxed to capacity , but despite the inevitable crowds , Eilean Donan should be on the itinerary of all who pass this way . |
| 3 | He made his eighteenth-century reader aware of the travel difficulties , and how they were surmounted — on steep hills by precipices the Highlander and his horse go carefully , the rider sometimes walking , always with a guide : ‘ The horseman has always at his side a native of the place , who , by pursuing game , or tending cattle , or often being employed in messages or conduct , has learned where the ridge of the hill has breadth sufficient to allow a horse and his rider a passage , and where the moss or bog is hard enough to bear them . ’ |
| 4 | Despite often being dominated by women , the local associations , to whom those on the list must make application if the sitting MP falls under a bus , are frequently biased against them . |
| 5 | Here , two different canons sound simultaneously , and each is inverted : Notice how the intervals are not true , semitones often being imitated by tones and vice versa . |
| 6 | This was to meet a navy habit of sitting ‘ on the deck ’ when not otherwise engaged , the floor often being preferred to seats . |