Example sentences of "was [being] [verb] at [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 When he straightened again he saw that he was being examined at length .
2 One child was being tutored at home , and they were all fine .
3 She was being treated at home at that time .
4 ‘ Bill was being treated at South Cleveland Hospital and he saw notices that they were looking for donations for the holistic centre in the new hospital building .
5 For example , one client was being maintained at home with a support worker , family care and rota-bed admissions to hospital .
6 Alien corn , Father Dowd called them once when he was being entertained at home and he and her father were discussing politics .
7 After so much delay and frustration it was being driven at speed , and so zipped across her vision in one swift-moving moment .
8 One example was when Etty was being bathed at home on a Sunday , at the age of 14 .
9 I once saw a pike , a big one at that , attack the vane of a drifter on a fast retrieve after the bait had been lost and the tackle was being retrieved at speed to recast .
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