Example sentences of "were being [vb pp] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we were n't being drilled we were being marched to meals , to classes , to talks . |
| 2 | By 1673 , he thought that too many of his supporters were being exposed to danger by his presence so he went off to Ireland for a cooling-down period . |
| 3 | Witnesses er who 've who 've been on to us have described seeing five people dead , and at least three wounded who were being rushed to hospital . |
| 4 | We could never understand why were being compared to Nirvana — OK , there 's three of us — but we 're nothing like Nirvana . ’ |
| 5 | The heavier loads were being sent to Addis Ababa on camels by the desert route , where the Danakil , always dangerous , were said to be giving more trouble than usual . |
| 6 | Several families they knew had sons or fathers missing or drowned at sea , and men were being sent to France with the British Expeditionary Force . |
| 7 | ‘ To hear you talk , anyone would think you were being sent to prison ! ’ |
| 8 | Sharad Pawar , chief minister of Maharashtra state , said federal paramilitary police were being flown to Bombay , the Maharashtra capital , and that all roads into the sprawling city of 12 million people had been blocked . |
| 9 | Sharad Pawar , chief minister of Maharashtra state , said federal paramilitary police were being flown to Bombay , the Maharashtra capital , and that all roads into the sprawling city of 12 million people had been blocked . |
| 10 | The aircraft were being flown to Prestwick from Brize Norton , Colerne and Little Rissington . |
| 11 | Meanwhile the owner the person who lived a small terraced property , whose garden backs onto the fields tried to get the hounds several dozen hounds off these two dogs who were being savaged to death and he had a heart attack in the process , Chairman and was hospitalized for several weeks That Chairman is the effect of the hunt on one of my constituents whose job it is for me to defend the rights that I was elected here to defend the rights of my constituents , not to be harassed in this manner . |
| 12 | The switch has surprised Wembley , who expected a home game against Spain , and has disappointed the Spanish FA , who hoped they were being invited to London for only the second time in 20 years . |
| 13 | Despite the greater complexity of the RET and an increase in candidate numbers last session , results were being despatched to candidates at the usual speed through the summer . |
| 14 | ‘ More recently , ’ said Bob , ‘ you might have believed that bonuses actually were being offered to managers who could find ways of exploiting our customers . |
| 15 | There some noble estates were being adapted to farming directly for the market with hired labour ; there a measure of differentiation between successful peasant farmers and their proletarianized neighbours was evident ; there the traditional repartitional commune either did not exist or was decaying . |
| 16 | When the sturdy Hollywood , who soldiers in the trenches with the modest St. Michael 's club in Newtownhamilton , was plucked from the ‘ extras ’ the last rites were being administered to Armagh 's championship hopes . |
| 17 | The incident happened near Market Drayton , Shropshire , as 20 prisoners were being taken to Stoke Heath Young Offenders Institution from a remand centre in Wigan , Greater Manchester . |
| 18 | The incident happened near Market Drayton , Shropshire , as 20 prisoners were being taken to Stoke Heath Young Offenders Institution from a remand centre in Wigan , Greater Manchester . |
| 19 | Not a lot of weight as you imagine because they 're all little tiny sprigs this high , and obviously what they are going to do , they were being taken to south Wales where they going to start off a new little forest presumably . |
| 20 | The significance of this strikingly worded note is that it was written in full knowledge of the methods already being used by " local commanders " to " persuade Jugoslavs that they should return to Jugoslavia " — ie the " deception " whereby they were allowed to believe that they were being taken to Italy . |
| 21 | By the time that Sheffield cutlers were selling their goods all over Britain and large quantities of knives , scissors , saws and scythes were being exported to America . |
| 22 | Even in the 1850s the Ayrshire was beginning to dominate the national herd , either as a purebred or crossed with native stock , and Finnish-bred Ayrshires were being exported to Sweden . |
| 23 | They were being supplied to criminals for drugs dealing protection or armed robbery |
| 24 | The fire beside the storage tent and cook-house was still burning and trays were being carried to tents and houses when I made my way across the sand wrapped in shawls against the cold . |
| 25 | These items had been acquired by the Quaker group and were being sold to Sir William . |
| 26 | This , together with house price rises since 1980 , indicated that houses were being sold to buyers on incomes substantially higher than the average in Allegheny West . |
| 27 | The guns were being shipped to Jordan , although their end-user certificates were false and they were in fact destined for Iraq . |
| 28 | On Nov. 13 , 1989 , External Affairs Minister Omar Sey said that there was incontrovertible evidence that Gambian citizens travelling to and from Senegal were being subjected to harassment . |
| 29 | The totals had been disclosed at a time when local authorities and others were being subjected to curbs for alleged lack of efficiency . |