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"was being controlled" is a correct and usable part of a sentence in written English.
It can be used in the past progressive tense to indicate an ongoing event or activity that was taking place over a limited period of time in the past. Example: The robots were being controlled remotely while the engineers tested the system.
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They had to reassure independents that spending was being controlled.
The scrub fire had burnt 2,675 hectares and was being controlled.
The flight was being controlled entirely by commands from spacecraft computers, with no time for human intervention.
I pointed out that it was a phishing scam; the account was being controlled by a hacker.
Paul Ince It was like he was being controlled by a 10 year-old on a PlayStation.
Despite his title, Mr. Lousteau held little power to set the overall direction of Argentina's economy, which most analysts said was being controlled by the former president.
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I chastised myself that I was being controlling.
Confronting Hannah about the abuse was nearly impossible she'd tell Maria she was being "controlling" and "restrictive".
It's in control of the things it should be being controlled by".
The chief minister says the violence is being controlled.
Our Big Society is being controlled from a Small Building.
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