Sentence examples for were being refurbished from inspiring English sources

When they were being refurbished, we found an old penny hidden behind them, dated 1870, the year the house was built.

While other parks and pleasure grounds were being refurbished, the Botanical Garden, which had come under the jurisdiction of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, fell into the maw of the state bureaucracy.

Nine derelict homes in the community were being refurbished under a training scheme to assist young community members to gain skills, although the community claimed that funding was only available for 12-month periods, making apprenticeships (which run for several years) impossible to offer.

They insist it is being "refurbished".

More than 220 buildings are being refurbished.

Hotels, many scarred from bombings, are being refurbished.

Many cinemas, meanwhile, are being refurbished into more attractive multiplexes.

The Lalique windows are being refurbished, he said.

Once-disposable cameras are being refurbished for reuse.

The Grade II-listed Lace Market hotel is being refurbished and is due to reopen this spring.

It's being refurbished, and will be let in the new year.