This article deals with common social problems, with much attention being paid to problems of teenagers.
我们把这句还原一下得到如下:
This article deals with common social problems.
Much attention is being paid to problems of teenagers. 其中is being paid to是被动语态的现在进行式,其表达的动作性很强。上下两个句子结合起来,形成带伴随状语的复杂句。那么,with...being done的形式被保留下来加强动作的描述。
而第二句:
He lay on his back with his teeth set and his eyes closed?
只是表示一种普通而稳定的状态,正在发生的意味不强,故没有加being。