Example sentences of "[pers pn] being [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Am I being defiant , Anna thought now , pushing her metal cage of bottles down the aisle towards her allotted shelves , am I simply cocking a snook at Peter ? |
| 2 | Branson stood beside Simon Draper , visibly shaking , his face set in a grim mask , ‘ I ca n't tell you , ’ he began , ‘ how sad I am that people have felt the need to have a meeting , without Simon and I being present . |
| 3 | ‘ Am I being callous ? |
| 4 | Am I being inhospitable ? ’ |
| 5 | Kersey lit a cigarette and with a wry grin enquired : ‘ Am I being antisocial ? ’ |
| 6 | Or am I being impatient ? ’ |
| 7 | To — ‘ is he at all like you ? ’ — I must say — No — very categorically : setting aside personal appearances — he being stout — & good looking , — & I being ensiform , ( speaking botanically , ) that is — lanky — & considerably ugly , — we are , as far as I can judge — very opposite . |
| 8 | Do you know , do you know , am I being clear about that ? |
| 9 | Are n't I being naughty , Lee ? |
| 10 | Or am I being sentimental ? |
| 11 | Am I being artless when I say that ? |
| 12 | ‘ Excuse me , ’ Simone interrupted , ‘ but am I being dense ? |
| 13 | Or am I being optimistic ? |
| 14 | The male sex drive being what it is , the chances of his being able to stop are less perhaps than she realizes . |
| 15 | In actual fact , that car of his being light , I mean a front wheel drive will probably be able to and being light probably be better served for getting out of difficult situations than the other cars . |
| 16 | She thought carefully for a few moments before she said , ‘ Silas — are n't you being unreasonable and somewhat unfair to both yourself and to Doreen ? ’ |
| 17 | Are you being right ? |
| 18 | I do n't know which is worse — her drivel or you being daft enough to listen to it ! |
| 19 | See if you can conjure up a picture of you being successful — what were the events , what were your thoughts and feelings , and what were you doing at the time ? |
| 20 | M. Are you being sarcastic again ? |
| 21 | You being sarcastic ? |
| 22 | Are you being serious ? |
| 23 | You being serious . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm not sorry about what happened , I 'm just sorry about you being married . |
| 25 | I 've spent the night thinking about everything that happened , and I now realise that I made a mistake about you being involved with Harry Martin . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You being poor seems to be the immediate problem . ’ |
| 27 | I do n't like you being round dogs . |
| 28 | Are you there , you being good boys ? |
| 29 | Like I said , I do n't want you being late your first day at the shop . ’ |
| 30 | I do n't want there to be any question of you being late . |