Example sentences of "[pers pn] being [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ferdinando and I being both your servants when we sinned were like unto brother and sister and broke a commandment which was made clear to me on reading the Scriptures . |
| 2 | Am I being completely cynical |
| 3 | Am I being completely cynical in thinking that the Government 's announcement about the great increase in public expenditure has something to do with a general election ? |
| 4 | Am I being unduly cynical ? |
| 5 | Am I being too pessimistic ? |
| 6 | Am I being too optimistic ? |
| 7 | Yet , I always conclude , it might have seemed strange and unnatural to have shown too much feeling ; strange , and perhaps embarrassing and out of order , I being somewhat far down in the family hierarchy . |
| 8 | ‘ Are n't you being rather melodramatic ? ’ he said in a deep , cultured voice with a deceptively lazy lilt to it . |
| 9 | ‘ Are n't you being just a little simplistic ? ’ she snapped . |
| 10 | ‘ I ca n't imagine you being even remotely interested in any daydreams I 've had in the past , ’ he said with a slight twist to his mouth . |
| 11 | It 's ghastly , you being somewhere — nowhere — with all this … ’ |
| 12 | As one constable put it , ‘ I do n't mind you being here , I do n't mind you taking notes . |
| 13 | ‘ We like you being here . |
| 14 | When they reached home that evening , George said , ‘ After what happened to our Tamar , I do n't like you being here on your own all day . |
| 15 | It 's been the best ten years St Mary 's ever had … you being here . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ There 's no point in you being here . |
| 17 | It 's nothing to do with us , you being here . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't see what that 's got to do with you being here ! ’ |
| 19 | You being here . |
| 20 | Oh we well we enjoyed you being here , Maggi , we enjoyed your company I 'm happy now that was much better than my the one I did last week . |
| 21 | ‘ Are you being deliberately obtuse ? ’ |
| 22 | They also want your reliability — they want to rely on you being there and to trust you to get the job done . |
| 23 | ‘ What good will it do , you being there ? ’ |
| 24 | Or was that just based on you being there whenever you had to be there . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't remember you being quite so fair as a teenager ! ’ |
| 26 | It offers vital financial cover in the event of you being permanently disabled in an accident . |
| 27 | Well no , no it was the writing position which is very typically left-handed , rather than you being very |
| 28 | ‘ When he walks round the corner , he is going to see you being very thoroughly kissed . |
| 29 | Charman thinks Gedge was partly inspired to write ‘ Why Are You Being So Reasonable Now ? ’ about the whole incident . |
| 30 | The group came even closer to a Top 40 spot with their next single , ‘ Why Are You Being So Reasonable Now ? ’ . |