Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pers pn] being [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | He weighs 20 stone , and I worry about him being so overweight . |
2 | Being in a state of readiness for the unpredictable does seem to result in it being less easy to use the quiet periods of duty time productively , which includes relaxing and taking care of oneself . |
3 | I need n't have worried about him being too delicate to accept my offer . |
4 | Right erm before we broke off erm this last question I 'm going to ask you , you were s you were saying about erm in terms of erm some of the good points of h the , you were talking about it being pretty central erm for buses erm being near the forest erm what about erm in terms of local shops ? |
5 | I always think of it being quite clean because cows only eat grass . |
6 | The girl shrugged and mumbled about him being too busy . |