Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [pron] [prep] being [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I forgive you for being male and cruel and unreasonable , you must forgive me for being female and for carrying another man 's child and wanting you at the same time . |
| 2 | No one could accuse them of being dead to all delight . |
| 3 | By then it was too late to try and change her policy , for the overseer seemed to have taken a real dislike to her , watching for any slip she made , so that he could punish her for being high and mighty as he called it . |
| 4 | More , he lived in hope that one such mirror would find something behind his looks only another pair of eyes could see : some undiscovered self that would free him from being Gentle . |
| 5 | Then , when you returned , school would have started and they would beat you for being late . |
| 6 | Otherwise , who else would subject themselves to being square-bashed , shouted at by petty officers , and made to do ghastly things in force ten gales ? |
| 7 | The following concepts are a vocabulary which will help you in being able to analyse and study the functioning of organisations . |
| 8 | Ken is one of the few people who can stun me into being ungrammatical . |