Example sentences of "[subord] they [be] [adj] to [being] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of mounting sheet and halyard tail bags on he upstands of the cockpit el , where they are vulnerable to being torn off , they are recessed beneath the cockpit seats . |
| 2 | Children , if they are used to being treated with respect , will behave accordingly . |
| 3 | And they had declared them because they were accustomed to being allowed to use the drugs when they travelled in Europe . |
| 4 | And they had declared them because they were accustomed to being allowed to use the drugs when they travelled in Europe . |
| 5 | While they were accustomed to being absolute rulers in Hanover they realized that being King of England was more important than being Elector of Hanover and they spent most of their time in England , but they never felt entirely at ease in the forty-six years during which they ruled in London . |
| 6 | Widows will talk of being acutely aware of the gap by their side when they are used to being viewed as one of a couple ( obviously couples who divorce or separate feel the same ) . |