Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] being [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frankly , that old adage about only being as good as your last picture was totally the attitude , I 'm afraid . |
| 2 | When we arrive home from France into the large village , Debenham where I live , it was really strange and felt really odd after not being home for so long . |
| 3 | ‘ It was n't what I meant anyway , about not being here . ’ |
| 4 | This policeman was having to give evidence and he 'd come to talk , oh I see you 've had the baby , cos he was talking to me it had happened I said , oh what did you have blah blah blah , blah blah blah , but the little devil went in the witness box , he denied about not being there on duty about putting his mac on , ooh and he 'd never clapped eyes on barrister or a solicitor and they said he 'll meet you before the case , so we had to go extra early meet this barrister and he never came and so they took us in this little room in all his wig and his gown , we got , oh what happened ? |
| 5 | But your , your point about not being very er positive the interviews that I do I , I do in a very relaxed manner . |
| 6 | It also takes a shot at Sun 's December 31 , 1992 deadline as not being enough time . |
| 7 | The custom of describing symbols in the body of the text , at the stage when the symbols are used , is to be deprecated as not being sufficiently accessible . |
| 8 | As Miranda was halfway down the dark and narrow stairwell , she realised who it was who had so disarmed Madame that she had not scolded Marie-Angèle ( for not being downstairs to hand , to run the message up to Mlle Everard ) , or waited to reproach Miranda herself for allowing visitors to call without appointments and cause all this trouble to her hostess in the Hotel Davenant . |
| 9 | Er , first of all may I give my sincere and abject apology for not being here to chair the Garrick 's A G M , this is due to a longstanding appointment made before I realized that the first Thursday in December is traditionally the day for the A G M. |
| 10 | Yet even as these studies were being published , major enquiries into child care scandals , such as those on the deaths of Jasmine Beckford , ( London Borough of Brent , 1985 ) , Tyra Henry , ( London Borough of Lambeth , 1987 ) and Kimberley Carlile ( London Borough of Greenwich , 1987 ) continued to criticize social workers for not being sufficiently quick and firm in their interventions to protect children . |
| 11 | Others attacked it for not being sufficiently realistic ( TLS 1957:629 , Fuller 1957:62 ) , and one concluded that ‘ Miss Brooke-Rose was in two minds about the novel she intended to write ’ ( Allen 1957:469 ) . |
| 12 | Had she lost respect for him for not being so positive and forcing her to stay last year ? |
| 13 | Sarah 's eyes flooded with tears , and she was ashamed of herself for not being more charitable over this generous woman 's good fortune . |
| 14 | Offenders got a rocket for not being more tolerant . |
| 15 | ‘ You must forgive me for not being more helpful . |
| 16 | When it comes to operational issues and manpower , the stock answer is that information on the running costs of individual units is not held centrally and could be provided only by the use of disproportionate time and effort , yet the Minister criticises us for not being more specific . |
| 17 | No matter what is being done we attack it for not being enough . |
| 18 | Their own anger with their mother for not being there is then attributed to her , and their fear results from believing she is in the rage that they themselves are in . |
| 19 | He said he was sorry for not visiting more often , sorry for not being there , for not , for not , for not , these omissions of his , these confessions , they rose into his closed mouth until it seemed that he might choke , they were jumbled up , dislocated , like old bones in a crypt , but he knew they fitted together , he knew they would form a skeleton where he could hang the flesh and muscle of his guilt . |
| 20 | ‘ I felt guilty for not being there ’ |
| 21 | If he did n't turn up they moaned at him later for not being there , and they had used his name for fund-raising without permission . |
| 22 | The sense of disappointment was as sharp as a blow , painful out of all proportion , so much so that for a moment I was almost angry with him for not being there . |
| 23 | After I shouted at you for not being there for Mrs Richards ? ’ |
| 24 | The British army has always given campaign medals which are rewards for just being there and doing an ordinary job , and special medals for gallantry beyond the call of duty . |
| 25 | And instead of just being here round the top , this has actually gone round here too , by the looks of it . |
| 26 | He whispering endearments in his lover 's ear , the joy of lying in each other 's arms … the ecstasy afterwards , the contentment of just being together . |
| 27 | ‘ An inarcker … a feeling I ca n't articulate ( hoorah ! ) of just being like f—ed off with people who are richer than me . |
| 28 | Remarkably , it is commonly the sufferer himself or herself who breaks off social relationships and activities because of a feeling of not being properly appreciated or understood . |
| 29 | Thirty years old — five years older than Richard — she carried the unmistakable air of not being easily impressed by anything , or anyone . |
| 30 | It can be expensive to provide and difficult to obtain at short notice , and has the disadvantage of not being readily available in ordinary schools . |