Example sentences of "[adv] [being] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Setting forth That if any yearn is produced at the said Mercat or at any of the Mercats of Isla , the same not being just in number& Length . |
| 3 | ‘ It must be difficult for you — not being completely in charge , ’ she ventured . |
| 4 | They are among the last plants to bloom , often not being fully in flower until early September . |
| 5 | ‘ The thought of not being there for them as they grew up was too much to bear , ’ she said . |
| 6 | After I shouted at you for not being there for Mrs Richards ? ’ |
| 7 | it 's better than fucking better be being late than not being there at all . |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | There were terrible noises in the night ; people being ill , in real pain in the next bed , and I remember somebody being there at night and not being there in the morning . |
| 10 | It was not that she was parsimonious or disapproving of alcohol , simply that she knew it had adverse side-effects on Liza and , not being much of a drinker herself , she only kept a small supply in the house . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Anna 's air of vagueness , of not being quite with you , is one of her greatest assets . |
| 13 | And instead of just being here round the top , this has actually gone round here too , by the looks of it . |
| 14 | Our gangs have varied between two and ten , usually being somewhere in the middle . |
| 15 | Although Forest are still bottom of the Premier League table today , you 'll find less people willing to bet on them still being there at the end of the season than on Norwich still being top . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's about nobody ever going away but always being just round the corner , waiting to be caught up with . |
| 17 | You , my dear , you 're half in love with your husband , then there 's Martha who 's half a child and half a girl , Richard who ca n't give up being half in the Navy , Willis who 's half an artist and half a longshoreman , a cat who 's half alive and half dead . |
| 18 | Not unnaturally it was handed to me , now being officially outside the Ministère and a recognised arms dealer . |
| 19 | Although many would now see this HCF model as pushing RE into a backwater if it is pursued on its own , it is still a highly influential view , and is likely to go on being so for some time because Agreed Syllabuses on the whole encourage it . |
| 20 | Maybe being abroad for three weeks in a band with seven people was n't the place to do it because it was a bit contained . ’ |
| 21 | Over the years the G M B has been a major part of our family life the night meetings sometimes being away from home the disputes I have been involved in you have shared them with me and listened to me , and because of my involvement you have always supported me . |
| 22 | Many slimmers make this an excuse for not sticking to the diet , but I find it much easier being away from the kitchen and the kettle ! |
| 23 | The only trouble there though , she realised , as despondency tried to set in again , was that , apart from actually being in the delightful spa town of Mariánské Láznë , and actually being here in Czechoslovakia , a country she had wanted to visit , there was no other bright side . |