Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [prep] [being] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told his audience at the French Academy of Political and Moral Sciences : ‘ One of the joys for me of being in France is that you have a particularly strong sense of the ultimate cost to the human spirit of unrelenting migration from the countryside to the big cities . ’ |
| 2 | ZZAP ! to date has taken the mickey out of everyone without being prejudiced against anyone or anything . |
| 3 | At first it was felt that this was caused by their failure to understand what was required of them despite being notified by the Board , the NEC , through the pages of The Embalmer as well as at Divisional meetings , but it is apparent that there is an element of tutors who deliberately do not follow the guidelines and rules , ignore well publicised and individually notified closing dates for entry and submission of coursework results , presumably to try and ‘ force ’ the Institute to return to the ‘ old ’ system . |
| 4 | Certainly the sting had gone out of the words ; I could think of them without being quite so ashamed . |
| 5 | For two days running , thousands of commuters had to leave trains to walk along the tracks , some of them after being stranded between stations for six hours . |
| 6 | It was awkward too , as he could hardly walk past them without being recognized . |
| 7 | He was rather proud of himself for being able to visualize and draw such a convoluted position . |
| 8 | ‘ When she behaves like a Sharina , she blames people 's dislike of her on being a foreigner , ’ sighed Jane . |
| 9 | Remember a couple of weeks ago when you were taking the piss out of him for being scruffy , you told him not to come in again unless he was wearing a tie . |
| 10 | She was n't sure about the ‘ and so on ’ , but there did n't seem to be any way out of it without being churlish . |
| 11 | I mean one thinks of it like being alive in a box , one keeps forgetting to take into account the fact that one is dead … which should make a difference … should n't it ? |
| 12 | So , first of all when we 're thinking about our objectives , we 've actually got to think of it in being achievable . |
| 13 | Immediately after take-off we passed San Sebastián on the north side of the coastline , making sure that another G-registered aeroplane heading in the opposite direction was south of it before being handed on to Bilbao . |
| 14 | She probably thinks a lot more about you for being able |
| 15 | Where a week ago a man could stand up to his full height behind them without being seen , now he had to stoop ; tomorrow , perhaps , he would have to get down on his hands and knees . |
| 16 | ‘ Mr Wood says he 's never known nobody like you for bein' clean . ’ |
| 17 | Some mannerisms may not be of great use to the interviewer in assessing your character but they may work against you by being irritating . |
| 18 | For example , many people at the Royal Brompton and National Heart hospital tell me that some of the special health authorities should be allowed to win new patients and the money that comes with them by being allowed to work in the internal market . |
| 19 | Winser was looking disgusted with himself for being caught . |
| 20 | His salacious grin faltered then disappeared and he glared at her , furious with himself for being tricked so easily . |
| 21 | He was irritated with himself for being so pathetic . |
| 22 | He stepped away from the phone , angry with Scott for disturbing him but also angry with himself for being so jumpy . |
| 23 | She was angry with herself for being moved by this completely unexpected glimpse into his past . |
| 24 | Cross with herself for being fooled , her answer was short and to the point . |
| 25 | Past injustices began to smart all over again , and she felt annoyed with herself for being so self-centred at a time when the family firm appeared to be teetering towards bankruptcy . |
| 26 | Angry with herself for being so easily led , Shelley pulled away from him and ran headlong into the water , which was colder than she expected , in spite of the hot sun . |
| 27 | She was angry with herself for being ready , for letting him be a witness to her fixation on the handsome young singer . |
| 28 | His young wife went with him despite being three months pregnant . |
| 29 | Our true guide should be their perceived needs , their ‘ simple ’ appetitive desires devoid of the human implications that ‘ desire ’ carries with it of being self-conscious . |
| 30 | A little scared , very curious , ravenously hungry and ready to argue the toss with anyone after being passed from person to person like so many yards of parcelled muslin . |