Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] be [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | You reproach me for being stupidly repelled by a taste of which I have never dared to become fully aware . |
2 | You ought to be thanking me for being so considerate . ’ |
3 | Forgive me for being so mean to you ? |
4 | Pardon me for being so rude . |
5 | In terms of a planning process Anne was talking about , you 'll have to forgive me for being relatively new to Oxfordshire and coming from an area where we had a planning system which was largely the one I was describing , and the planning role that I saw I wanted to develop was very much already mentioned which was actually going round to small groups of people , to the local caring groups on a much more informal basis , and getting their contribution about that and then feeding it back into the system , which you say is there in a sense . |
6 | I admire them for being so up front about their religious activity because it puts them right in the front line against anti-Semitism . ’ |
7 | And his self-despite was so strong that he knew reviving an old flame or chasing some young actress would only aggravate it . |
8 | How long ago was that then , how old would I of been then , when you had all these alterations done ? |
9 | I think , I to be quite honest , correct me if I 'm wrong , with regard to the publicity group , that the publicity group really was to get something out that was going to act as an icebreaker to the members . |
10 | Criticizing the Greens for becoming a " bourgeois party " , Ditfurth accused them of being too keen to ally with the SPD ( in Hesse and Lower Saxony ) , and of abandoning , at a tumultuous April 26-28 congress in Neumünster ( Schleswig-Holstein ) , the rotation of party posts . |
11 | ‘ You accused me of being little better than a thief , a cheat , as though I 'd masterminded it all just to hurt you . |
12 | Last week , the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) accused me of being unduly alarmist when I referred to the figure of 7 million Russians wanting to leave the Soviet Union . |
13 | On the one occasion on which I did so ( according to my diary ) the other girls laughed , and the teacher became annoyed , accusing me of being deliberately provocative . |
14 | Thank you for being here . ’ |
15 | What was I doing admiring you for being so well-behaved , sitting there for hours content to have your arm round me ? |
16 | And thank you for being so helpful , officer … ’ |
17 | For example , ‘ I forgive you for being so patronising towards me ’ would make them feel that they were having their sins confessed to them . |
18 | ‘ Thank you for being so honest , Professor . |
19 | One night , Constance hugged her and said , ‘ Thank you for being so marvellous . |
20 | Thank you for being so frank . ’ |
21 | ‘ Thank you for being so understanding , Mrs Reece-Carlton . ’ |
22 | So , instead , she said , ‘ I really want to thank you for being so good with Emily today . ’ |
23 | ‘ Oh , no , I was only teasing , and I really only came in to tell you that I 'm leaving tomorrow , and to thank you for being so kind , and — well , to say goodbye . |
24 | ‘ I 'm grateful to you for being so frank , Mr Fishbane . ’ |
25 | Thank you for being so civilised about it . ’ |
26 | Thank you for being so kind . |
27 | Thank you for being there , for at this stage the Marshal was powerless to help him . |
28 | ‘ Thank you for being there for her . ’ |
29 | Here are three examples to help ; — Do you get around enough to see your people — or do they criticize you for being too distant , frequently unavailable or too busy ? |
30 | we , you see , and she of was often pottering in her garden |