Example sentences of "[noun prp] being [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 24 Then Joseph being bed from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him , and took unto him his wife . |
| 2 | The French Government would object to Jesus Christ being head of European Operations , on the grounds that He was n't a Frenchman . |
| 3 | THERE are no advantages in Britain being part of the European Community . |
| 4 | Gustason 's ( 1983 ) findings on positive views of ASL by teachers is augmented by Stewart 's ( 1983 ) finding of attitudinal change towards ASL being part of deaf children 's bilingualism . |
| 5 | " Frederica Potter being nanny to a row of French children . " |
| 6 | Because I can imagine Paul being sort of a homely chap . |
| 7 | She said she did n't mind Elizabeth being Queen at all , and had no doubt she was a very good one too , but that it was evil and presumptuous of her — the illegitimate daughter of an excommunicated heretic and a beheaded adulteress — to set herself up as defender of the Faith . |
| 8 | In March 1818 Baker was apprenticed to ( Sir ) William Pearson for five years , Pearson being surgeon to the Hull General ( later Royal ) Infirmary . |