Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] being [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may include being a wife to your husband , a mother to your children , or a daughter to your parents . |
| 2 | Can he say to him , ‘ You must stop being a Masai . |
| 3 | No matter he might stop being a soldier if something changes in that family to bring him back ( though I ca n't see that happening , the Talvi are the kind who never have a change of heart ) . |
| 4 | If you want your son or daughter to grow up able to talk to you , perhaps you could consider being a little less authoritarian . |
| 5 | He says he 'd consider being a care worker , but his experience in the army was many years ago , so he may not qualify any more . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't think I could stand being a nurse because I would get too involved , so I hope one day to join the fire brigade , ’ she said . |
| 7 | Now this may mean being a person of six years old or sixteen or sixty . |
| 8 | Nothing was confirmed until recently , and even these gigs we 've just done in South America were only a testing ground to see how Brian would feel being the lead singer and mainman in general . |
| 9 | I would stop being a writer . |
| 10 | The temptation was that the churches ' social work , begun as a way to win the unchurched as well as to help them physically , would cease being the means and instead become the end . |
| 11 | It 's a great family event especially for the children , who will exploit being a legitimate ‘ outlaw ’ to the full ! |
| 12 | Just to exaggerate those three points , I know , I can remember being a student myself . |
| 13 | I want to reclaim it — so I can stop being a casualty of this war that has no name . |
| 14 | Well you can stop being a fusspot if you do n't mind . |