Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] being [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I enjoyed the function and my friends kept me in good cheer as I was obviously anxious about my husband being in the Gulf and did have a few too many drinks . |
| 2 | My kit being near the casualty ( by now conscious ) , I thought it may have been mistakenly picked up . |
| 3 | ‘ But I was cautious about it too as I 'd seen both sides — the periods of unemployment as well as the glossy side of my father being in something so popular like Howards ' Way . ’ |
| 4 | When I was on about my dad being at |
| 5 | As a result , he continued , ‘ It is quite impossible for me in a letter to give you a detailed account of my proceedings my time being at present fully occupied in unpacking arrangements and other matters . ’ |
| 6 | Neither their range nor their alignment being of more than average accuracy , the damage they did was haphazard but promising . |
| 7 | They used sun-dried bricks widely , their bricks being of Lydian proportion , thin and measuring about 12 × 18 inches . |
| 8 | My brother Emanuel and myself going into God 's Gift Mine with the Commissioners Mr. Robert and Mr. George Bowes with others coming up the ladders from the level , it pleased God that the ladders slipt from their hold being upon them Mr. George Bowes , his man Turn , my brother Emanuel , Mr. Robert Bowes , Martin Moser and myself . |
| 9 | The Committee soon became the Central ( Unemployed ) Body ( CUB ) , with one of its functions being to ‘ establish , take over , and assist Labour Exchanges or Employment Registers and collect information ’ . |
| 10 | Among her letters are two ‘ On her Writings being to be printed ’ . |
| 11 | She found it impossible to admit , even to herself , the relief which flooded her whole being at the idea that she was no longer bound to live out her life in Tollemarche . |
| 12 | dedicated her whole being to his life and his work . |
| 13 | It shows her discomfort being in Africa , very often alone . |
| 14 | She found herself bending over the old woman and hissing at her , ‘ If it 's so natural , Great-gran , why did a woman approach me today , the mother of one of the little girls at school , and suggest that my daughter was fantasising about her father being in the bath with her . |
| 15 | I pointed out that , their firm being in Birkenhead and my production scheduled for one-night stands in village halls in North Wales , it would be unlikely that any customers for her wares would be among my audience . |
| 16 | Their minds being on Emma , they waited for Peggy to go on , but after placing a piece of wood on the fire she turned to them with a smile , saying , ‘ What about a drink ? ’ |
| 17 | Salmina and Khodashinskii ( 1986 ) give the same four classes of errors ( their examples being from Russian typescript ) and include approximate percentages of occurrence of the four types : |
| 18 | If this was the source of the visitors ' continuing jurisdiction in disciplinary appeals , then it was accepted that they would be amenable to judicial review , their situation being in certain respects comparable to that of a visitor to a university or college who holds that position by virtue of his office , cp the Queen as visitor of the University of Hull : see the Page case [ 1991 ] 1 W.L.R. 1277 , 1279 . |
| 19 | In most economies the public sector is invariably a net borrower due to its expenditure being in excess of its tax revenues , so it is thus obliged to issue financial claims , i.e. bank notes and government stock ( National Debt ) . |
| 20 | How many men do you know who insist on their daughters being in the bath with them ? |
| 21 | The two control sample carers ( Mrs Mitchell 's daughter and Mrs Wilkins ' nephew ) were both still quite definite about wanting to see their relative in institutional care ; Mrs Mitchell 's daughter said that she was becoming more and more anxious about her mother being at risk at home ; and Mrs Wilkins ' nephew saying that she was more than ever in need of care , and the strain upon him of having to cope with her difficult personality was making him wish even more acutely for institutional care . |
| 22 | The first-level supervision , known as the deputy , stood in a service rather than an executive relation , his responsibilities being for safety , maintenance of supplies , and shot-firing rather than for direct supervision . |
| 23 | So despite his record being at No. 6 and getting played 15 times on Radio One last week , Felix has not made one appearance anywhere . |
| 24 | He was lying on a bed , placed between two open windows , his head being without any cap or covering of any sort , while his grey locks were literally floating in the wind , for , although in July , it was cold and blowing weather . |
| 25 | Roger Sweeney 's book will enable anyone contemplating adding a snake of the genus Thamnophis to their collection to avoid all the common pitfalls , his knowledge being of the practical sort gleaned from his position as livestock manager at Surrey-based Birdworld . |
| 26 | He can honestly claim to have been a righteous servant of God ; in verse 16 he writes of his service being like that of a priest , who bridges the gap between God and man , and who presents a sacrifice to God as part of the priest 's duties and privileges . |
| 27 | Martin Lally did find the net with one of his long-range specials , but the goal was disallowed for one of his team-mates being in an offside position . |
| 28 | Immediately a very helpful female ATCO identified the Aircoupe ( its pilot now concentrating his whole being on keeping straight and level in the pouring rain and turbulent IMC conditions ) as being overhead Farnborough , and gave radar headings towards White Waltham , a cloudbreak at around 800 feet and a passable landing . |
| 29 | Ben eased forward until his face was pressed against the glass , watching Gosse slow his breathing and focus his whole being upon the blade resting only a hand 's length from his stomach . |
| 30 | I suggested that the evidence seemed , in the context of language as rescue , to promise a whole new set of preoccupations , to a point where even those undertakings Stephen had given to rework the stiff clay of his race , even these can seem unduly influenced by his still being among them . |