Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [vb infin] being [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll enjoy being on the same pitch as Tony Dorigo , who is probably the best No 3 in the country for composure on the ball when going forward . |
| 2 | I can remember being in Australia and looking through magazines and seeing the names of the photographers who are now doing my shoots and thinking : ‘ Oh wow ! ’ |
| 3 | I can remember being in the back of a car and I was screaming . |
| 4 | I can remember being in a cell , locked in , with nobody else but myself , crying , and a screw opening the hatch on the door and saying , ‘ What 's the matter with you ? |
| 5 | Oh , more more than that , because I was , I I can remember being in school |
| 6 | But er I can remember being in Evay and a funeral there and to me it was very strange because they carried the coffin from the kirk right down to the kirkyard at the pier . |
| 7 | I mean I can remember being underneath the platform , being on fire and I mean I I just kept saying to myself that this was n't really happening . |
| 8 | I can envisage being at a public local enquiry th it would not be me , where a barrister would make a great deal of an argument that York needs a regional shopping centre . |
| 9 | On occasion , however , Alexandra would sometimes get her way and drag the Prince to services at the church she favoured , St. Saviour 's Church for the Deaf in Oxford Street , where she could enjoy being in the company of other deaf people , and be able to follow the services , as she was a fluent fingerspeller . |
| 10 | If you can imagine being on a steep , snow-covered slope , below which there is a 1000 m ( 3,500 ft ) sheer drop , would you prefer to be wearing a shiny nylon cagoule or a rough old woollen jumper ? |
| 11 | We would envisage being in a position to despatch the sales documentation by the end of four to six weeks . |