Example sentences of "[verb] [being] [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would be delighted if you would consider being interviewed for the film . |
| 2 | Around a third of people in the study reported being affected by the overlapping benefit rules , and this aroused strong feeling of unjustice . |
| 3 | then the , the main problem is rent because presumably it all , all starts being creamed off the top so , okay you do n't have to redistribute land , but you can still get rid of the landlords and the people who are erm taking away the surplus |
| 4 | I sometimes thought that he would enjoy being mistaken for the one rather than the other , because he disliked the idea of poetry as a ‘ profession ’ : an attitude which some lesser figures found puzzling . |
| 5 | Just as you may resent being disturbed in the college library , so fellow students do n't enjoy being interrupted in the middle of some important piece of work . |
| 6 | Against this background Robert Fleck left East Anglia on a family holiday to Yugoslavia , resigned to fact that he had narrowly missed being selected for the Scotland World Cup squad at Italia ‘ 90 . |
| 7 | There was so much enraged violence in the action that Isabel knew she had missed being hurled across the church by that powerful arm only because of fitzAlan 's self-control . |
| 8 | Also reaffirmed was a commitment to protect the environment and to the creation of a new regional ecological order , support being expressed for the Costa Rican government 's proposal calling on the UN to establish a Council of the Planet Earth during the UN Conference on Environment and Development in Brazil in 1992 . |
| 9 | Some patients , perhaps especially those who express anxiety about the risk of fire or who are known to have experienced a fire , may welcome being told about the fire precautions in the ward . |
| 10 | We can expect being cheated by the Tories , but Mr Quinn can perhaps explain how his party can always find money to pay for perks and excursions to faraway places for councillors and £3.5m expenditure upon the County Hall . |
| 11 | Tough and tender Kathryn takes gold IMAGINE being lost in the wild stretches of the Scottish Highlands , icy northern wind beating heavily against your face and sheets of splintering rain biting deep into your face . |
| 12 | He imagined being shot in the water and it closing over his head , filling his mouth and lungs , the last moments of life choked out of him . |
| 13 | The subtle effects of centuries of propaganda will not be easily overcome , but we could make a start by looking more honestly at the reality of war and stop being blinded by the glamour . |
| 14 | Corbett could smell the heavy , thick fragrance of those mouth-watering dishes he had seen being prepared in the kitchen . |
| 15 | Others love a day by the sea or an afternoon in the country ; and many most enjoy being taken to the homes of relatives or friends for a meal . |
| 16 | Erm what place erm does the convenor see being made in the legal processes to make available to estranged couples the opportunity for erm voluntary conciliation between the parties ? |
| 17 | It is a recognized component of rituals of healing we can still see being practised by the wise men , witch doctors and shamans in ‘ primitive ’ societies and sometimes in the spiritual healing work of evangelical preachers . |
| 18 | Similarly , within the civil service the engineer or architect may resent being bound by the rules and regulations of administrative practices and accountability rather than those of the profession . |
| 19 | Hari felt the impulse to ruffle William 's hair but she knew he would resent being treated like the child he was , boys grew up quickly in the harsh realities of World 's End . |
| 20 | Just as you may resent being disturbed in the college library , so fellow students do n't enjoy being interrupted in the middle of some important piece of work . |
| 21 | Nor did she like being summoned to the cabin next door , but Penrose was a leading Wren . |
| 22 | he does n't l like being tied to the bench does he ? |
| 23 | Does n't like being put on the spot and adopts conceptualising and abstract thinking to counter this . |
| 24 | NOTE Men may not like being taken to the toilet by a woman , nor a woman by a man . |
| 25 | She had a very jolly time in Korea and she does not like being photographed by the Press . |
| 26 | You did n't like being woken in the middle of the night for ice cream , but you sat up and ate it in bed before it melted to please your father . |
| 27 | The clients appreciate being kept in the picture , even if their stay can not be made shorter . |
| 28 | It is as a result of fears such as this that members of the RUC are required to obtain official permission before they cam talk to outsiders , such as the Press and researchers , or face being sacked from the force . |
| 29 | It was Dr Who that provided the young Loveday with his earliest musical revelations , as he can remember being transfixed by the time travelling adventures and the theme music ( an early outing into electronic music composed by the legendary Ron Grainer and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop ) . |
| 30 | She swore she could remember being dropped on the floor by the doctor who delivered her . |