Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] being [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I tried being polite for a long time , Aunt Ruth , and it got me nowhere . |
| 2 | I intended being one of the three people to live in Oxford Street , until I saw the place . |
| 3 | And it 's time you stopped being afraid of life . ’ |
| 4 | You stopped being angry with them and held back your furious rage . |
| 5 | She liked being helpful to people , as Brownies taught her to be , and she was always ready to Lend a Hand in the true spirit of the Brownie Guide Motto — and Jane , her Sixer , for one , knew that that was even more important than being alert and lively . |
| 6 | Usually she liked being alone in the house , but this evening was different and not just becuse Gran was ill upstairs . |
| 7 | She said being extravagant with water was awfully unfair … |
| 8 | Though she had never admitted it to anyone , she disliked being alone in the office since Arabella had fallen to her death from the fire escape : and the feeling was always worse in the evening . |
| 9 | Not that they stopped being scared at once , that first , frightened time . |
| 10 | Durie was scheduled to fight an FA charge of misconduct after referee Dermot Gallagher alleged he feigned being head-butted in a confrontation with Andy Pearce in a game against Coventry on August 18 . |
| 11 | Sir , when did it stopped being compulsory for you to have a tetanus jab ? |
| 12 | When he was in Rome , when Jo was off somewhere , he enjoyed being one of the helpers . |
| 13 | Sometimes Shadwell came in to watch the show , and one day he started being nice to me . |
| 14 | She wanted to ask him if he liked being alone with her , as he was now , on the quiet seashore on a nice day , but naturally she did not . |
| 15 | It is little wonder that he considered being single as an advantage at this time . |