Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [prep] being [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is the same as pardon me for being rude it was not me it was my food |
| 2 | Pardon me for being rude it was not me it was my food , it just popped up to say hello , and now it 's gone back down below |
| 3 | Pardon me for being rude it was not me it was my food |
| 4 | Pardon me for being rude it was not me it was my food |
| 5 | Pardon me for being rude , it was not me it |
| 6 | Pardon me for being rude it was not me it was my food |
| 7 | ‘ Forgive me for being flippant , ’ she sighed . |
| 8 | ‘ Forgive me for being wary ! |
| 9 | If I forgive you for being male and cruel and unreasonable , you must forgive me for being female and for carrying another man 's child and wanting you at the same time . |
| 10 | Her concern , until then , had always been that Time ( or the house ) would prevent him from reaching her , stop them from being able to meet , remove the opportunity , once and for all , for her to feel again as she had done last night , leaving her for ever empty and unsatisfied . |
| 11 | They undoubtedly deserve them for being flexible enough to listen to the people and to bodies like the Royal Fine Arts Commission and for thinking up the innovative scheme itself . |
| 12 | Others discriminate against students on grounds of sexual orientation when they suspect them of being gay or lesbian ; others on class or a whole range of subjective , stereotypical responses to the unfamiliar . |
| 13 | I applaud him for being able to marry self-interest with the needs of others . |
| 14 | Tell me about being frightened when you were little , said Mr Rose . |
| 15 | I like them for being different , ’ said Corman . |
| 16 | She said that the increased charges to her , and she is totally immobile , except as I understand it from being able to move her head , the increased charges to her would be thirty seven per cent of her total weekly income of eighty pounds . |
| 17 | Cleo , as you insist on being here , please indulge me by being content simply to watch the proceedings . ’ |
| 18 | I admire them for being able to sit there in front of everybody and say they actually , what they 've been through because it must have been sheer hell er , trying to come off and withdrawal symptoms , I mean , I do n't know much about it cos I 've never taken well I smoke |
| 19 | ‘ You accuse me of being conceited and arrogant ? |
| 20 | Kinnock sneered at the ‘ arrogance ’ of the political establishment who pronounced him ‘ cocky ’ , and the ‘ experts on political conduct , the brilliant analysts , the completely non-aligned and non-partisan reporters ’ of the tabloids who ‘ accuse me of being inadequate ’ . |
| 21 | Why did I bother to tell her , only to have her shout at me , accuse me of being crazy to wake her up for that and tell me to keep my nose out of her brother 's business , especially since it was nothing to do with me . |
| 22 | But what young members , what young people find ironic , is that the same people who are telling them they 've never had it so good , in the same breath accuse them of being responsible for high community crime levels , drug and alcohol abuse and the violence . |
| 23 | Instead of blaming them for a small error , I praise them for being 99 percent perfect . |
| 24 | It 's ‘ Thou hast already and , this being the case , thou mightest as well go on doing it , since if thou doth n't , it might be bad for thine psyche , and anyway if we told thee not to , thou wouldst accuse us of being prejudiced and go on doing it all the same . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Thank you for being such a dear friend . |
| 26 | I 'm sure you are and thank you for being such a wonderful chairman . |
| 27 | ‘ Thank you for being honest , you |
| 28 | After one such painful confrontation someone wrote , ‘ Thank you for being straight with me — I needed it . ’ |
| 29 | Because they all hate us , they hate us for being different , for not being them , for their own not being like us . |
| 30 | I suspect that most of them identify it with being white . |