Example sentences of "[coord] [noun prp] be be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was not sure whether I owed that to Gwenellen , the universal awe of Old Red , or Aline 's being away . |
| 2 | ‘ Because although she is relieved to think you and Harry are being so well taken care of by Edna and her daughter , she also becomes agitated whenever I touch on Edna 's role in her life when she was very small . ’ |
| 3 | And Pearce was being somehow lifted from his feet , still squashed against the glass , hands and feet drumming in a frenzy against the windows . |
| 4 | Ellen was showing Rickie Crowninshield all the elaborate electronic toys that only Ellen wholly understood ; the radios , radars , weatherfaxes and satellite receivers , and Rickie was being surprisingly attentive , but as soon as he saw me he scowled and clamped a pair of headphones over his ears as though to make sure that he did not have to hold any kind of conversation with me . |
| 5 | The sentiment behind ‘ You Should Always Keep In Touch With Your Friends ’ was lauded by the music press but Gedge was being more than a little hollow . |
| 6 | Hardly knew how to conduct herself , but Roxie was being so kind . |
| 7 | Mercury 's very small but Venus is is roughly like us . |