Example sentences of "be [adj] [prep] [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , if she is someone who has been used to dominating those around her , you should quietly refuse to be included in her ‘ managing ’ tactics . |
| 2 | We had been used to seeing bigger names travel here but somehow or other they never showed top form . |
| 3 | Having come to the village with certain expectations they may only see what they expect to find and , since the local working population has long been used to avoiding overt conflict in the face of those who have the capacity to create trouble for them , the superficial calm of village life may remain . |
| 4 | As a student in Trinity College he had been used to doing six hours a week . |
| 5 | I 've never been used to doing that and it makes such a lot of difference when you actually speak to the people . |
| 6 | Teachers in the independent sector have long been used to doing this . |
| 7 | Er , the comment here the way that I have been used to doing these I found that I I like it and the kids can |
| 8 | Though the engine was 17 years old and had been used to pulling 40-tonne loads at 60mph , Mr Tomlinson did n't need to touch it . |
| 9 | Yo yo you , you been used to working hard and if they say do n't do this |
| 10 | 6–8–1880 Archibald Currie etc appeared and " mutually acknowledged that they had been guilty of quarrelling some time ago in a way scandalous to religion in the community where they reside . |
| 11 | We found that researchers had often been guilty of assuming male dominance . |
| 12 | In the past , I have been guilty of reinforcing this icon ; now I am committed either to destroying it or affecting major reconstructions . |
| 13 | His emphasis on the independence of theology , on refusing to allow any other intellectual discipline to dictate to it , reflected an awareness that his own earlier thought might itself have been guilty of imposing inappropriate categories and of squeezing theology into a strait-jacket . |
| 14 | ‘ That I am guilty of making wholesale judgements about women such as you . |
| 15 | If you are hesitant about pruning flowered wood hard , some of the more vigorous varieties will reflect your hesitancy by sending out new growth from half way along old stems . |
| 16 | All hon. Members are guilty of using flowery language . |
| 17 | Dunning and colleagues conclude that authors like Clarke are guilty of romanticising working-class history , ‘ attributing to it a degree of family , inter-age-group and neighbourhood solidarity it has probably never possessed ’ ( ibid.:237 ) . |
| 18 | They add little to the cultural identity of Darlington and are guilty of attracting some unsavoury characters and behaviour to the centre of the town . |
| 19 | If you are unused to living alone you will also find that you cook too much food . |
| 20 | This had only been possible before using invasive manometric techniques or ionising radiation . |
| 21 | Despite its reputation for fine engineering , Rolls-Royce has never been shy of using outside technology and components , inevitable now for a company of its small size . |
| 22 | His remarks are devastating for emerging British riders striving to follow the golden trail blazed by legends like Colonel Harry Llewellyn who won Britain 's first equestrian gold with ‘ Foxhunter ’ at Helsinki in l952 . |
| 23 | But here people are more critical , kids are used to seeing all the big names , ’ he said . |
| 24 | The subtitle is ‘ Making Feminist Sense of International Politics ’ , and those very words make you realize how little we are used to seeing feminist analysis applied to the ebbs and flows of global power . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's really hard for drummers these days because people are used to hearing such tight rhythm tracks . |
| 26 | Most people will be happy with one pair of good loop-stitched socks inside their boots , but if you are used to wearing two pairs of socks , then take them with you . |
| 27 | Also the professionals are used to moving heavy rolls of carpet around ; you may not be , and could slip a disc ! |
| 28 | The teaching staff at PCL are used to addressing practical language use and found themselves extending their area of lexis to exploring with their students the precise equivalencies in various languages to express ‘ multiple occupied tenancies ’ , ‘ child abuse ’ , ‘ warrants not backed for bail ’ and ‘ do n't go telling me porkies sunshine ’ . |
| 29 | Certainly if we 're beauty parading against er maybe London firms where perhaps the attitude might be a little bit more than it is from the provincial firms that perhaps are used to having closer relationships with their clients . |
| 30 | The supermodels are used to having top names such as Steven Meisel and Helmut Newton behind the camera . |