Example sentences of "it was [prep] being [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes it was through being treated as more grown-up , more mature , not a child anymore . |
| 2 | It remained silent , unused as it was to being asked for its opinions . |
| 3 | It was after being cast adrift in a longboat by the mutinous crew of Bounty that Bligh managed to make his monumental open-boat voyage with a handful of faithfuls to safety , and ultimately revenge , on the Indonesian island of Timor . |
| 4 | At eleven the earth was dry and thirsty , the field baking : it was like being fired in a kiln . |
| 5 | But when I became spokesman in opposition myself and he was the Foreign Secretary and we were sparring partners again , I made a nice remark about him and he said it was like being nuzzled by an old ram . |
| 6 | It was like falling into a black well , where you knew there would never be light , or it was like being cast adrift on a night ocean when you knew no ships would ever pass . |
| 7 | ‘ It was like being struck by a thunderbolt . |
| 8 | And you want to know what it was like being fêted by the Stones and Led Zep , and how in ‘ 61 Bob Dylan got his first Greenwich Village pro gig with John Lee ( and was apparently pissed off because the man from the New York Times was far more interested in rapping with the bluesman ) , but he just says it was nice to be able to put young Bob on the bandstand . |
| 9 | I , I do n't say that it was like being grilled by the K G B he was most polite and courteous . |
| 10 | As he turned a corner it was like being hit in the face by a handful of razor blades . |
| 11 | It was like being socked with a Wellington boot full of mud . ’ |
| 12 | It was like being given an ice-cube when you needed hot soup . |
| 13 | His lips caught her as the water cascaded around them , and it was like being kissed under a waterfall . |
| 14 | It was like being lost in the dark . |
| 15 | It was like being ambushed with filthy snowballs ; they materialized without warning , crashed painfully against the eardrums , and buffeted the aircraft . |
| 16 | It was like being shot at by a sag-bag . |
| 17 | it was like being shot in the knee at the time . |
| 18 | It was like being exiled from Paris to a mall provincial town . |
| 19 | It was like being wrapped in barbed wire by a gang of fox terriers . |
| 20 | It was like being caught ‘ talking in the dorm . ’ |
| 21 | It was like being sheathed in silk . |
| 22 | It was like being caressed by a dead fish until his lifeless fingers reached her soft foliage . |
| 23 | It was like being bathed in honey . |
| 24 | It was like being washed up by the tide and left stranded . |