Example sentences of "i [vb past] [being] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found being introduced to people individually , as they arrived , much easier than going into a room full of new babies and it was good to share experiences . |
| 2 | I stopped being embarrassed about him and thought . |
| 3 | I found the school hard at first because I hated being shut in . |
| 4 | As I went upstairs I thought how much I hated being shoved around all over the place . |
| 5 | Not long after we met , I remember telling him that in my opinion his only fault was that he was too predictable , that , although no doubt perverse , I enjoyed being kept guessing a bit more often . |
| 6 | I enjoyed being stretched , ’ said Mr Tomlinson , a father of two , who is president of Richmondshire Rugby Club and plays bass with the Richmondshire Orchestra . |
| 7 | And was that Gavin I saw being deported from Holland ? have n't heard anything from him this morning so I assume not . |
| 8 | It was also clearly evident , in the groups that I saw being taught , as well as from my own personal experience , that the GCSE has improved children 's motivation . |
| 9 | A year passed before I was able to witness this second part of the mayor-making , so it was a different mayor I saw being installed . |
| 10 | Certainly the reading content of the recommended book for Class 2 in Sierra Leone which I saw being used with very young children in Freetown schools is far above the average reading level one might expect for six-year-olds in London who speak English , not Creole , at home . |
| 11 | My condition for accepting the invitation to participate in a debate on IQ was that I be shown in advance any press release advertising the debate , for I feared being misrepresented . |
| 12 | I kept being carted all the way to Buenos Aires . ’ |
| 13 | I liked being recognized in the pub afterwards , and made myself conspicuous in case anyone wanted my autograph . |