Example sentences of "[adv prt] being " in BNC.
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| 1 | You start off being coy about drinking brandy . |
| 2 | Commonly it starts off being a scientific process , evaluating and carefully comparing all the different features of the case with the most likely remedies . |
| 3 | On balance they are better off being fully camouflaged at this stage , because although the blue tail may save the life of many a young lizard it also has the disadvantage of being so conspicuous that it can , to some extent , attract unwanted attention in the first place . |
| 4 | Pregnant women whose babies are overdue may be better off being induced rather than waiting for a spontaneous birth . |
| 5 | What I got was a group of men who ranged from those with a more developed line on women 's issues than mine to those who were frankly misogynistic , and a woman who went on record as saying that , in her opinion , feminism put women off being lesbians . |
| 6 | On the other hand , nourished on the synthdiet they must exchange for their impure ingots , maybe the tribes were breeding fast enough to fend off being buried alive in swarf and shavings and other detritus . |
| 7 | However , are these ponies really any better off being ‘ saved ’ from being killed ? |
| 8 | Young and persistent offenders are usually better off being caught and dealt with by the RUC , than by the local ‘ judge and jury ’ . |
| 9 | And er , he 's petrified , well that 's no way to talk to a dog and if you 're gon na start off being aggressive they 're gon na go for you you sho |
| 10 | You 're better off being happy . |
| 11 | erm we have to continually fight , but to say we have to fight as well for our children and that is , in many ways , you know , the odds start off being stacked against us in my view erm and it is a continual battle . |
| 12 | Naturally , apart from the accusation of hypocrisy and of letting Britain solve its marriage problems , the government ends up being accused of allowing divorce for the wealthy and none for the poor , as the cost of going to and staying in Britain and paying for the legal procedures is beyond the pockets of the majority . |
| 13 | Even if you become a great painter you end up being some rich man 's lackey , sponsored and dabbled with — if you 're lucky . |
| 14 | With a new film , The Hard Way , now showing at the cinema , it 's hard to believe that Michael J Fox resolved last year to give up being a film star and spend more time with his wife , Tracy Pollan , and their son , Sam , who 's three this week . |
| 15 | Cut off from the only social contact and emotional support he had known , he went downhill and ended up being arrested for stealing . |
| 16 | Since it always ends up being drawn back to Europe , a presence that can be swiftly reinforced makes better sense than a withdrawal followed by a panicky rush back when some new danger arises . |
| 17 | Some models might seem particularly good value for money when you see the price tag , but end up being an expensive option once you 've added on all the ‘ optional extras ’ you need . |
| 18 | ‘ Maybe I got fed up being thought of as a saint , ’ Tammuz said darkly . |
| 19 | He would very likely end up being confined for psychological tests , and Roirbak doubted whether , in Tammuz' present teetering condition , he 'd be strong enough to face them and emerge intact . |
| 20 | In a way , it 's ended up being a good test to measure potentially good relationships against bad ones , because say I went out with someone and at a party they said , ‘ Sit on me lap , darling ’ , and then they said , ‘ Oh God , you 've only got one leg ’ — well , I 'd know they would n't be worth going out with ! |
| 21 | After murmuring words of consolation , I asked her how she 'd felt when her husband gave up being a butcher and devoted his life to carving the gods . |
| 22 | Some nations who have tried to be serious have ended up being dull . |
| 23 | ‘ In a dependent society the media demonstrate the imperialist system 's concept of change — a conception which in fact ends up being the denial of change . ’ |
| 24 | He wanted to keep close to the poor bloody infantry , so he would get into discussion with the constable on the beat , the detective on a case ; and he would end up being drawn into endorsing action that the Inspector in charge would not countenance . |
| 25 | If you decide to whack , you must always finish up being the dominant one — do not hit and run . |
| 26 | Furthermore , if anybody catches you in the club showers , your lover is very likely to end up being blackballed ( if you 'll forgive the phrase ) . |
| 27 | But he gave an account of having grown up being looked after by black servants because both his parents worked , and he claimed that , after they had separated , a black housekeeper named Evelyn became almost a mother-figure to him . |
| 28 | The plotting routines available in most statistical packages are still rather crude , especially those which rely on the line-printer as their printing device ; plots on machines designed for text mean that the resolution ( i.e. number of subdivisions possible on either the horizontal or vertical axis ) is usually poor ; many values that are in fact different can end up being plotted on the same point . |
| 29 | Always going on about the Fate of the Graduate Wife and how she 's fed up being a cabbage — well as far as I 'm concerned I can not see the call for langwidge . |
| 30 | Trapped by the elements , menaced by the wildlife , this team-building exercise ends up being a demolition job . |