Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I suppose I was feeling a bit guilty about being here , ’ she confessed in a burst of honesty that she instantly wished back . |
| 32 | There 's no need to look guilty about being frightened . |
| 33 | One phrase of Xenophon 's , about the helots wanting to ‘ eat the Spartiates raw ’ , is no less memorable for being an echo of Homer ( Iliad iv.35 ) . |
| 34 | Industry has only just been restored to normal after being reduced to a three-day working week . |
| 35 | I was dragged out of bed half asleep after being kidnapped the night before . |
| 36 | ‘ It is a miracle they are still alive after being thrown into the air , ’ he said . |
| 37 | Scottish scallops , worth about £7,000 and due for export to Spain , have been buried alive after being found to be contaminated with heavy metals . |
| 38 | RIO DE JANEIRO ( AP ) — Luis Sales , head of a Brazilian advertising agency , was freed unharmed after being held by kidnappers for two months . |
| 39 | It was flawless , completely unbruised for being held in that strong , long-fingered hand . |
| 40 | Erm er I think they 're probably and and they 're putting more effort into getting the unemployed off being unemployed off being unemployed into course are n't they so probably the they may have improved things but anyway the basic erm idea of it was that you borrow money er you borrow erm money to finance a course which is going to get you a job . |
| 41 | Erm er I think they 're probably and and they 're putting more effort into getting the unemployed off being unemployed off being unemployed into course are n't they so probably the they may have improved things but anyway the basic erm idea of it was that you borrow money er you borrow erm money to finance a course which is going to get you a job . |
| 42 | Then he felt resentful for being made to feel guilty , so that by the time he got back to the Questura all the benefits of his walk had been cancelled out . |
| 43 | Erm can I ask how that 's funded first of all is that funded through is that funded through the council . |
| 44 | What I 'm not clear about is whether you are suggesting that the panel , make some strong comments in their report to the County Council on the need for appropriate phasing , or whether the panel should recommend that policy H one be divided into phasing periods . |
| 45 | But the other thing that you have to er be erm very clear about is er on on the monetary side is if there are two signatories to the cheque , right ? both of them need to have signed it . |
| 46 | One of the things that we need to be clear about is that erm computers are not unlike us . |
| 47 | That was the other thing I think about the Festival programme which I think was a bit embarrassed about is the fact that all that information is in such teeny tiny writing |
| 48 | This found that girls who had felt isolated and embarrassed about being pregnant or having babies felt less stigma about this after they had attended the units and could take a much more realistic view of their situation . |
| 49 | One of the papers had attacked the commercial for being too emotive . |
| 50 | cos if he he 's on a twelve hour shift and , those meetings tend to be have been around the same sort of time , then obviously , what we 've got ta be careful about is , adding any more hours |
| 51 | But what you 've got to be very careful about is that if you go into a roundabout in that position and you get somebody in that position who is also going the same way and there 's a pinch point there , that 's the danger . |
| 52 | True beliefs are n't generally better than false ones in any moral sense : there is usually nothing morally wrong about being mistaken in one 's beliefs about matters of fact . |
| 53 | I 'm sure that rule is wrong about being on all play . |
| 54 | There is nothing clever or manly about being dirty and smelly and you have every right to withhold your physical dealings with a body that revolts you . |
| 55 | I 've got to be careful off is use nine because sixty nine tend to go together do n't they ? |
| 56 | He was doubtful about being sole incumbent in five parishes — he had visualized a team ministry — and even more doubtful about the rural ministry in itself Did he … |
| 57 | Two survivors — both women — were cut free after being trapped for 20 minutes in the wreckage . |
| 58 | TWO men have walked free after being formally cleared of the manslaughter of teenage twin girls who died in a barn blaze . |
| 59 | TWO men today walked free after being formally cleared of the manslaughter of teenage twin girls who died in a barn blaze . |
| 60 | Denis Smith ejoyed great success with York and Sunderland … he 's got a lot of experience and is bound to be interested after being sacked from Bristol City … |