Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] being " in BNC.
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| 1 | No matter how big the tree may grow , the same branching rule goes on being applied at the tips of all its twigs . |
| 2 | As long as we , she goes on being . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's taken me so long to get ‘ Gunnell ’ up there on the giant Olympic scoreboard , I think I 'm going to carry on being called that for athletics purposes . ’ |
| 4 | Once we become aware of what we are doing , will we be able to go on being wasteful with our precious resources ? |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't believe he likes Brownies , ’ she confided to her best friend , Mary Trent , ‘ and if he does n't and Brown Owl married him he might not want her to go on being our Brown Owl . ’ |
| 6 | Those who were called upon to defend non-payment of what they owed beyond the promised date were , as they had always been and were to go on being , in the minority . |
| 7 | There is a need to go on being touched , to receive affection and recognition in this way all through life . |
| 8 | French Basques seem happy to go on being French as well as Basque . |
| 9 | But to go on being dedicated when you 're a rotten painter ! |
| 10 | On the other hand she did not want to stand until dawn , and she did want the French words to go on being threaded together . |
| 11 | The answer follows through : it is , as a minimum , to provide the graduates of higher education with the capacity not merely to go on learning , but also to go on being critical of all they encounter in thought and action . |
| 12 | ‘ Ian , ’ she added suddenly , ‘ I 'm not going to go on being a poor typist to people I dislike and am frightened of . |
| 13 | Did I want to go on being NORMAN BRITTON , C OF E ? |
| 14 | Although many would now see this HCF model as pushing RE into a backwater if it is pursued on its own , it is still a highly influential view , and is likely to go on being so for some time because Agreed Syllabuses on the whole encourage it . |
| 15 | I suppose it 's as selfish to want to go on being ‘ In charge ’ as never to do anything for anybody , linda was thinking . |
| 16 | Inexplicably her body seemed to have a desire of its own — to go on being touched by him . |
| 17 | She wanted them to go on being friends — if this cold formality was friendship — because anything was better than never seeing him again . |
| 18 | Erm yes , I mean if er er if er I mean obviously being a chartered accountant you 'll , you 'll know where to invest it but I mean wh wh what sort of return would you expect er her to get on say a , a three hundred thousand investment ? |
| 19 | All is not lost — old walls appeal to four of the five senses , taste alone being inadvisable . |
| 20 | In the case of Attorney General v C.P.C. ( UK ) Ltd. the case was adjourned sine die to enable the defendants to undertake further measures to abate the odour , and in Attorney General v Squires an injunction was refused , the court finding that although a serious public nuisance had been created by the defendants , it had been abated , the way in which the pig farming was now carried on being considerably improved since the case was tried . |
| 21 | Physical safety might include not being allowed to wander into dangerous surroundings , or to bathe in scalding hot water . |
| 22 | His victim , who has not being identified , put up a struggle despite being coshed across her back with a piece of hosepipe . |
| 23 | That night I tried not being decent , being sharp and bitchy , instead . |
| 24 | The appointment letter should also state that ( i ) in the event of the time and place not being convenient , the debtor is to name some other time and place reasonably convenient for the purpose , ( ii ) ( statutory demands ) if the debtor fails to keep the appointment the creditor proposes to serve the debtor by advertisement or post or insertion through a letter box or as the case may be , and that , in the event of a bankruptcy petition being presented , the court will be asked to treat such service as service of the demand on the debtor , ( iii ) ( petitions ) if the debtor fails to keep the appointment , application will be made to the court for an order for substituted service either by advertisement or in such other manner as the court may think fit ; ( c ) in attending any appointment made by letter , inquiry should be made whether the debtor has received all letters left for him . |
| 25 | At the end there are sequences of free paddling , both at Nottingham and on natural water , allowing the viewers to see practical use of the moves and permitting them to see the film to examine the techniques , the paddling by the six paddlers involved always being very confident and competent . |
| 26 | When you have travelled half across the world , with the background of the man you are going to meet gradually being filled in for you , a picture of him inevitably forms in the mind . |
| 27 | Commonly it starts off being a scientific process , evaluating and carefully comparing all the different features of the case with the most likely remedies . |
| 28 | Wigan have two Friday night encounters both being televised live by Sky Sports in the first month of the campaign , entertaining Leeds on September 10 and then their Wembley victims Widnes a fortnight later . |
| 29 | Paul had been quite categorical about Mark and Babur both being mad keen for Disneyland . |
| 30 | Slough 's home match with Clifton has also being called off following Sue Chandler 's call to the colours . |