Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [being] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is like asking a Jew to apologize for being a Jew . ’ |
| 2 | I wish to apologize for being mangled . |
| 3 | I start to apologize for being held up at work . |
| 4 | I was going to apologize for being stupid on Sunday when you both disappeared . |
| 5 | Those who , like Newman Hall , let Gothic design take over , were criticized for being imitative and for demeaning the sermon . |
| 6 | For example , it has been criticized for being unable to deal with problems of unemployment , which continued to rise throughout the 1980s . |
| 7 | I can not understand why our pigs were criticized for being too fat because the meat was so sweet and tender , almost like chicken . |
| 8 | The pragmatists , and Dewey in particular , have been criticized for being overly optimistic about the power of creative intelligence to reconstruct social institutions through a programme of educational reform . |
| 9 | The concept of ‘ instinct ’ can be criticized for being logically circular . |
| 10 | Although these characters have been criticized for being too emblematic , they arguably symbolise America 's divided attitude towards the war . |
| 11 | In time , the system came to be criticized for being too narrowly focused on land use ( to the exclusion of social planning ) , as well as for being slow and inflexible . |
| 12 | More seriously , the proposed authorities were criticized for being too large and too remote . |
| 13 | Clearly , the originators of the major schemes can not be criticized for being ignorant of principles which were not recognized when their schemes were initiated . |
| 14 | The plan had been criticized for being geared towards extracting the optimum " harvest " from remaining forests , of lacking consideration towards forest peoples and of being slow to meet requests for assistance from developing countries . |
| 15 | Latterly , he had been criticized for being more concerned about " restoring dignity to politics " and strengthening Slovenia 's Catholic and conservative traditions than about solving the economic problems resulting from communist rule and independence . |
| 16 | They have been criticized for being slow ( a minimum of a 3-week offer is involved ) , cumbersome and expensive . |
| 17 | The patchwork quilt of powers and relationships stipulated by the Constitution has been criticized for being neither useful nor relevant in the political environment of the 1970s and 1980s . |
| 18 | He got assassinated for being too you know . |
| 19 | Solti 's reading veers between being becalmed and frenzied , with little feeling for an overview of the vast score . |
| 20 | I mean between being a Spaniard and a Majorcan … ’ |
| 21 | No pornographer has ever been punished for being a woman-hater. but not too long ago information about female sexuality , contraception and abortion was assumed to be obscene . |
| 22 | But I think I knew unconsciously that the supposed crime was twofold : I was being punished for being female and for having grown up . |
| 23 | I am being punished for being an invalid and paying my national insurance contributions for 40 years . |
| 24 | It is interesting to contrast this with similar descriptions in child abuse in which , for example , a baby is punished for being dirty , the expectations of the parent being quite unrealistic . |
| 25 | This summed up the view of many : in previous decades intellectuals were frequently punished for being politically ‘ reactionary ’ , i.e. rightists . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , Miss Isabella , ’ she said , ‘ let's see if your angels can stop you being punished for being a lazy , stupid little girl . ’ |
| 27 | A fat lot he even cared about being late for church and she trying to keep up a good style . |
| 28 | and she 'll just think about it , and the more she thinks about being depressed the more she 'll get depressed in thinking |
| 29 | When the workers who produce the wealth of society demand an increase in their pay to match the rise in prices they are rebuked for being ‘ greedy ’ . |
| 30 | She learnt a look and a posture and a set of adjectives which passed for being hip in the Village . |