Example sentences of "[verb] [being] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The job involved being in charge of ‘ country correspondents ’ in villages scattered within 25 to 50 miles around the city , editing their weekly contributions , measuring their column-inches for payments and generally supervising the rural aspect of the newspaper . |
| 2 | Suppose a chemical firm discharges a pollutant into a river , the quantity of pollutant discharged being in proportion to the level of chemical production . |
| 3 | Ah are , the best , you provide being in charge of this or being the deputy or being being a mistress . |
| 4 | Looking back on their ten years of marriage , Davina and Alastair feel they stopped being in touch with what their needs were after their children were born . |
| 5 | On occasion , however , Alexandra would sometimes get her way and drag the Prince to services at the church she favoured , St. Saviour 's Church for the Deaf in Oxford Street , where she could enjoy being in the company of other deaf people , and be able to follow the services , as she was a fluent fingerspeller . |
| 6 | Mm I bet it 's been twisted I 've had experience of things I 've said being in the paper and not coming out as I 've said them . |
| 7 | In response to Mr Fothergill 's letter concerning Carlton amps , we enjoy being in the music business , and to us that means listening to what guitarists want and doing something about it . |
| 8 | ‘ I enjoy being in the middle and I think a three-man midfield benefits us . ’ |
| 9 | WE HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY BEING IN THE SENIOR SCHOOL AND WE WISH YOU WELL . |
| 10 | It is , is n't it ? enjoy being in an American |
| 11 | She could go on to the other station but she says I enjoy being in so much I use it . |
| 12 | He did n't like being in a position of ignorance on any subject , and started probing . |
| 13 | What 's it say that the people who do n't like being in groups |
| 14 | Do you like being in the bath with your father ? |
| 15 | At her parents home in Parkgate , The Grange , she said : ‘ I do n't intend to start smoking and I do n't like being in the company of people who smoke , especially when we are on holiday abroad and people smoke at the table . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't like being in hospitals , ’ she complained to the consultant . |
| 17 | and this woman , she 's ninety odd and she does n't like being in the room on her own so when she goes to bed mum goes with her . |
| 18 | The Captain was freer than he could ever remember being in his whole career . |
| 19 | I can remember being in Australia and looking through magazines and seeing the names of the photographers who are now doing my shoots and thinking : ‘ Oh wow ! ’ |
| 20 | I can remember being in the back of a car and I was screaming . |
| 21 | I can remember being in a cell , locked in , with nobody else but myself , crying , and a screw opening the hatch on the door and saying , ‘ What 's the matter with you ? |
| 22 | Oh , more more than that , because I was , I I can remember being in school |
| 23 | Er , only four can remember being in a church . |
| 24 | But er I can remember being in Evay and a funeral there and to me it was very strange because they carried the coffin from the kirk right down to the kirkyard at the pier . |
| 25 | The best advice for sunburn is to avoid being in the sun for long enough to burn . |
| 26 | I recall being in the first class and er a teacher coming to me , as I were n't paying much attention I think , and to this day I shall remember and never forget , she just folded my arms in front of me and says , Percy , you 're not listening , you 'll have to have a rest . |
| 27 | ‘ Do n't you mind being in a Church that does n't believe in God ? ’ asked Betty . |
| 28 | ‘ That is , if you do n't mind being in the same room as me for a few minutes ? ’ |
| 29 | Should he achieve it , he would n't mind being in the British team at Victoria , in Canada , next year . |
| 30 | Would n't mind being in that upper sixth . |