Example sentences of "[prep] [being] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last season , United lost the title after being such odds-on favourites in March that bookmakers refused to take any more bets . |
| 2 | She felt ashamed of being such a failure . |
| 3 | What was the use , Colonel Richardson asked himself , what was the use of being such a splendid rector 's wife all these years , and then chucking the whole lot out of the window , for a pig-headed whim ? |
| 4 | Too happy to feel ashamed of being such a poor guest , too relaxed to worry about anything at all , she found her shoes and went downstairs to the terrace . |
| 5 | The Reverend Archibald Menzies , minister to the stony and muddy village of Dull , was not exactly the pride of his parishioners — he had little chance of being that , since he had been chosen by the laird , not elected by the people . |
| 6 | To think of being that man , wrestling with the heavy awkward lumps of metal in that maelstrom of heat , dust and stench , deafened by the unspeakable noise of the vibrating grid , working like that for hour after hour , day after day … |
| 7 | In short , the habitual way of being that so many of us are encouraged to fall into from a very early age is bound to affect our physical , mental and even our spiritual well-being . |
| 8 | This first period then must be considered as being completely ‘ godless ’ in so far as it would be able to provide any kind of being that could fulfil the human need for a ‘ god ’ . |
| 9 | That is a natural part of being that particular creature , of being surrounded by that particular configuration of mental and tattvic apparatus . |
| 10 | But mental and emotional factors are of prime significance , and ultimately it is the breakdown in cohesion and the naturally occurring communication between these areas of being that becomes the main underlying cause of cancer . |
| 11 | They ask you for every kind of documentation you can imagine and then treat you like some kind of being that is half-human , half-dog , who does n't have any private life of her own . |
| 12 | She looked at Roman , so strong and dependable ; any woman would give thanks every day of her life for a man like him , and she had just ruined any chance she had of being that woman . |
| 13 | That is part of the meaning revealed through the Incarnation and it is this spontaneous integrity of being that mystics glimpse and in so doing serve and inspire the Christian society , of which they are a part , struggling to repair the ravages of sin . |
| 14 | Where the tenancy in question is one to which Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 applies , it is often convenient if the minimum period of notice is six months and the form of the notice is capable of being that prescribed for the purposes of s25 of that Act . |
| 15 | His opponent was a little Jewish chap of the Gorbals , and a full six inches shorter , not to mention the disadvantage of being some three stones lighter . |
| 16 | Diplodocus was remarkably lithe , weighing only 10 tons in spite of being some 28 metres long . |
| 17 | So Mains did gain the reputation of being some rather grim eminence locked in his southern castle and given to humourless comment about the rugby matters of the day . |
| 18 | This is n't the way that the current system reasons , and I would certainly like to take the current system and push it in this direction of being more expert in a human sense . |
| 19 | This book therefore is not just ‘ another on Mary Queen of Scots ’ , in the sense of being another personal biography . |
| 20 | She did n't remember that only minutes before he had accused her of being another man 's discarded woman . |
| 21 | What can be easier than for a manufacturer to limit his sales to those members of the public who fulfil the qualification of being this or doing that ? |
| 22 | At the same price as your traditional cab and twice as speedy , riding pillion has never looked like being such a good bet . |
| 23 | STILL on a charity tip ( well , someone 's got ta be ) , the Boogie Night on Dec 8 looks like being another worthwhile event , this time supporting the homeless . |
| 24 | In all of our businesses 1993 looks like being another challenging year in which we will have to concentrate on improving the efficiency and profitability of our operating companies in a depressed and competitive trading environment . |
| 25 | ‘ It looks like being another of your museum pieces , Charles . |
| 26 | Now England have got one last chance to cope with that problem in what looks like being another turning pitch . |
| 27 | Basque pelota looks like being this year 's corker as it involves catching a tennis ball in a fruit bowl and throwing it at a wall ( below left ) . |
| 28 | Yellow looks like being this year 's colour — the banana does not seem to be able to stay out of the headlines . |
| 29 | The War Office Section MO 9 came into being that afternoon and began steps to raise the special force of commandos named after those Boer farmers of the South African war . |
| 30 | The Spadeadam Rocket Establishment came into being some time after 1950 when the Cold War was at its height . |