Example sentences of "[verb] being there " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not least because he is the first senior politician for some time to write a book that is stylish , witty , beautifully observed and therefore vastly superior to the plodding tone employed by most ex-Cabinet ministers who confuse being there with being able to write an interesting account of what happened . |
| 2 | I do n't like being there do you ? |
| 3 | Most products used in er manufacturing , whether it 's in pharmaceuticals , food , industry , er all products that rely on , you know being there on time |
| 4 | Although in most senses he enjoyed being there , to the denuded hills and the blackened crofts of neglected Dalriada , it also gave him cause for concern . |
| 5 | really great it was , you know I did n't really think it would turn out as big as it has done you know , but it 's turned out beautiful has n't it really , yeah we was , I was thrilled especially when they built the new houses round the front we used to go and keep looking at them , little did I think I would get one , and the housing officer came one day and he said would you like one of the new ones , I said I would and it was four bedroom but we got , you see we 've got the other bedroom over my daughter-in-law 's , so me and hubby used to have the en right down a long passage and the bedroom was over like the sit you 've got a bedroom over the sitting room like see and she erm , we used to have so the children did n't make a noise to disturb her so my hubby and I had that room , yeah , it was quite nice it was , nice house , I erm , you know , enjoyed being there , bringing up the family , you want plenty of room you 've got a big family do n't you really ? |
| 6 | We had to put it in erm oh what did we call it oh dear a little vice and er put a ball , about three inches long and then er put it into the plug and erm put the cap , the little brass cap but also the I 've made a mistake there , before we did that we had to put the natural plug in and in that plug there were five like aluminium coloured er pins , each of a different size and we had to learn to read the key for the various depths you see and we had boxes of pins with the different sizes in and er then put those in the plug and then push the key in and but we 'd got to , we got to file , we had to file the bars and also the little brass caps to get all the edge the , I forget what we used to call it now , off the cap to get it smooth and then get it in our own vice and screw , screw them down and there were thirty two , there were three key keys to each , each lock , and er we had to file them until they were ready and they worked easily push the key in properly , and we also used to put black lead in , you could not put oil because they would have stopped the springs working and we had a little box of ordinary oh like the black lead that we used to black lead the graves , put some on the key and push that then and work it round , and that was the erm that was made it work freely you see and then there was erm a half a gross to each board , and three , three keys to each one and then erm we , we filed the various things ourselves , but then they would take that away from you and bring you more you see and then when eventually the keys had to be polished and it was only a favourite few that were allowed to sit down to sort the keys out to com to complete them you see , but it was very very interesting work and I enjoyed being there but you |
| 7 | I like being in a war and I like being there because it 's a great adventure for me , but my duty is to be there for a reason , not just to have a bloody good time … |
| 8 | He remembers being there the night the great man came to Feethams to play for Southampton in a match to mark Darlington 's centenary . |
| 9 | I got on very well and I liked being there . |
| 10 | That even I liked being there . |
| 11 | Thanks for your writings of Zim and Zam ; I did love being there , on my own . |
| 12 | ‘ Cousin Amy ca n't help being there . |
| 13 | I 'll tell Joe not to bother being there then . |