Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [being] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You blamed Gran-gran for being selfish , but what about you ? |
| 2 | It'd 've served him right for being such a spaced-out hippy . |
| 3 | However , care should be taken that they do not lose their exceptional hardiness and thriftiness in pursuit of greater yields , and also that they do not become extinct through being crossed with Friesians . |
| 4 | I 'm very upfront about being happily married — I 've brought Nick into the office a few times and I mention him in conversation whenever it 's appropriate . |
| 5 | She told Cleveland coroner Michael Sheffield he became depressed through being out of work and it made him irritable and upset . |
| 6 | Sir Alexander Seton was not in the least upset about being transferred down to the town . |
| 7 | His being so ill used for being my friend , makes a great outcry against me , and will certainly contribute largely to make my other friends shy in appearing for me . ’ |
| 8 | Clarissa opened her door and said she was sorry for being so hopeless on the telephone . |
| 9 | He did not know how to tell her that he was very , very sorry for being small , and for snivelling , and for ruining her life so that she could not go to America to be a film-star . |
| 10 | I 'd liked her until the money lending began , and I was sorry for being unkind to her . |
| 11 | I 'm sorry for being nosey . |
| 12 | The Economist that bastion of left wing thinking commissioned an actuary to estimate the likely number of vacancies during a parliament ten point seven three sorry to be precise about this colleagues Tory MPs can be expected to die over a full five year term , I 'm sorry for being morbid . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm not sorry for being angry over that , ’ he said , surprisingly . |
| 14 | Ivy was pleased : ‘ I am grateful for being brought before the public , ’ she wrote . |
| 15 | I ought therefore to be grateful for being disorientated by the unfamiliar and the chance to focus the innocent eye . |
| 16 | An older history brought this idea forward to a new era : we were brought up to be simply grateful for being alive , guilty at the fact of our existence . |
| 17 | I 'm grateful for being let off . |
| 18 | Having systematically run down and denigrated public services since 1979 , they now expect the country to be grateful for being offered lower standards of service than we used to enjoy , and ones that are derisory in the light of what is enjoyed in many other European countries . |
| 19 | The others are all shy about being named . |
| 20 | The others are all shy about being named . |
| 21 | I 'm sorry about being in a mood Saturday but I was n't really in a mood with you . |
| 22 | I 'm sorry about being in a mood on Saturday but I was n't really in a mood with you . |
| 23 | Gradually society 's standards become internalised and an individual becomes his or her own source of rewards and punishments ; for example congratulating him or herself for being polite and feeling guilty for being rude . |
| 24 | Guilty for being alive . |
| 25 | I do n't know why but I feel guilty for being here . |
| 26 | And you 're not really , and you feel guilty for being snappy but then you er know what I mean ? |
| 27 | eventually , guilty about being there , you leave . |
| 28 | ‘ You have to remember , ’ Ellen liked to lecture Thessy and me , ‘ just how absurdly wealthy they all are , and how desperately the wealthy want to be liked because they ca n't help feeling guilty about being so rich , so we only have to be obsequious , give them loads of booze , and pretend to be impressed by their entirely predictable and usually jejune opinions , after which they 'll reward us with an outrageously large tip — which is , after all , the sole reason for being nice to the ghastly creatures in the first place . ’ |
| 29 | I think it 's part of a vicious circle , that sometimes it 's guilt which leads to depression and then women feel guilty about being depressed and that 's why they take what is on offer to them . |
| 30 | ‘ I suppose I was feeling a bit guilty about being here , ’ she confessed in a burst of honesty that she instantly wished back . |