Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [be] " 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 ‘ I am dumbfounded that Ferguson tells me I could n't have spoken to Edwards , but the person I feel really sorry for is Gary Bull .
9 Clarissa opened her door and said she was sorry for being so hopeless on the telephone .
10 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 .
11 I 'd liked her until the money lending began , and I was sorry for being unkind to her .
12 I 'm sorry for being nosey .
13 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 .
14 ‘ I 'm not sorry for being angry over that , ’ he said , surprisingly .
15 Ivy was pleased : ‘ I am grateful for being brought before the public , ’ she wrote .
16 I ought therefore to be grateful for being disorientated by the unfamiliar and the chance to focus the innocent eye .
17 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 .
18 I 'm grateful for being let off .
19 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 .
20 The others are all shy about being named .
21 The others are all shy about being named .
22 I 'm sorry about being in a mood Saturday but I was n't really in a mood with you .
23 I 'm sorry about being in a mood on Saturday but I was n't really in a mood with you .
24 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 .
25 Guilty for being alive .
26 I do n't know why but I feel guilty for being here .
27 And you 're not really , and you feel guilty for being snappy but then you er know what I mean ?
28 eventually , guilty about being there , you leave .
29 ‘ 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 . ’
30 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 .
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