Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] being " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many kind Friends interest themselves in George Green 's behalf , and I find that by this day 's post an application has been made for a specimen of his hand-writing etc. and a hope held out of a situation ( in a Counting house , I believe ) , but if you were willing to take him , and if it could be arranged in other points , he would greatly prefer being in your establishment to any thing else . |
| 2 | Undergraduates of moderate ability do not much like being asked to choose between differing judgements on the same text ; I can imagine them becoming confused and resentful if they were asked to choose between different critical approaches and all their attendant ideological baggage . |
| 3 | I do n't much like being out of door in the rain or the extreme cold or even the extreme heat — although when the weather is right I hugely enjoy walking aimlessly and observing all about me . |
| 4 | I only contacted him because I 'd read the article and did n't much like being used . ’ |
| 5 | The ability to listen whilst another person talks does not merely entail being aware of the words spoken to us . |
| 6 | This is not simple mimicry , which would only entail being the same bright colour as a distasteful species . |
| 7 | As as I said we 're we 're not very formal but er you know that also has its especially if people that er maybe erm , how can I put it , are not used t taking everything back to a meeting and you know they maybe make a decision and go ahead with it and then it gets shouted at a bit but I think we we can all take being shouted at a bit as well . |
| 8 | It does n't necessarily mean being totally idealistic — there are some situations where you can take control — ’ |
| 9 | Being poor , she knew from experience , did not necessarily mean being without taste . |
| 10 | Artists do just stop being able to do it . |
| 11 | If I 'm very lucky , she thought , I might just avoid being turned into a long smear of guts and blood . |
| 12 | Do n't you just hate being right ? |
| 13 | ‘ Actuarial work does not just mean being involved in a mass of figures ’ |
| 14 | Parents will no longer accept being fobbed off by the so-called experts . |
| 15 | Horses certainly do n't instinctively like being patted : a pat is the closest gesture we can make to a kick . |
| 16 | Her intimacy seemed completely impersonal , and he did rather like being appreciated for himself . |
| 17 | Sir , did you ever consider being an English teacher ? |
| 18 | ‘ People do n't always like being employers . |
| 19 | It is a recognized component of rituals of healing we can still see being practised by the wise men , witch doctors and shamans in ‘ primitive ’ societies and sometimes in the spiritual healing work of evangelical preachers . |
| 20 | I ca n't ever remember being more than healthily hungry , nor can I ever remember coming home from school or play when my mother was not there to welcome us . |
| 21 | The Captain was freer than he could ever remember being in his whole career . |
| 22 | Grainne lay in Raynor 's arms before the fire , warm and drowsy , and more deeply happy than she could ever remember being . |
| 23 | She had no idea how long she stayed there , simply gazing into the beautiful sea-blue eyes which had become more important than life itself to her , but everything she saw there somehow made all of her doubts , all of her fears just slide away , leaving her lighter of heart than she could ever remember being . |
| 24 | But I 'll always remember being that lonely kid . |
| 25 | I do n't think that 's bad or that it should ever stop being that way . |
| 26 | ‘ Do n't you ever stop being rude ? ’ |
| 27 | No traders were likely to come to the Hall that day or any other , and she could hardly risk being seen speaking to them even if they did . |
| 28 | I do not ever recall being quite as sick and shaken as I was then , about an hour and a half ago . |
| 29 | At any rate at the beginning , there was a certain even-handedness towards France and the Vietminh coupled with resistance to France 's manifest intention that the US could hardly help being involved , one way or another , even though they professed neutrality . |
| 30 | ‘ We 'd be on a hiding to nothing , ’ said Joe , ‘ and that would probably include being shot at dawn . |