Example sentences of "[vb past] being [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | The job involved being in charge of ‘ country correspondents ’ in villages scattered within 25 to 50 miles around the city , editing their weekly contributions , measuring their column-inches for payments and generally supervising the rural aspect of the newspaper . |
2 | Bonington commented on his experiences at sea : ‘ I am not a natural sailor and found being on a very small boat without exercise very trying . |
3 | Looking back on their ten years of marriage , Davina and Alastair feel they stopped being in touch with what their needs were after their children were born . |
4 | She hated being on display like this , hated crowds and hated people snatching photographs , and trying to touch her . |
5 | I hated being on social security and I tried everywhere for a job . |
6 | John adored being with his grandchildren . |
7 | I adored being with them . |
8 | When I moves to this area just over two years ago I knew no-one , my two older children were at school and , although I enjoyed being at home with my two-year-old toddler , I felt that I was getting past the stage of discussing sleepless nights and dirty nappies ! |
9 | She enjoyed being with her friends ; their conversation was lively and interesting , they belonged to the real world — the world she had left behind . |
10 | ‘ Like I said , I enjoyed being with her , but you would have to be some kind of retard to get turned on in those scenes by thinking I am kissing a sex symbol … |
11 | We had some good laughs , and talks , he enjoyed being with my husband , we listened to music , and he was sweet and gentle and appreciative . |
12 | It was made up of friends , of people he enjoyed being with , and he did n't want to become like the other teams with their heavy commercial involvements . |
13 | He enjoyed being with his old friends in Jerusalem . |
14 | ‘ I enjoyed being with you , ’ Jenna assured her , and Marguerite smiled gleefully . |
15 | He liked people who had a family , which was why he enjoyed being with Gordon Jackson so much . |
16 | And in their midst , immense and motionless , sat a squat , wet-skinned , tentacled being with a trail of black mist escaping from his mouth . |
17 | ‘ I always fancied being on TV , ’ Marie says , giving a bow . |
18 | As for the Swindon fans , they loved being beside the seaside and Dave Mitchell answered their chant — We want 5 — with his second goal 9 minutes from time . |
19 | She had started the lessons because her mother had insisted and she now continued them because she loved being with Miss Hatherby . |
20 | But I really loved being with the Spencers ’ |
21 | Before , I loved being at home but I loved being in work too and I do miss it , the girls and all . |
22 | He loved being in the same film as James Mason . |
23 | Before , I loved being at home but I loved being in work too and I do miss it , the girls and all . |
24 | The Jerusalem , or Early Church model , began to predominate , and this meant being with people rather than apart from them . |
25 | Understandably , in the light of its heroic effort in 1940 and its enormous contribution to the subsequent defeat of the fascist enemy , Britain mistook being on the winning side for having won the war . |
26 | He admitted being at the Savoy nightclub that evening but said he had gone home with a friend . |
27 | Mr Palmer told the court that Mr Browning admitted being in his car at the time of the killing . |
28 | Dingwall Sheriff Court fined Richard Michalek of Duncanstown , Ross-shire , a hefty £4,000 after he admitted being in possession of 14 dead wild birds . |
29 | He admitted being in breach of bail and in breach of a probation order . |
30 | David Whitehouse , 25 , of North Park , Middlesbrough , admitted being in possession of cannabis at the station on May 9 . |