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 .
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