Example sentences of "[being] [pos pn] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However being my first experience , it was very enjoyable , if only a little sore later and was an excellent way of seeing such beautiful scenery . |
| 2 | As it was , this first ever trip on a narrow boat looked like being her last , and she had been asleep for most of it . |
| 3 | They are currently sixth in the seven-team group with five points from their 11 matches , tonight being their last in the qualifying series . |
| 4 | He was tearing Germany apart and already preparing for war , the Jews being his first victims . |
| 5 | Harbour was extremely nervous , this being his first professional engagement , and equally determined to seize his chance . |
| 6 | Though for one quite dreadful moment she wondered if , English not being his first language , he had meant that he would lunch with her that day , and not dine . |
| 7 | So this being his last free Wednesday for a while , he had decided to give himself a treat . |
| 8 | This being our first promising response , I explain briefly our reasons once again . |
| 9 | Ellen and I worked hard that week and , on the Saturday , as though to commiserate with ourselves on this being our last day alone together , we stopped work at midday and took a bus to Mama Sipcott 's Café on the beach where we ate lobster and drank too much of Mama 's sticky-sweet white wine . |
| 10 | Enter the one-way system and take the third right into Catherine Street , Percy Street being your second left turning . |
| 11 | Well you can have one of those for being your first time on . |