Example sentences of "i [verb] being " in BNC.
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| 1 | He admits his spell away from showbusiness was important , but adds , ‘ I regret being away , of course . |
| 2 | And in tutorials there is opportunity to take well judged risks — by which I mean being unafraid of going for the character and seeing where it leads — even with well known speeches . |
| 3 | So anyway er I mean being a keen motorcyclist I borrowed a Moto Guzzi last year , you know a big V twin , beautiful bike , I went up into Derbyshire and had a you know ride on it , and thought well that 's not bad , see I 've always had British bikes , and I think I might g I might get one of those , so I came back in the house put the helmet down and said hey that Guzzi 's not bad , I could get a decent one for about two thousand you know about nineteen eighty , you know nice Le Mans Two . |
| 4 | I mean being on my own , travelling down here the way that I did . |
| 5 | But I mean being in the water I had no life jacket or anything like that so it was a matter of trying to keep afloat and er kicking off my boots and getting me overalls . |
| 6 | I said no you see she 's she 's a perfectionist , I mean being a perfectionist being halfhearted erm , you ca n't help it sort of thing , I suppose that , you know |
| 7 | and I said who 's that ? and he went oh god , shit we 're in the wrong tent and they went out and you can hear 'em I mean being a tent they 're laughing their head off for about half an hour |
| 8 | They might think they 're getting away with it , a lot of people who , who , I mean being unemployed is n't , you tend , people tend to feel devalued and so if they can think oh , they 've put one over on that , on the er , benefit office , then they 'll go and brag down the pub about it . |
| 9 | And I mean being that he parked there it was perfect were n't it ? |
| 10 | But , I mean being in their seventies , well he 's eighty now ! |
| 11 | Ooh I , I mean being in a right mess |
| 12 | ‘ I liken being a creative music person to going to see a football game or rugby game . |
| 13 | I liken being a creative music person to going to see a football game or rugby game . |
| 14 | And I hate being called ‘ dear ’ or ‘ darling ’ just as if I was a child . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Breeze , I hate being here . |
| 16 | ‘ I hate being called Kate , ’ said Catriona in Jean 's accent , flicking her fingers and pouting , which inspired a rash of imitations of Rose-Marie and the French in general . |
| 17 | God , I love them all so much , I hate being the cause of their distress . |
| 18 | ( She knows I hate being called Mammy . ) |
| 19 | They have to erm , first of all ask er R S P C A funding it , which is very much against anyway because I , I hate being humiliated by the this way . |
| 20 | I hate being in debt to anyone , but with you it 's different , Jane . |
| 21 | I hate being on the Social . |
| 22 | ‘ I hate being teased . ’ |
| 23 | Suki — ‘ I hate being called Susannah ’ — will also host a question and answer session and outline the finer points of good stroke discipline . |
| 24 | I hate being pressed for choices . |
| 25 | I hate being here with on my own on a Saturday . |
| 26 | I hate being taped ! |
| 27 | I hate being sick and one thing another well , it turned out |
| 28 | So I told them what I would do , but once again I 've never been in the situation but this is what I 'll do , said as if they were me own parents make them as comfortable as I could while I 'll cleaned up and give them a bed bath or if they could shower , shower them and erm and get everything back to normal as quick as possible , fine , that were all fine she , and then as , as I got up from it they all said thanks a lot Joy it has been great you really have been great you 've made it easy , we 've got an easy day in front thanks to you , you know you 're bubbly and all this and then when she phoned me on the Sunday she said hello Joy it 's Sue here and I , I said will you let me know one way or the another cos I said I hate being left up in the air |
| 29 | Cos I hate being sick you know . |
| 30 | I ca n't , I hate being sick , I can never make myself sick . |