Example sentences of "he [verb] [being] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his " titanic struggle with the Shipping Federation , Wilson was utterly reckless in his statements , with the result that writs for libel were showered upon him and often we helped him escape being served with those most unpleasing documents by giving him a " leg up " over the backyard wall " . |
| 2 | He had no idea that Finch was trying to get him to stop being an accompanist and to work on his own . |
| 3 | ‘ He hates being on the road , ’ said Marco . |
| 4 | He hates being called Matthew , his actual real name is Arthur Matthew , and if you put those initials down A M D , it sounds like a transport company . |
| 5 | Benson 's owner Denise Taylor , of Brockett Close , Newton Aycliffe , said : ‘ He hates being on a lead . |
| 6 | Durie was scheduled to fight an FA charge of misconduct after referee Dermot Gallagher alleged he feigned being head-butted in a confrontation with Andy Pearce in a game against Coventry on August 18 . |
| 7 | He admitted being at the Savoy nightclub that evening but said he had gone home with a friend . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He admitted being in breach of bail and in breach of a probation order . |
| 10 | Maybe he thinks being a Sergeant in the Engineers makes him too good to work for ordinary folk . |
| 11 | Did n't he fancy being a . |
| 12 | He regarded being chief secretary , with its need to cut departmental spending throughout Government , as having been the toughest of the jobs ‘ in terms of sheer workload ’ . |
| 13 | Whereas his parting from Sandra had been ‘ sensibly negotiated ’ , this time Nicholson was left with what was , for him , an odd feeling of what he termed being ‘ dumped on ’ . |
| 14 | Here is a passage of Thoreau which both demonstrates the creative process and also shows that it led him to the peak experience which he termed being charmed . |
| 15 | Did he enjoy being a temporarily anonymous spectacle , or did he believe these seamstresses and pipe fitters knew who he was ? |
| 16 | He described being taken over the years to see his sick , and finally dying and almost certainly innocent father in another prison . |
| 17 | And , like a little child , he stopped being careful and tense for a moment and said what was in his head , quite simply . |
| 18 | He stopped being a spectator and goaded himself into action . |
| 19 | When he saw her horrified expression , however , he stopped being a doctor and became quite fatherly instead . |
| 20 | His red , lumpy features were transfigured and he stopped being a badly assembled mass of fleshy fragments and became instead a vital man . |
| 21 | ‘ He stopped being friendly ? ’ |
| 22 | This would always give Felix a cheeky look , even when he stopped being a black kid and started being a black man . |
| 23 | ‘ Oh , yes , I think Pinkie was upset when he stopped being secretary , but then anybody would , would n't they ? ’ |
| 24 | If he starts being really difficult and kicking at the partitions we sometimes have to put hobbles on him . |
| 25 | ‘ He loves being outside . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ He 's got party tricks like shaking hands , and when we walk him to the shops on a lead he loves being cuddled by children and old people . |
| 27 | ‘ He was training last week and two little lads came in the gym , and immediately Eubank stopped what he was doing and started to teach them how to box — you 've no idea just how much he loves being a champion . ’ |
| 28 | He loves being a parent as much as I do , so we 're looking forward to having another baby . |
| 29 | Thus , it is easy to tell that he loves being a jockey . |
| 30 | If he leaves her as soon as she has accepted him , he increases his chances of getting a second female , but by leaving her unguarded he risks being cuckolded by another male . |