Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] being at " in BNC.
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| 1 | He finds it difficult to cope after being at the top as a player through natural talent . |
| 2 | THE single market in Europe 's financial services is supposed to come into being at the end of 1992 . |
| 3 | These rhetorical features seem , however , to suffer from being at odds with the rest of the passage , as if James wants us to catch in them a certain false emotionalism in the tone of the speaker . |
| 4 | It is likely , however , that at least 40% and possibly more of gas demand will by then be imported but as with oil the Netherlands will continue to benefit from being at the hub of European energy supply . |
| 5 | For my part , I think it would be open to the English courts to apply the civil law maxim directly to the situations we have in these two appeals , and treat the two plaintiffs as lives in being at the times of the events which injured them as they were later born alive , but it is not necessary to do so directly in view of the effect which the Montreal Tramways case [ 1933 ] 4 D.L.R. 337 has already had in the development of the common law in this field in other common law jurisdictions . |
| 6 | I wanted to escape from being at home , from being at school and , quite consciously and openly , from being myself . |
| 7 | Professionals ' self-esteem had been founded upon being at the top of the manual wages pyramid . |
| 8 | This is not purely a result of them being faster sailors , but partly a measure of the clean wind they have had by being at the front . |
| 9 | And last Monday Dr Harold Varmus let it be known that the thrill of winning the Nobel Prize for Medicine in the morning was as nothing compared with being at Candlestick Park in the evening to see the Giants take the National League pennant for the first time in 27 years . |
| 10 | I mean , it would n't surprise me in the least if , if you analyzed this dream you discovered it had nothing to do with being at school and nothing to do with taking exams . |
| 11 | The language of the novel makes use of this cliché to demonstrate first that there is a profound ambiguity in the social construction of femininity according to which women are passive but at the same time subversive of the binary distinction which so construes them , and second that all people , male and female , are condemned to being at least partially the product of the language of others . |
| 12 | And she put my head on my hands on the desk in front of me and believe me , I went to sleep , it was must have been very , very new , compared to being at home and perhaps being laid there . |
| 13 | AEA 's success has always depended on being at the forefront of science and technology . |
| 14 | I must also admit to being at something of a loss to explain why Darren Bicknell continues to flit between millionaires ' row and Cannery Row . |
| 15 | Valerie is still hopeful that she 'll be able to get the school reopened but at the moment it looks as if this is as close as these children will get to being at Brockweir School . |
| 16 | They all come into being at the same time . |
| 17 | These men , suddenly faced with being at home all the time , feel threatened by the fact that life seems to be shutting all the doors on them . |
| 18 | They can have up to 35 children with one teacher , training the children to adapt to being at ‘ big ’ school : working quietly , learning letters and numbers participating in larger groups for assembly or playtime . |
| 19 | Even if you admit to being at fault , you may wish management to take fuller account of mitigating factors or to impose a lesser punishment . |
| 20 | A lot of people say I 'm bloody lucky to get paid for being at home sick ! |
| 21 | She has English rose looks and charm , and while she thrives on being at the centre of events she is still extremely shy . |