Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [being] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Working successfully involves being able to cope with 100 per cent of the cases which arise . |
| 2 | It is a delight to have Bishop Harris with us once more — he has only missed being present twice in 14 years . |
| 3 | Miss H. is no more a lesbian than you are , so stop being silly and just thank your lucky stars that she 's teaching Constance so much . ’ |
| 4 | The ability to listen whilst another person talks does not merely entail being aware of the words spoken to us . |
| 5 | It does not necessarily remember whether it was hurt or not : it only remembers being afraid . |
| 6 | ‘ He obviously enjoys being involved in something which could mark a new stage in his career . |
| 7 | And today , he 's just enjoying being free . |
| 8 | George did not like being firm with Lennie but he knew that he had to be cruel to be kind . |
| 9 | Israelis , used to instant retaliation , do not like being sitting ducks . |
| 10 | The USA , which well within the memory of the majority of its inhabitants , was the world 's leading oil supplier , does not like being dependent on imported oil , particularly oil imported from areas of the world where political unrest means that a loss of supply — for instance through a closure of the Strait of Hormuz — is always a possibility . |
| 11 | Is not used to and does not like being dependent on others . |
| 12 | Artists do just stop being able to do it . |
| 13 | I just like being able to do things on impulse . ’ |
| 14 | Do n't you just hate being right ? |
| 15 | ‘ I , ’ said my sister-in-law , who never , I am sure , means to be offensive , ‘ simply can not stand being idle . |
| 16 | Being deaf without speech does not mean being deaf-and-stupid . |
| 17 | It seems as if the time has come for you to bring this side of life to the fore , and even without your co-operation other people will persuade you that being independent does not mean being alone . |
| 18 | I do not mean being reactionary , simply going back to a past state of affairs , I mean reaction as the antithesis of action . |
| 19 | ‘ Actuarial work does not just mean being involved in a mass of figures ’ |
| 20 | I do not recall being frightened , although I should have been . |
| 21 | Perhaps because it is a fine example of the Flaubertian grotesque : it can not help being serious and comic at the same time . |
| 22 | Liza could not help being conscious of the similarity of the weather conditions which , nine months previously , had been responsible for today 's journey . |
| 23 | Some people do not enjoy club activities but , many if they make the effort , find that they rather enjoy being involved with something and with other people . |
| 24 | ‘ Do n't you ever stop being rude ? ’ |
| 25 | In Milan the victims and suspected victims — and it is hard to believe that non-sufferers ever survived being suspected sufferers — were herded in to a custom-built enclosure . |
| 26 | I always thought being famous was the only thing worth doing in human life , and anything else was just perfunctory . |
| 27 | In both South Africa and Queensland , shark nets have killed hundreds of dolphins , with the worst affected being hump-backed , common , and bottlenose species . |
| 28 | George Felix was surely in a rage , but he was also enjoying being angry , and that was something that never happened to her father , whose rages had made anger such a familiar monster . |
| 29 | Language understanding also involves being able to relate the information in successive sentences , which is why psycholinguists have turned their attention to discourse interpretation , that is , to the comprehension of whole passages rather than single sentences . |
| 30 | I also enjoy being able to use other skills and interests including my languages . |