Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst he missed his brother 's company , he welcomed the opportunity for being alone with his thoughts . |
| 2 | The Irish republican SDLP and other groups which had had members in it turned on the Wilson government with the utmost ferocity for being weak , cowardly and treacherous . |
| 3 | Well I would n't worry too much about cramming it all together tightly because it 's erm one of the few things we 've still got a budget for is photocopying student questionnaires so you m you know , you might as well take advantage of that , it does n't erm it does n't cost you anything and the actual difference it makes to the university and to erm world resources is very slight indeed I think |
| 4 | It certainly puts him in a different frame of mind , for on hearing it he resolves to beg forgiveness of his mistress for being jealous ( ex.13 ) . |
| 5 | At the far end was St. Giles Church — which meant we never had an excuse for being late anywhere as the bells tolled the hour — and the quarters — right through the night |
| 6 | It is not that the Sergeant really objects to the constable having a legitimate excuse for being late , but it is because he too has to satisfy his superior officers that his omission to visit all the constables regularly is due to efficient Police duty . |
| 7 | It also gave him the excuse for being able to claim a whole series of ‘ expenditures ’ on his taxation forms , such as furnishings , heating , materials and travel . |
| 8 | SINCE Barclays Bank has just won an award for being model employers despite laying off hundreds of workers , I suppose the Government deserves three gold medals for allowing Cammell Laird to close . |
| 9 | Nicknamed ‘ Alpha ’ , she has the distinction of being the first woman , Regular or TA , to gain the coveted Provost Marshal 's Gold Whistle award for being top on her recruits ' course . |
| 10 | Once young people recognize the perfectly reasonable link between being responsible and having privileges granted , they may be more inclined to cooperate . |
| 11 | But then his honesty about being HIV-positive is touchingly real and anything but theatrical . |
| 12 | She would never understand that you did n't get the stick for being late these days . |
| 13 | Similarly , we can criticise wilko for being negative — but we do nt know if he s told the team to go out there and score at all costs , but the team just has nt responded . |
| 14 | Then there is the necessity for being able to read a race , to see how one 's own strength matches other people 's tactics . |
| 15 | More like Nancy 's dumplings , said Alfred , and received a bash from his eldest sister for being personal . |
| 16 | ‘ Maybe that would help the lower ranked people to have the motivation and to get eager , ’ she added , while acknowledging that might merely have the effect of less ambitious ones accepting good money for being relative failures . |
| 17 | He felt more uneasy about this than about borrowing cars , but considered that the reason he wanted the money for was worthy : not as if it was coke or ciggies or similar self-indulgence . |
| 18 | Some slogans achieve notoriety for being inappropriate , and are swiftly proved as such by events . |
| 19 | There are few more pathetic sights than aggrieved bowlers staring down at the popping-crease after being no-balled , craning neck insinuating that the umpire was in error . |
| 20 | Keown then left at the end of his contract after being unable to agree terms with Graham over a new deal — and alleging that the sticking point had been a request for £50 a week more than he was offered . |
| 21 | ‘ Reward a young horse for being good rather than punish him for being naughty ’ |
| 22 | You 've certainly got me interested , and the shipping accounts may take my mind off being cross with you . |
| 23 | ‘ Give him another drink , Ellis , ’ he said , ‘ and then let's vote him out of our club for being sanctimonious . ’ |
| 24 | I apologise to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department for being unable to attend at the start of the debate , due to the aggravated taking of British Rail , which took three hours to take me from York to the metropolis . |
| 25 | I was on my knees , there was orange juice and broken plates and food and coffee everywhere and Sheridan was saying loudly it was my fault for being clumsy . ’ |
| 26 | It was my fault for being late . ’ |
| 27 | Accordingly , when the Virgilian voice does irrupt into these relatively late Cantos , it does so with all the more force for being unheralded . |
| 28 | And she would have little illusion about being able to save anything from the low wages she would receive from any of the available jobs . |
| 29 | Holborn picked up the 1992 Best Overall Branch prize , Threadneedle Street were presented with a plaque for being top Branch in the Customer Satisfaction Index for 1992–93 , and Pall Mall received the Cost/Income Award for 1991–92/ The top student award went to Julian Gouge who , in 1992 , achieved the highest aggregate marks among all Royal Bank candidates in the Associateship examinations . |
| 30 | The idea was to persuade 1,000 ‘ rich radicals ’ with incomes of over £12,000 per year ( the Walsh criterion for being rich ) to put up £1,000 each . |