Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] being [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean being on my own , travelling down here the way that I did . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | But , I mean being in their seventies , well he 's eighty now ! |
| 4 | Ooh I , I mean being in a right mess |
| 5 | I hate being on the Social . |
| 6 | I hate being in debt to anyone , but with you it 's different , Jane . |
| 7 | I hated being on social security and I tried everywhere for a job . |
| 8 | ‘ I enjoy being under pressure . |
| 9 | ‘ I enjoy being in the middle and I think a three-man midfield benefits us . ’ |
| 10 | She could go on to the other station but she says I enjoy being in so much I use it . |
| 11 | I recall being in the first class and er a teacher coming to me , as I were n't paying much attention I think , and to this day I shall remember and never forget , she just folded my arms in front of me and says , Percy , you 're not listening , you 'll have to have a rest . |
| 12 | ‘ Like I said , I enjoyed being with her , but you would have to be some kind of retard to get turned on in those scenes by thinking I am kissing a sex symbol … |
| 13 | ‘ I enjoyed being with you , ’ Jenna assured her , and Marguerite smiled gleefully . |
| 14 | When I moves to this area just over two years ago I knew no-one , my two older children were at school and , although I enjoyed being at home with my two-year-old toddler , I felt that I was getting past the stage of discussing sleepless nights and dirty nappies ! |
| 15 | I like being with Mick . ’ |
| 16 | I like being with people , but there 's times when I want to be on my own . |
| 17 | Although I like being by myself . |
| 18 | I like being in the country very much indeed . |
| 19 | ‘ I like being in the kitchen — it 's my domain , ’ says Sheila , who , it must be said , does look more at home behind a microphone than a mixing bowl . |
| 20 | I like being in a war and I like being there because it 's a great adventure for me , but my duty is to be there for a reason , not just to have a bloody good time … |
| 21 | And besides , I like being in the company of a pretty girl , even if she does look only twelve . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I was always close to my mother and I like being around women . ’ |
| 23 | I adored being with them . |
| 24 | Well I remember being aboard the Brandon , because Uncle John came and stayed with us at the cliff and er , er father was at sea somewhere but he came and stayed with us and then he now went down into er to see his captain cos they were sailing on on the tide the next day . |
| 25 | I remember being at my desk and telling her , ‘ Even if you do n't hear me typing it does n't mean I 'm not writing … . ’ |
| 26 | In the early 40s I remember being at the Hilker house off South Granville Street when Yehudi Menuhin was in town for a concert . |
| 27 | The Dents owned the very first car in Baldersdale and that created quite a stir I remember being at school when they first drove it round the place and the teacher brought us all out on to the road to have a closer look at this amazing thing . |
| 28 | I remember being at primary school and the boys went to play football and you sat in the corner playing talking or the boys played football and the girls , would you believe it , got sex education ! |
| 29 | And er we cast during the dark days of the war , when toys were n't available , we a few older blokes er apprentices used to I remember being at it for a couple of hard week we had a hard week , well evening during the evenings anyway . |
| 30 | I always thought I had a good appetite , but I remember being at a college feast once at Cambridge , where they had seven or eight courses and the elderly dons seemed to have less trouble than anyone else getting through it . |