Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [being] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although she opened her mouth to make it quite clear to her infuriating parent that she was not , never would be , and never wanted to even think about being in love with Luke Hunter , somehow the words would n't come . |
| 2 | There 's a sort of nasty perverted curiosity in me — I mean , all the women he 's had and all the things he must know about being in bed . |
| 3 | The Messiah of David would be a royal figure , presiding over the secular administration of the new kingdom , which he would bring into being through his military prowess . |
| 4 | Bad temper might result from being in such a home . |
| 5 | Uncle Willi , she was sure , would totally understand about being in love , even though he was Georg 's father , but he would n't understand that you had to be in love on the one night of his party , not when you 'd had all those other evenings with Gesner . |
| 6 | Whether it would fire after being in the river , I ca n't say . |
| 7 | Yeah , I worked with a voluntary group for a while and I remember helping one lady go through , she was raped , and go through the courts , and all her past life was brought up , I mean I was so upset for her and yet the fact that he had actually raped twice before was n't brought up , but her past life was brought up and the man actually got off in the end because she just could not cope with being on the stand and dealing with it all and it was just so terrible that , that , that the , the ina , |
| 8 | I can recall a class of eight-to nine-year-olds in Brisbane in which one or two could not cope with being in a submissive role of being hijacked . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | One or two members , if plied with enough alcohol , will even admit to being in yer actual RAF . |
| 11 | Now the role of these third-parties must change to being of a more sustained nature as facilitators in long term policy and strategy for each major industry . |
| 12 | She wondered if some good might come of being in the land of her ancestors . |
| 13 | The treaty lays down that a single currency will come into being by 1999 , but only if those convergence conditions are met and only for those countries which meet them . |
| 14 | This is an association of interested parties , individuals and organisations , who have joined forces to provide fund-raising facilities , logistic support and whatever other assistance is found to be necessary to give effect to the hopes of all the parties concerned that a self-sufficient village for the care of physically and mentally handicapped people should come into being in Atea . |
| 15 | A booking contract between a guest and a hotel may come into being in any one of a number of ways . |
| 16 | A single currency may come into being in 1997 , but only if a minimum of seven countries meet the convergence conditions , and eight of the Twelve vote in favour . |
| 17 | Do we participate in being in a room together ? |
| 18 | I still ca n't get over being over the edge . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I do n't want to do something just for the sake of it , I do n't really care about being on the Council , it 's just that I wanted to do something about those wretched caravans . |
| 21 | Can you not start with being in love with someone and end up by loving them ? |
| 22 | Share capital could continue in being as a financial instrument tradeable in an exchange and offering a return which could be tied by an agreed formula with profitability or other measures of performance . |
| 23 | ‘ So do n't you worry about being from the wrong side of the tracks , Miss Milligan , ’ he reassured her . |