Example sentences of "[vb -s] of [being] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He complains of being listless , loss of appetite , that kind of thing . |
| 2 | It seems that he had suffered some ill health as in his letter to Lord Burghley in 1585 , he complains of being weak and sick . |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps the most accessible form of freedom , the most subjectively enjoyed , and the most useful to human society , consists of being good at your job … ’ . |
| 4 | And the job consists of being efficient , being careful being precise . |
| 5 | Eva never speaks of being afraid as the various political situations blew up even though at times it must have been rather like walking a tightrope after UDI . |
| 6 | Leapor dreams of escape from plainness ; she dreams of being elegant , even beautiful . |
| 7 | He 's alright , I did n't get no hassles about like , that , no matter how many hours she 's awake she never grumbles of being tired |