Example sentences of "being with " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm already past the statutory retirement age and besides , I 've enjoyed being with the people in Harwich so I 'd like to stick with them if I can . ’ |
| 2 | And the exhibition would be important , she told herself , when a flow of desire swept her away at the thought of being with Lucy , time allotted to their togetherness . |
| 3 | In Switzerland , though he met ‘ people of many nationalities , which I always like ’ , Eliot felt that he had released Vivienne from the strain of being with him . |
| 4 | Being with the nuns only made it feel worse . |
| 5 | Then he 'd have to go off and do something else for a while before he could stomach being with him again . |
| 6 | He liked being with Steve and Paul because they were like his bit of rough . |
| 7 | She enjoyed being with her friends ; their conversation was lively and interesting , they belonged to the real world — the world she had left behind . |
| 8 | Another says : ‘ I pray best when I sit before the Blessed Sacrament , or look at the Crucifix without saying anything — just being with the Lord . ’ |
| 9 | At the moment they think being with their parents is absolutely wonderful and that 's not going to last for ever . |
| 10 | ’ They kidnapped Richard ‘ and smytinge the said Margerie so being with childe that she fell downe as a dead woman there they let her lye , the which was the cause of the saide childe 's deth . ’ |
| 11 | Just being with Simon had calmed Marie down . |
| 12 | The Jerusalem , or Early Church model , began to predominate , and this meant being with people rather than apart from them . |
| 13 | Community and mission belong together and both mean being with people rather than apart from them . |
| 14 | I had come home late from being with friends on Christmas Eve . |
| 15 | A lot of our habits are created by biological needs , like eating and sleeping ; or social needs like working and cleaning our teeth ; or psychological needs like being with family and friends . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 … |
| 17 | I had not yet escaped the strangeness of being with people who , over the years , had become largely fictional to me . |
| 18 | A school that develops a warm sense of well being with its pupils , even in the toughest neighbourhoods , suffers far less from casual , endless vandalism . |
| 19 | Consider the rule that , when being with one person and meeting another , one should introduce them to each other . |
| 20 | On Sundays , when various other children , sons of friends of the Imperial family , came to spend time with the Prince , the Emperor and Empress made a point of being with them , sometimes taking part in the plays which the children acted . |
| 21 | Ludens was by now , in an ordinary sense , more used to being with Marcus , less afraid of ‘ saying the wrong thing ’ , and had resolved today to ask a crude question which had been troubling him for some time . |
| 22 | He also felt that Alison had , somehow , understood him , as he had , in some way , He had , as he returned to looking forward to being with Irina and Marcus , an obscure sense of his life being ‘ in order ’ , as if deep sources were working benignly on his side . |
| 23 | We had some good laughs , and talks , he enjoyed being with my husband , we listened to music , and he was sweet and gentle and appreciative . |
| 24 | When she left the Three Degrees in 1987 , Sheila decided to combine singing and showbiz with spending more time at home , cooking , and being with her twin daughters . |
| 25 | The coffin had to have an extra lining and the lid was screwed down earlier than it might have been , so that nobody could look on them dead , except the undertaker who came to the house and wore a mask and Liam who insisted on being with them all the time . |
| 26 | I remember being with him when a drunken drug addict , brought to his door by Sgt. Hendry , broke away and lunged at Chief Fyvie bringing up his hand-cuffed wrists to strike the chief in the face . |
| 27 | being with each other . |
| 28 | But usually we think of the early idea-seeking interview as being with a non-expert , an ‘ ordinary ’ person who does not have any particular consultant status . |
| 29 | Whether it was because she knew she was my baby and did not like being with ward Sister , I shall not know , but she only gained two ounces the first week . |
| 30 | Being with others is also important , and it helps if you can involve a depressed resident in outside activities . |