Example sentences of "[prep] [being] [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was n't Marti Caine at that stage , I was Zoe Bond , but only after being Sunny Smith for three weeks . |
| 2 | The need is to move unions on from being state-controlled agencies for controlling industrial production to collective bargaining organisations . |
| 3 | They will act as stabilisers , beside being handy handles for recovery from bushes , marshland or similar enemy territory outside the DZ . |
| 4 | Sainsbury 's cookbooks are generally renowned for being good value for money and The Cooking of Russia by Karen Craig and Seva Novgorodsev ( £1.25 ) is no exception . |
| 5 | Unlike Hobbes , he does not think that words are general by being collective names for a number of particulars ; ‘ they do not signify a plurality . ’ |