Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [prep] being [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Never read or listen without being ready to enter a note in the appropriate place where space has been left for such a possibility . |
| 2 | ( 7 ) In the event that a Member dies or in the event that the name of a Member is struck off or removed from the roll or his practising certificate is suspended or expires without being renewed or where a Member is a registered foreign lawyer his name is struck off the register of foreign lawyers or his registration is suspended or cancelled or ( where a Member is a Recognised Body ) its recognition is revoked or expires , the Directors may require the Member or , as the case may be , his legal personal representatives , trustee in bankruptcy , liquidator , administrator or administrative receiver to give a Transfer Notice in respect of all the Shares then registered in the name of the Member or deceased member . |
| 3 | ( 7 ) In the event that a Member dies or in the event that the name of a Member is struck off or removed from the roll or his practising certificate is suspended or expires without being renewed or where a Member is a registered foreign lawyer his name is struck off the register of foreign lawyers or his registration is suspended or cancelled or ( where a Member is a Recognised Body ) its recognition is revoked or expires , the Directors may require the Member or , as the case may be , his legal personal representatives , trustee in bankruptcy , liquidator , administrator or administrative receiver to give a Transfer Notice in respect of all the Shares then registered in the name of the Member or deceased member . |
| 4 | I assumed , in my usual mechanistic way that that meant that everything that looked like being cancerous had been cut out . |
| 5 | There was a certain struggling fury that went with being jobless , and persevering , and being turned down that was different from simply being jobless . |
| 6 | Although , when the three friends reunite in 1959 after thirteen years , they have not achieved everything they hoped for as adolescents , we are left at the end of the play with a feeling of hope — not the kind of false hope prescribed by Soviet censors but the hope that comes from being young and strong and having lived through difficult times . |
| 7 | So unambiguously marked are these , that they draw attention away from other features of his — his odd stock of knowledge and his quiet eagerness to increase it — his unassuming inclination for the arts , and particularly music something different from the practical awareness that comes from being married to a singer — his compassion — his steadfastness . |
| 8 | Is he giving them advice , along the lines that he described , to ensure that they manage to implement the sensible planning that comes from being able to run their own affairs , as they obviously wish to do ? |
| 9 | Girls were encouraged to ask for help , play with dolls , take an interest in clothes and dressing up and stay close to parents and discouraged from being noisy and playing rough games . |
| 10 | In all cases the ‘ boys ’ were given more freedom to explore whilst the ‘ girls ’ were kept close and scolded for being noisy and for ‘ tomboyish ’ behaviour ! |
| 11 | One girl spent the whole afternoon talking to me about her family 's obsession with beauty , how she had always been praised and noticed for being pretty and not much else , and then , just at the end , spoke guiltily of ‘ wasting my time ’ with a subject so unimportant . |
| 12 | This dreadful invasion was one with which she was familiar : something between a hum and a buzz , and terrifying for being unresponsive to any attempt to silence it . |
| 13 | She was sixty-five years old and confessed to being fifty . |
| 14 | Is it because you are expected to express good wishes or thanks , or because you are old and wise and expected to give advice , or because you are an extrovert and known for being humorous , because you are closely related to the other members of the family , or because you are a friend who has known the bride and groom for many years ? |
| 15 | We talked of all we would do when he was strong enough , and I put everything else out of mind and concentrated on being positive and cheerful myself , which was not always easy but I was determined to behave normally and to treat him as a convalescent and not as a sick man . |
| 16 | Eurodollars can be used to cover transactions inside the US , at which point they cease to be Eurodollars and revert to being ordinary , domestic US$ again . |
| 17 | It has been criticised for being difficult to learn and praised for being efficient once proficient . |
| 18 | She felt degraded and diminished without being able to isolate a single snub except that one word , Paddies . |
| 19 | Several other methods came to light and died through being impractical until a major step was taken by a Dublin photographer John Joly in 1893 . |
| 20 | Several other methods came to light and died through being impractical until a manor step was taken by a Dublin photographer John Joly in 1893 . |
| 21 | To pay for this , Galileo was made to kneel and admit to being vain and ambitious and to abjure the Copernican doctrine as being wrong . |
| 22 | ACTORS dressed up as Vikings for a Welsh S4C documentary were challenged by local people in Swansea and accused of being New Age travellers . |
| 23 | They stand there and moan about being cold or wet , about their ailments , about the inadequacies of the National Health Service , about rising crime levels . ’ |
| 24 | Needless to say , I went home and apologised for being late . |
| 25 | He 'd looked ashamed then , and mumbled about being sorry . |
| 26 | Sporting types will find tennis , mini golf , horse riding and windsurfing all available , and there are a number of small shale beaches where you can bake in the sun and dream about being energetic tomorrow . |
| 27 | But i you have , I 'm sure to go to people and not be at all surprised if some people you can never raise the enthusiasm , because that 's human nature , and you accept human nature as it is , but if you 're positive and encourage and lead without being coercive to a high degree , I think you get more responses . |
| 28 | He 's good , but looks like being temperamental . |
| 29 | ‘ Think of all the people we shall meet , and the places we 'll go to , and the things we shall do ! we 've had some good times at Pinehurst , I know , but think of being free ! ’ |
| 30 | But he continued to serve her mother , being partly responsible for the tragedy of the duchess 's lady-in-waiting , Lady Flora Hastings [ q.v. ] , who died of a tumour while suspected of being pregnant by Conroy . |