Example sentences of "remember [being] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It was hard to remember being cold , rushed , flurried and upset .
2 And I can remember being frightened of the bogie man when I was a little er child .
3 We now know that Robin Smith , John Cunningham and Pat Walsh in Scotland , and Arthur Dolphin and Pete Greenwood in the Lakes , were doing first ascents every bit as difficult as those by Joe Brown and Don Whillans — but I do n't remember being aware of this at the time .
4 Er standard one was er no trouble , except er er pretty timid , remember being timid , the boys could be very rough in play and there was much nudging in the playground as they ran about at their various games .
5 I remember being present when a team of 100 was commissioned at the Anaheim Vineyard in California to plant a new church in the Los Angeles area .
6 I remember being podgy , no make-up , an unsmart lady but I made a lot of noise and he seemed to like that . ’
7 I remember being shocked at one time when I heard one of my predecessors say that his objective as chairman was to retain our position as a private company operating on a world basis in the chemical sector .
8 I remember being unable to connect those grainy breasts and pubic hair with anything in my own life — flesh , for instance — but the image gave me a mysterious frisson which I mistakenly took for sex .
9 I remember being glad that my father had a job which did not need him to climb ladders .
10 But I remember being happy just staring at all the people passing by .
11 I remember being terrified of going into Harrods because I thought King Herod lived there , and that I would n't come out in one piece .
12 I remember being thrilled when I got the first whicker of recognition from my horse and most people feel happier and more confident riding a horse they know — even if it is n't well behaved !
13 ‘ I remember being frightened a lot as a kid .
14 ‘ I remember being surprised that he was robbing us , ’ said the woman victim .
15 Once at Number 112 I banged on the door with the palm of my hand and waited — I remember being surprised that the Trumpers did n't have a knocker .
16 It does not necessarily remember whether it was hurt or not : it only remembers being afraid .
17 Under hypnosis Sylvia remembered being adamant in her refusal to join in a game of hide and seek , which would have involved her in hiding in isolated , cramped and possibly dark surroundings so that she would not be found .
18 Lily remembered being cold , being hungry ; how before she went to bed her mother had scorched the skirting board with the flame of a kerosene lamp to make the bugs jump out of the walls .
19 He remembered being sick when he was on leave on Knossos .
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