Example sentences of "n't help being " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Cousin Amy ca n't help being there . |
| 2 | Wexford was n't inclined to be sentimental over the Cullams but he could n't help being faintly touched that they who were poor in everything had been affluent , extravagant and imaginative in one respect . |
| 3 | He could n't help being reminded of a cat 's tight , shell-pink rectum . |
| 4 | They would n't dare … the poor lad , he ca n't help being who he is . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ People ca n't help being silly , ’ she said rather shyly . |
| 6 | Perhaps Monica Seles wakened them with her grunting : did you know she fakes her first service ? = = At eight on the Saturday morning , I piled two disco-bleared daughters , a pick shovel and lump hammer into the car and drove through the drizzle to Lou 's home base of Barkway — a village which ca n't help being close to Royston , the place where caffs shut in the lunch hour . |
| 7 | I ca n't help being … . |
| 8 | ‘ They ca n't help being new , poor things . |
| 9 | Looking into her frightened eyes , he could n't help being reminded of a leveret he had once caught as a boy . |
| 10 | If she could n't help being a coward , at least she could try not to let it show . |
| 11 | It 's not the buying them that 's cunning , it 's just that I ca n't help being grateful ( I did n't actually say I was grateful , but I was n't sharp ) , it 's that he presents them so humbly , with such an air of please-don't-thank-me and I-deserve-it-all . |
| 12 | He ca n't help being rather touched by the young man 's enthusiasm about it all . |
| 13 | One could n't help being over-critical of one 's own performance . |
| 14 | ‘ In the depths of my heart I ca n't help being convinced that my dear fellow-men , with a few exceptions , are worthless . ’ |
| 15 | Something similar and er they came up to the , the great Pacific engines that came on and they , two of them came down in front of the stage , two of them were just a little bit higher up , and on the stage itself , there were scenes done like the hall in the Grand Central Station , New York and er they were , it was either the Ink Spots or some of these dancers that gave a performance , and it was so well put on that you could n't help being impressed by |
| 16 | The audience ca n't help being delighted when business whizz Katherine goes skiing and breaks her leg . |
| 17 | I ca n't help being thankful I did n't have to cope with it . |
| 18 | She did n't mention it to Victoria , but by the end of the week she could n't help being a little curious . |
| 19 | Yes well erm I mean you ca n't help being aware of past experiences . |
| 20 | I ca n't help being curly . |
| 21 | He could n't help being a simple soul could he ? |
| 22 | It was a dirty trick to put it into to poor Mary Lou 's desk said Jean , she ca n't help being scared of things I suppose , she almost jumped out of her skin when she saw it , I should of thought any joker in our form would of been decent enough to popped it into say Alicia 's desk , not if it happened to be Alicia who popped it in said a sly voice , you do so love playing tricks do n't you Alicia ? |
| 23 | Well he could n't help being a miserable sod , he looks a right miserable sod ! |
| 24 | Ca n't help being an animal . |