Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] being [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other girls could be forgiven for being depressed — after all , they were facing a racing dynamo , who seemed indestructible , regardless of weather conditions . |
| 2 | I do n't think so when I went to let him in he 'd pulled himself up round the patio and looked as though he expected to be walloped for being silly he 's taken us this morning . |
| 3 | Clearly , the originators of the major schemes can not be criticized for being ignorant of principles which were not recognized when their schemes were initiated . |
| 4 | ‘ People have suggested that I will be attacked for being homophobic for going into Hoover 's sex life in such detail , ’ Summers says . |
| 5 | It would recognise , too , that industrial democracy can not be conjured into being overnight , no more than was political democracy , no more than was the joint stock company as the common expression of industrial capitalism . |
| 6 | There 's money to be made , advantage to be gained and amour to be won by being bold . |
| 7 | NEIL RUDDOCK leads out Spurs at champions Leeds tonight and will not be fined after being sent-off against Crystal Palace on Saturday . |
| 8 | The basic problem with this aspect of the technique is that the movement occurs very quickly , so you could be excused for being unsure quite what has happened . |
| 9 | If E. K. Chambers could be suspected of being dull and pedantic , what were Fox 's qualities ? |
| 10 | Nathaniel Houlton , a widower living in Bristol , itemized the details of his coffin in a will drafted on 26 May 1767 : ‘ First , It is my Will and Desire ( if it can be done without being Offensive ) to have my Body kept for the space of One Week at the Least after my Demise , before my Coffin ( which I direct shall have a Double or false Lid , as my late Wife 's had ) , be closed up ; … |
| 11 | TODAY does not believe in merely telling the Government that something must be done without being able to suggest positive moves . |
| 12 | " There 's a lot to be said for being free , " she panted . |
| 13 | So long as I hold the office of Home Secretary , I shall give no countenance to the view that they should not be prevented from being such a danger . ’ |
| 14 | This situation can be prevented by being prepared to release immediately if things start to go wrong , or by being ready to stop the wing coming up suddenly . |
| 15 | The press began to be accused of being one-sided , unfair , of not giving a balanced picture . |
| 16 | In other spheres Margaret Thatcher , Mary Archer ( who chairs the hardship committee at Lloyd 's ) and Helen Sharman , who were all trained as chemists , could hardly be accused of being unsuccessful . |
| 17 | Although a recovering alcoholic and noted for temper tantrums , she could never be accused of being bland . |
| 18 | One of the councillors on the libraries committee took a copy of Gay News home to study so that he could n't be accused of being uninformed when the time came for him to vote for its rejection . |
| 19 | He was , he informed us in his speech to the senate , fully aware that he may be accused of being naive . |
| 20 | erm Although one would hate to be , I do n't want to be accused of being elitist and saying that E H O's must do a particular job , but what I would like to say it that we need people who are trained to a sufficient level to be able to do the ultra high risk catering area , as distinct from other high-risk areas . |
| 21 | Yes I often used to be accused of being Welsh but it is different . |
| 22 | There was nothing to be got from being disagreeable or testy . |
| 23 | Generally , eating problems can be avoided by being flexible with your puppy from the start , varying the eating location , alternating types of dog food , and changing feeding times . |
| 24 | Should a driver be prosecuted for being 10 cm or a metre away from the kerb ? |
| 25 | The important thing to ensure is that the measure is done in the same way each year so that true trends can be discerned by being able to compare like with like . |
| 26 | For some people security and comfort can be derived from being able to anticipate events , for others ward routine can be a source of distress . |
| 27 | He enjoyed talking about art with Rodrigo and , respecting his resoluteness ( it was said of him that he was the only Sohoite to be arrested for being drunk and orderly ) , asked him to act , with Anthony Lousada , as his executor . |
| 28 | Prost ( right ) is worried that he could be penalised for being involved in ostensibly innocent race clashes |
| 29 | While the Danzig Poles were not keen for the city to come under Polish rule , they were nevertheless determined that they should not be penalised for being Polish , and in their own way they were proud of their identity — even if it did not quite amount to ‘ nationality ’ in a conventional sense . |
| 30 | He 'd then possibly forgotten these dreams or fantasies and then when the stimulus of feeling something on the back of his neck happened to him whilst asleep , suddenly the fantasy came back , all as a piece as it were , and it occurred to me that your dream about driving off viaducts might be caused by being asleep , having one of these falling experiences , then relating it to previous thoughts you 'd had , you know on the freeway or something , oh my God , how awful it would be if I , if I drove off that bend below , do you know what I mean ? |