Example sentences of "and [being] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Getting up and being at the shop on time is the teenager 's own responsibility and part of the cost to be reckoned with . |
| 2 | Several special trains of American frozen meat arrived every week , leaving Southampton at 6 p.m. , arriving at Nine Elms at 10 p.m. , and being at the market by midnight . |
| 3 | They were mad about boats and being on the water and some of their techniques are still in use today . |
| 4 | ‘ After all , I am the club 's leading Second Division scorer , despite missing games through injury and being on the bench at times . ’ |
| 5 | I loved the hard work and being with the ten other actors , in the pub , in the cafe , belonging to the group . |
| 6 | Sailing mostly single-handed , and being like the rest of twentieth-century man a prisoner of time , I cheated by having an outboard engine to keep me going when the elements did n't help . |
| 7 | In those days a mill was sold on the basis of good wind and being near the top of a hill . |
| 8 | Poor Philip was particularly bothered by this symptom because he had perfect pitch and being in the music business used to go over music in his mind most of his waking hours . |
| 9 | It means grasping opportunities and being in the right place at the right time . |
| 10 | And being in the centre means you 're near the shops and the markets — almost a great a free show as the ancient , romantic buildings . |
| 11 | Nineteen fifty one , we moved in , er and , I 've had , you 're not the first person to come all round here , this house , they used , they used to come round in shows from the Corporation all visitors used to come , they used to say , right Jean can we bring them round we 've had people from Germany and everywhere and being in the architect 's department I fell for all this you know I had |