Example sentences of "it be [prep] [being] " in BNC.
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| 1 | M M My Lords , i it is important that whatever is taught to a child between the ages of five and eleven that the child is able to benefit from it educationally if the child is , is overloaded as it were by being presented erm a curriculum that they simply can not manage , then that 's going to create confusion , but it 's also important to say that one of the erm er objectives of this whole exercise is to underpin all education , both morally and spiritually and I believe we 're doing a great deal to get that right . |
| 2 | It 's of being on red . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'ope you like it , Joe , it 's for being me best friend ever . ’ |
| 4 | It 's about being young and terribly embarrassed and wanting to make an impression but not knowing what it is . |
| 5 | The English novelist Kingsley Amis , considering the film and its possible interpretations , came to the following conclusion : ‘ It 's about being bloody frightened of being eaten by a bloody great shark . ’ |
| 6 | So it 's not about being aggressive it 's not about being aggressive or submissive it 's about being clear to true to yourself being aware of what you want from any given situation . |
| 7 | But it 's worth being brave : the staff are normal and charming . |
| 8 | I think it 's from being a haulier to being a parcel carrier now , Peter . |
| 9 | It 's like being at the sea , early in the morning with the seagulls and the sea pounding away and the fresh air . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's like being on the rack . ’ |
| 11 | It 's like being caught in huge sticky web – the more you struggle , the more entangled you get . |
| 12 | It 's like being stroked or held . |
| 13 | Unless you have a very small conference of less than a hundred people avoid low ceilings ; it 's like being in a crowded rail commuter carriage and everyone feels oppressed and claustrophobic . |
| 14 | You get that flatfoot looking to tie you in knots and it 's like being squeezed by coils and coils of a sodding boa constrictor . |
| 15 | It 's like being on a runaway roundabout . |
| 16 | It 's like being lectured to and bored at the same time . |
| 17 | It 's like being in Top Gun . |
| 18 | It 's like being on holiday . ’ |
| 19 | It 's like being a house without a roof . ’ |
| 20 | Every time I come out with this lot it 's like being back at school . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's like being on school trips when someone 's in charge and the challenge is to dodge them , ’ guffaws Paul . |
| 22 | It 's like being in an aeroplane with the pressure building up on your ears . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's like being caught in the jaws of a vice , ’ says Andrew Jones , head of tax consultancy and compliance at Ernst & Young . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's like being God . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ It 's like being on your honour to work all the time . ’ |
| 26 | It 's like being told that Frank Sinatra ca n't make it but , do n't worry , we 've hired a punk rock band instead . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's like being under fire in war . |
| 28 | I 've always said it 's like being a race horse , you have to train so hard . |
| 29 | It 's like being in a permanent opera ! |
| 30 | ‘ Gee , it 's like being in a waiting room , the doctor will see you now . ’ |