Example sentences of "would [verb] being [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a valuation would be controversial ; some would want the value of ‘ leisure ’ included while others would regard being deprived of work , in a society where people are expected to work , as a cost to the individual . |
| 2 | ‘ I would be delighted if you would consider being interviewed for the film . |
| 3 | I sometimes thought that he would enjoy being mistaken for the one rather than the other , because he disliked the idea of poetry as a ‘ profession ’ : an attitude which some lesser figures found puzzling . |
| 4 | Neither Whitehall , nor government nor this county council , nor the children we 're talking about would welcome being used as a political football by Mr . |
| 5 | Hari felt the impulse to ruffle William 's hair but she knew he would resent being treated like the child he was , boys grew up quickly in the harsh realities of World 's End . |
| 6 | No Substitute Prosecutor would appreciate being called at this hour . |
| 7 | No one could have staged the now infamous Sheffield rally , a turning point in the campaign , unless they were imbued with a belief that electors would appreciate being treated as mere objects to be manipulated . |
| 8 | ‘ Well done , Michael , but in future I would appreciate being informed of your decisions . |
| 9 | What idealists see as the ‘ binding in ’ of a powerful Germany , Mrs Thatcher would call being lashed to it . |
| 10 | The star a word you know Courtenay would hate being called to his face makes no bones about the fact that he wants The Miser to be successful because that will put money back into his favourite theatre , Manchester 's Royal Exchange , where the production originated . |
| 11 | It was a high one , but although she was confident she could climb it , she knew that if she tried to do so she would risk being seen from the house ; but beside it was a shallow grassy ditch were she could remain out of sight , so bending double she ran along this ditch , and came to the spot where she had seen Tristram . |
| 12 | Just this once , she would risk being considered a bad loser . |
| 13 | ‘ We built it up , it is our baby , ’ he said , adding that if the family allowed its interest to fall below 50 per cent it would risk being taken over by a hostile bidder . |
| 14 | The men would risk being scattered on landing and the pilots would find it difficult to navigate because of the sand being blown about by the wind . |
| 15 | They were trapped in each other 's company , each one wanting to break away , to do anything rather than stay there together , but none of them would risk being thought unfeeling , or odd . |
| 16 | Ari had anticipated that her training , until the consummation with Nathan , would involve being hooked up to machines like the ones Leila had used at Lazar Farm . |
| 17 | We have waited for some time for any scheme , let alone one that would justify being called better than the proposals of 1979 . |
| 18 | Lord Salisbury did offer the Rolls to Clarke , who declined it on the ground that it would put an end to his political career , though he added that he would accept being made a Law Lord . |
| 19 | It 's not the kind of book which you would find being written today , by psychologists , or anthropologists , or social scientists in general . |