Example sentences of "[verb] being " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you want your son or daughter to grow up able to talk to you , perhaps you could consider being a little less authoritarian . |
| 2 | ‘ I would be delighted if you would consider being interviewed for the film . |
| 3 | Any potential parent who thinks they may be at risk of HIV infection should consider being counselled and tested before conceiving . |
| 4 | ‘ You do n't consider being accused of being a ‘ clinging ’ woman a good enough reason ? ’ she hurtled in hotly . |
| 5 | He says he 'd consider being a care worker , but his experience in the army was many years ago , so he may not qualify any more . |
| 6 | Sir , did you ever consider being an English teacher ? |
| 7 | I 'll tell you the unkindest thing I know about him : he was caught being beastly to a woman at a party for no obvious reason . |
| 8 | The SNES version of Star Wars looks being one of the most awesome treats of '93 . |
| 9 | S2 was always a 3-s train of clicks but the frequency of the train was varied being 3 Hz on some trials and 12 Hz on others . |
| 10 | The young horse goes through so many learning experiences with us — the discipline of being held still in our arms as a foal , acceptance of being stroked all over and having its legs picked up , learning to lead and to be tied up , and later learning to accept being rugged and lunged . |
| 11 | The payments were part of a package of benefits which were to act as a carrot to persuade workers to accept being made unemployed . |
| 12 | Result of this raid was complete stoppage of production for two months , deliveries when they did recommence being only a fraction of previous supplies , thirty enemy aircraft destroyed in aerial combat and 38 on the ground . |
| 13 | Whereas his parting from Sandra had been ‘ sensibly negotiated ’ , this time Nicholson was left with what was , for him , an odd feeling of what he termed being ‘ dumped on ’ . |
| 14 | Here is a passage of Thoreau which both demonstrates the creative process and also shows that it led him to the peak experience which he termed being charmed . |
| 15 | Non-smokers often report being treated with condescension in such situations . |
| 16 | Other Ketamine users also report being plugged in to information networks while in K cyberspace . |
| 17 | The RSC is working with the National Council for Vocational Qualifications ( NCVQ ) and the Department of Employment to develop the Indicative register of analytical chemists into a NVQ at level V. The RSC is also contributing to work being undertaken by employer organisations to develop other NVQs , mainly at levels I to III . |
| 18 | This incident has led to work being carried on , comparing shadow sizes . |
| 19 | There still seems to be a lot to be discovered quantitatively about the physical nature of wave damage or erosion and its precise causes , although Komar ( 1976 ) has pointed to work being done in Japan relating wave height and frequency , together with rock properties , to rates of cliff recession . |
| 20 | With the right sort of approach and encouragement all primary children will respect being given your trust and confidence and treat displays of work and artefacts with care . |
| 21 | So assertive is just being clear in what you want being prepared to keep going until you 've got something along those lines rather than letting people dismiss you or make you feel as though they 've dismissed you and your point not being considered i.e. your point not being heard or going away feeling that your point you did n't have a fair crack because you did n't give your point properly . |
| 22 | Reported being tortured |
| 23 | Around a third of people in the study reported being affected by the overlapping benefit rules , and this aroused strong feeling of unjustice . |
| 24 | In 1960 , the Acton Society Trust had reported being unaware of any company which had a programme of preparation for retirement . |
| 25 | The majority of parents reported being presented covertly or overtly with an opt-out clause when the diagnosis was first made , often couched in terms of : ‘ Leave the baby here for a couple of days , go home and think about it ’ ( ‘ it ’ being unspecified ) . |
| 26 | Pupils were significantly less likely to have participated in the follow up studies if at baseline they had reported being smokers or having previously smoked or tried cigarettes , if their father or mother was a smoker , or if their father was unemployed or a manual worker . |
| 27 | ( Some patients reported being prescribed both drug types . ) |
| 28 | of women raped by a stranger reported being extremely upset , as against 59 per cent . |
| 29 | Although many board members reported being fascinated by recent developments , it was not uncommon to find those who failed to appreciate the amount of change since their own schooldays . |
| 30 | One woman reported being paid US $10,000 ( £450 ) . |