Example sentences of "about being [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There 's nothing special about being a heavyweight or having an Olympic gold medal in the United States . |
| 2 | The thing about being a neighbourhood policeman is the way you police your beat . |
| 3 | Punch 's newspaper has to think about being a little less boring . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , do n't start all that guff about being a person again . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ The worst thing about being a star is the loss of your private life and all the travel . |
| 6 | In later life he was fond of Tom Stoppard 's remark about being a bounced Czech . |
| 7 | There 's something so special about being a dancer . |
| 8 | Irena took an unofficial day off work and we wandered through the damp streets while she told me about being a student at Palacky University in 1968 ( and what happened afterwards : ‘ It is strange how the history books of a country can change , is n't it ? ’ ) . |
| 9 | We did n't seem to worry too much about being a couple of strokes off the lead . |
| 10 | If anyone writes in to say that Francis Bacon noticed the flashes when he got out of his coach to freeze a chicken in the snow , I shall leave the country , suitably disguised , and write piteous letters about being a laughing stock to all , coupled with the name of sundry . |
| 11 | Something was wrong she knew though she could not have said what it was and she was not in the least surprised when he made some excuse about being a bit busy next week and unable to see her . |
| 12 | The first time I read about a sex change something happened deep inside me : all my vague feelings about being a girl found a focus even though all the stories were about men who became ’ . |
| 13 | Consequently , I decided I would be an androgynous sort of person and I found old esoteric idea about being a whole person in the alchemical or shamanic sense , a female-male composite , increasingly attractive . |
| 14 | Older children may look after new additions to the family and learn about being a parent by doing so . |
| 15 | We suggest , however , that the tiredness experienced by young couples in the first months of a baby 's life is not just the result of broken nights , change of role , anxiety as to the well-being of so small and vulnerable a being , and doubts about being a good enough parent , but is also related to the strain of exercising a defence against envy of the baby to whom so much care and comfort is offered . |
| 16 | Your wife says you have a lot to learn about being a parent , but it is she who has a lot to learn . |
| 17 | ‘ In the early days , of course , I would keep it secret , because it was ‘ my sound ’ and so I would n't do anything for anyone else — it 's that whole trip about being a guitar player ! |
| 18 | ‘ Like Ian Page ( lead singer of Secret Affair ) will go on about being a mod is being an individual . |
| 19 | It has allowed her to use what she says most pleases her about being a novelist : ‘ the capacity to tell other stories , fight secret wars ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ One minute you disown the servant class , the next you 're worrying about being a minute late for your duties ! |
| 21 | But I do n't worry about being a loser and I 'll tell you why . |
| 22 | But I do n't worry about being a loser — if you take on the big issues and the people wo n't follow , then at least you can say you have tried |
| 23 | So warped fantasies about being a big bad soldier start to be taken for real in some dark corner of my deluded male brain . |
| 24 | This in turn makes the parents feel unhappy about being a burden , and not being loved and respected in the way they had expected . |
| 25 | He 's the one who taught in Ohio me the important things I needed to know about being a man . ’ |
| 26 | It was my mother who taught me to cook and who taught me too about being a mother . |
| 27 | ‘ But I do n't know the first thing about being a dog , ’ young Anabelle pointed out . |
| 28 | DO YOU dream about being a pop star with your very own record deal ? |
| 29 | ‘ I 've never thought about being a singer . |
| 30 | So , yes , you should , just for five minutes forget about being a policeman and be a human being . |