Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] [being] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That victory followed on from success in the Dewhurst International in March , where she came through from being a reserve qualifier to reach the semi-finals . |
| 2 | Matthew Miles has moved up from being a National Account Executive in the Multiples Sector to become National Account Manager in the sector , reporting to Gary Lunt . |
| 3 | He kept telling him to go back to being a serious actor . |
| 4 | Iain Laughland , for one , has gone on from being a long-serving cap from London Scottish to be the exiles ' representative on the Scottish Rugby Union committee and , ex officio , chairman of the Anglo-Scots ' committee . |
| 5 | ‘ I will not give up comedy completely , but I will never go back to being a stand-up comic again . |
| 6 | ‘ If you must know , it 's a hat Sebastian left behind w — ’ she began , and was rudely chopped off when Naylor Massingham went back to being a snarling brute again . |
| 7 | Without consultation , Hayling had invited Pilger to move up from being a mere adviser to the new post of editorial director . |