Example sentences of "[noun] [being] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Have you said anything to Jennifer about David being back in the area again ? ’
2 ‘ Women lose confidence being out of the labour market , men tend to lose confidence if they 've been out of work ’ , says Michaels .
3 Some locomotives such as the three Class 55's , one example only worked on one day , with the importance being over to the BR hired fleet .
4 The race , between Speke and New Brighton and back , means hundreds of people being out on the river but neither the Lifeboat service or the Coastguard were officially notified of the arrangements .
5 Truthfully , I had n't believed in Heavenly Father since my fourth Christmas Eve night , the night when Auntie trod on my brick-truck as she tried to sneak in with my present — a smart Apollo Candy with stabilisers , hand-painted maroon — Pa being out with the Recovery .
6 When he stopped his work for tea , the prying landlady being out at the shops , he would try to arrange to meet her , either in the house or at the British Museum if she were going near the West End that day .
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