Example sentences of "[prep] [being] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aggers ' biggest worry was that he might make a fool of himself bowling at Gooch after being out of the game for two years . |
| 2 | And , after being out in the sunshine with the children most of the day , she 'd lost her pale , city complexion , becoming as brown as a berry and looking much younger . |
| 3 | That he did not depart of his own free will is abundantly evidenced by the fact that he left behind all his belongings and expressed the intention of being back within the period of four hours . |
| 4 | It is bad to lapse into the jargon without conveying its meaning and its connotations , because that is lazy ; and unforgivable to use it just to give the impression of being in with the chaps . |
| 5 | Its main problem is that it can cause psychological dissociation , resulting in hallucinations and phenomena which may include subjective experiences of being out of the body or states similar to the near death experience . |
| 6 | Back in the warm , silken night air , beneath the massive arc of bright stars , she breathed in greedily , revelling in the blessed contrast , the giddy relief of being out of the cave . |
| 7 | It was all question of being out on the track at the right moment close to the end of the session when it was drying . |
| 8 | The nip of alcohol causes the blood vessels to dilate and so warm the skin and make us comfortable in spite of being out in the cold . |
| 9 | I mean even I understand you were talking about the children sort of being out in the dark on their own erm even just something as simple as that . |
| 10 | She had had enough of being out among the crowd , enough excitement . |
| 11 | It 's just like being back in the dorm . ) |
| 12 | The meeting at the Presbytery after Benediction had dragged on far too long , but he had caught his bus , and was congratulating himself on being out of the rain , when the conductor had bawled |
| 13 | Waringstown are disappointed at being back on the road in the Schweppes , having played four out of five matches away when winning the trophy last summer . |
| 14 | Neither he nor Peter can conceal excitement at being back in the limelight again . |
| 15 | Mungo could not explain why but he felt a sense of release at being out of the village , if only for a short time . |