Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [being] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Like Ian Page ( lead singer of Secret Affair ) will go on about being a mod is being an individual . |
| 2 | In the past it hovered uneasily between being a rival to gold in jewellery and coinage and being a highly versatile industrial material . |
| 3 | We did n't seem to worry too much about being a couple of strokes off the lead . |
| 4 | It is an amazing sight , the more so for being a waste of time . |
| 5 | ‘ I wear a White is Beautiful badge and get run in for being a racist … ’ |
| 6 | He says : ‘ My first two marriages ended in divorce because I was too young and dreamed only of being a movie star . |
| 7 | When my hon. Friend returns to his desk after the next election has been won by the Conservatives , will he bear it in mind that in the past 10 years west Lancashire has benefited greatly from being a development area ? |
| 8 | Magnentius had caused deep offence in the first place merely by being a barbarian and a pagan , but above all , by murdering Constans , also , no doubt , for receiving such widespread popular support from the peoples of the western provinces . |
| 9 | ‘ You do n't get promoted just for being a bastard , you know , ’ Rogers said . |
| 10 | If I pulled out he would probably do me over for being a chicken , but if I competed and beat him ( unlikely but not impossible ) … well , I might as well have booked my hospital bed then and there . |
| 11 | For ‘ Fred ’ it was exactly like being a rabbit . |
| 12 | It is not like being a priest . |
| 13 | The banks have any number of excuses for this further move away from being a friend to thrifty and sensible private and business customers . |
| 14 | This reflects the general evolution of the new churches whose emphasis has shifted away from being a community , enjoying being a family and enjoying God . |
| 15 | Just by being a boy ? |
| 16 | You wear the flag and everybody slags you off for being a Nazi . |
| 17 | He just told you off for being a pain , I bet ! |
| 18 | There are other times , too , aside from being a brood mare , when a horse has extra nutritional needs so it is just as well if the horse has learnt to eat and enjoy lucerne and grain . |
| 19 | I was changing rapidly from being a boy , in so many ways , to a man . |
| 20 | Colour printing is moving rapidly from being a novelty to being the required method of output . |
| 21 | Doug Green went on to tutor Jane Dubar : ‘ Actually I think I learnt as actually part of the INSET course more from being a tutor than as a teacher participant . ’ |
| 22 | It 's actually too thin to be uncomfortable , funnily enough ; none of the sharp edges even come close to being a nightmare for the rib cage . |
| 23 | It is not a fantasy to say that Nancy has now come close to being a myth , and with a fiction writer that is exceedingly dangerous , for sometimes I ask myself , did Nancy ever exist ? |
| 24 | Indeed , at times Adorno 's Beethoven comes close to being a fetish : the image objectifies those musical tendencies Adorno wants to privilege . |
| 25 | Apart from anything else , the venture represents real regeneration in a city where talk of regeneration has come close to being a growth industry . |
| 26 | He 'll learn there 's more to being a man than hunting and lolling about the place . |
| 27 | Also , looking at the loaded tray , Charity had a sinking feeling that there was slightly more to being a waitress than Mandy imagined , but the spot where Mandy had stood was empty . |
| 28 | ‘ There is more to being a woman and a Labour Party member than just that , ’ she says . |
| 29 | She 's got to carry on with her career and she 's got to carry on with being a mother , both of which she takes very seriously , ’ he said . |
| 30 | This period was notable also for being a time of near unbroken peace . |