Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] [being] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | Apart from anything else , the venture represents real regeneration in a city where talk of regeneration has come close to being a growth industry . |
| 4 | When the firm became Bell Lawrie in 1986 he became managing director and the firm changed simultaneously from being a partnership to a limited company . |
| 5 | The Princess of Wales looks forward to being a Lady of the Garter one day , and if precedent is followed , her appointment will depend on Prince Charles when he becomes King . |
| 6 | She had not at all looked forward to being a débutante and wearing fancy women 's clothes , and not being allowed to climb trees , and accompany Papa , who always , said her mama despairingly , let her do exactly as she pleased . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | There is also a natural reluctance to own up to being a ‘ failure ’ , so the students who do vanish probably include a higher percentage of unemployed people than do those who respond to the universities ' questions . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I was looking forward to being a guest in Ireland for the first time , instead of merely a paying guest . |
| 11 | ‘ He was really looking forward to being a father and could not wait for the birth . |
| 12 | PETER Minnis will miss the Carlsberg Ulster championships because of a recurrence of a long-standing injury — but the inter pro star is quite looking forward to being a spectator at the Boat Club tournament which begins a week tomorrow . |
| 13 | However , I 'm very much looking forward to being a member of N C V O as well as being a consumer of its excellent services , and while I 've got the the platform , I 'd like to take this opportunity to wish Judy every success as Director of N C V O. I think she 's got off to a marvellous start , and I 'm sure that N C V O's gon na flourish under her leadership . |
| 14 | ‘ I wear a White is Beautiful badge and get run in for being a racist … ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | To be honest , it looked as though she had given up on being a woman . |
| 17 | and so on , but he 's moving away from being a completely response lead |
| 18 | Although the government has gone to great lengths ( £1 million spent on marketing the proposals ( in an attempt to convince us that the NHS will still remain a National Health Service and will still be free to those requiring health care the proposals clearly spell the future of a health service which will move away from being a public tax funded service to a two tier service , with those who ca n't afford to pay on the bottom level receiving inadequate and cash starved services . |
| 19 | Colour printing is moving rapidly from being a novelty to being the required method of output . |
| 20 | He 's got very he 's very sensitive cells in his nose because , cos a dog used to be a hunting dog , and goes back to being a wolf , they used to track their prey to eat so they 've still got that ability and we have n't , but a dog has , it can smell . |
| 21 | Once you get accustomed to life on the range , it 's hard to go back to being a city slicker . |
| 22 | ‘ Oh , he decided that he 'd had enough and wanted to go back to being a teacher . ’ |
| 23 | He kept telling him to go back to being a serious actor . |
| 24 | Now if anyone asks if you feel for any sense that perhaps some of these routines have perhaps got a bit of become inappropriate in some way , perhaps because you 're teaching a different type of child , or perhaps because you 've got rather different educational aims , they 've changed for some reason , then it 's like asking someone to go back to being a novice again in some senses to change . |
| 25 | Neruda explains what he got out of being a member of the Communist party in personal terms : ‘ I found in my party , the Communist Party of Chile , a large group of simple people , who had left personal vanity , caudillismo and material interests far behind . |
| 26 | 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 ? |
| 27 | Right , but what you 've got the opportunity of doing now during being a life assurance sales person , with self-employed status if you like , with the benefits of being in a company like ours , is really thinking where do I want to be in five years ' time . |
| 28 | But for now the company are content to be doing well by being a cut above the rest . |
| 29 | ‘ Like Ian Page ( lead singer of Secret Affair ) will go on about being a mod is being an individual . |
| 30 | 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 . |