Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [being] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did n't even think about about the decathlon again until Duncan Mathieson , another one of Jim 's group down here , started going on about being the only one who was going to make it to the World Student Games . |
| 2 | This would make them respectively the first and fifth most popular tourist arractions in the world , with the ones in between being the three existing Disney theme parks . |
| 3 | More , an orthodox chromosomal gene and a virus that is transmitted inside the host 's egg would agree in wanting the host to succeed not just in its courtship but in every detailed aspect of its life , down to being a loyal , doting parent and even grandparent . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Fairbrother was another Kumble victim , skying a catch to mid-off to be sixth out and playing the shot of a man fed up with being the last recognised batsman caught in a hopeless position . |
| 6 | Without consultation , Hayling had invited Pilger to move up from being a mere adviser to the new post of editorial director . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I suppose that you just ca n't help loving this crafty , gormless , dithering , impatient Dagenham boy done good who 's made and apparently lost millions out of being a loveable loser , a part-time winner , with a bit of a chip on his shoulder , perpetually on the edge of panic , needing to much to impress . |
| 10 | He kept telling him to go back to being a serious actor . |
| 11 | Adis Advic is back to being a noisy , naughty five year old . |
| 12 | ‘ I will not give up comedy completely , but I will never go back to being a stand-up comic again . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ If I came back and trained and lived here again I would probably go back to being the blue-eyed boy . |
| 15 | If he had taken her here on the couch a few minutes ago , as he had so nearly done , their abandonment to passion then would have been a mutual — equal — thing , but now he was back to being the dominant partner in what remained of their relationship , controlling it and her . |