being

Example Sentences

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The biologist Michael Levin gets closer to the hard problem: The self, he claims, is memory reworking itself as circumstances demand, and consciousness the feeling of being “in charge of constant self-construction.”

From The Wall Street Journal

It simply asks for a moment of thought — the quiet practice of being a good citizen of the table.

From Salon

A spokesperson for the London Ambulance Service said the baby was treated at the scene before being taken to a major trauma centre.

From BBC

But then leave the driver who has used them short of battery charge, so they are vulnerable to being re-passed.

From BBC

Officers believe he was hit by a car before being moved to the site, where a member of the public found him inside the Coventry City Council bin, West Midlands Police said.

From BBC