BEING + past participle ‘Being born in the …’ – English Grammar Profiler
C1 point 32 in the category of PASSIVES is defined as:
NON-FINITE CLAUSES
‘-ing’ form as a subordinate clause or a noun clause to give explanatory background information.
A search in the iWeb corpus for
. Being _VVN * *
gives us our
being + past participle list
1 . BEING LOCATED IN THE 77 2 . BEING BORN AND RAISED 70 3 . BEING PREPARED FOR THE 69 4 . BEING STUCK IN A 62 5 . BEING EXPOSED TO THE 59 6 . BEING MARRIED TO A 58 7 . BEING RAISED IN A 55 8 . BEING STUCK IN THE 45
9 . BEING BASED IN THE 42
10 BEING BORN IN THE
41
Being born in the rainforest region of Sumatra, I believe in the power of our forests as the natural solution to our climate crisis by giving indigenous peoples and traditional communities more rights to protect and manage the forests where they live.
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11 . BEING PREPARED IS THE 41 12 . BEING SURROUNDED BY THE 41 13 . BEING LOCATED ON THE 40 14 . BEING BASED ON THE 38 15 . BEING FILLED WITH THE 38 16 . BEING PREPARED WITH A 35 17 . BEING CONNECTED TO THE 34 18 . BEING EXPOSED TO A 33 19 . BEING SURROUNDED BY A 33 20 . BEING MADE OUT OF 32 21 . BEING PREPARED WILL HELP 31 22 . BEING BROUGHT UP IN 29 23 . BEING SURROUNDED BY SO 29 24 . BEING MADE IN THE 28 25 . BEING PREPARED CAN HELP 28 26 . BEING PREPARED FOR A 28 27 . BEING SITUATED IN THE 27 28 . BEING SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE 27 29 . BEING HIT BY A 25 30 . BEING KNOWN AS A 24
31 . BEING CUT OFF FROM 24
32 . BEING CHASED BY A
23
34 . BEING BASED ON A 23
35 . BEING EQUIPPED WITH THE 23
36 . BEING TRAPPED IN A 23
37 . BEING INSPIRED BY THE 22 38 . BEING IMMERSED IN THE 22 39 . BEING FORCED TO USE 22 40 . BEING BORN INTO A 22 41 . BEING SEEN AS A 22 42 . BEING BITTEN BY A 21 43 . BEING KNOWN AS THE 21 44 . BEING GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY 21 45 . BEING LOCATED IN A 21 46 . BEING PREPARED FOR ANY 20 47 . BEING PREPARED FOR THIS 20 48 . BEING RAISED BY A 20 49 . BEING RAISED IN THE 20 50 . BEING STUCK IN TRAFFIC 20 51 . BEING TREATED LIKE A 20 52 . BEING INDUCTED INTO THE 19 53 . BEING RECOGNIZED AS A 19 54 . BEING SELECTED AS A 19 55 . BEING IMMERSED IN A 18 56 . BEING CALLED A ” 18 57 . BEING DIAGNOSED WITH A 18 58 . BEING PREPARED WITH THE 18 59 . BEING REMOVED FROM THE 18 60 . BEING SAID THAT , 18 61 . BEING TOLD , ” 18 62 . BEING COOPED UP IN 17
63 . BEING FORCED TO DO 17
64 . BEING EXPOSED TO THIS 17 65 . BEING BORN IN A 17 66 . BEING BORN AGAIN IS 17 67 . BEING INCLUDED IN THE 17
68 . BEING FORCED TO WORK 17
69 . BEING INFORMED ABOUT THE 17 70 . BEING SET IN THE 17 71 . BEING LEFT HANDED , 16 72 . BEING ASSOCIATED WITH THE 16 73 . BEING FACED WITH A 16 74 . BEING PREPARED FOR THESE 16 75 . BEING RECOGNIZED BY THE 16 76 . BEING CONFINED TO A 15 77 . BEING LOCATED CLOSE TO 15 78 . BEING PREPARED AND KNOWING 15 79 . BEING PREPARED FOR AN 15 80 . BEING PREPARED IS A 15 81 . BEING PUT IN THE 15 82 . BEING SITUATED ON THE 15 83 . BEING SOLD WITH NO 15 84 . BEING SURROUNDED BY NATURE 15 85 . BEING SURROUNDED BY OTHER 15 86 . BEING TOLD THAT YOU 15
87 . BEING TREATED AS A 15
88 . BEING USED TO THE 15 89 . BEING INTRODUCED TO THE 14 90 . BEING FORCED TO BUY 14 91 . BEING ENGAGED IN THE 14 92 . BEING LOCKED INTO A 14
93 . BEING PLACED ON THE 14
94 . BEING DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER 13 95 . BEING CAUGHT OFF GUARD 13 96 . BEING ATTACKED BY A 13 97 . BEING LED BY THE 13 98 . BEING PREPARED IS ALWAYS 13 99 . BEING SOLD AS IS 13
100 . BEING SURROUNDED BY WATER 13
B2 vocabulary:
chased, equipped, exposed, forced, inspired, placed, trapped, treated
This following example is not ‘background information’:
Being asked for help is a privilege .