being there

Example Sentences

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But being there, it also didn’t feel that simple.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026

“We want to be out as quickly as possible, because our purpose in being there is only for them . . . to take over their own affairs.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

"But I think that by us being there it makes people think: 'No, actually I can. Look at them, they're amazing'."

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

“I remember specifically being there, memories of the nail salon chemicals. There was a record shop and a hot dog on a stick,” says Mercado of the mall, which opened in 1977.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

He did that with the people he met, tried to guess a reason for their being there, to determine who had been brought by someone.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie