being

If a servant complained of being abused, his master had no power to retain him.

That being impossible, none other was graceful; hence none other was to be considered.

To Billy Brue was allotted the easiest as being the most probable route.

"Marvellous, indeed, is the mystery of our being," exclaimed Anaxagoras.

Meantime the stronghold of Mauburn's optimism was being desperately stormed.

Being under his care, it was his duty to keep it in good condition.

He sat down in a chair, and stretched out his legs, with an air of being at home.

His nephew was securely disposed of for the night, being fastened in his chamber.

He was not by any means an ideal monk, but he was equally far from being a scandal.

Our hero listened with modest pleasure while it was being read.