| 1. | Stop being so stubborn as you're an old woman. | Eṃōj ṇe aṃ adkeelel bwe kwōleḷḷap. | adkeelel |
| 2. | When he returned after being absent for some time, he seemed more American. | Epād im ḷak jāde tok, eri-aelōñin pālle. | aelōñin pālle |
| 3. | He's drenched from being caught in the rain. | Aeṇakin ke ear wūte. | aeṇak |
| 4. | The last I saw him he was being his noisy self going your way. | Eñeo ear baj aeñwāñwā wōt waj ijeṇeṇe waj. | aeñwāñwā |
| 5. | She'll know, being someone who influences others to live as relatives toward one another. | Enaaj jeḷā bwe e ri-kaaerṃwe. | aerṃwe |
| 6. | Being burdensome to people is not acceptable. | Ri-kaailparok armej ej jab eṃṃan. | ailparok |
| 7. | His being troublesome delayed us. | Ailparokin ekōṃṃan ad ruṃwij. | ailparok |
| 8. | Your being noisy woke the baby. | Ailuwannañnañūṃ ekọruj niñniñ e. | ailuwannañnañ |
| 9. | His being an offspring of a Japanese father gives him a light complexion. | An nejin ri-Jepaan ekaaiṇokkoiki. | aiṇokko |
| 10. | Stop swaying back and forth as you're being photographed | Jab ajjiṃaalal bwe rej pijaik eok. | ajjiṃaalal |
| 11. | The tipñōl is being towed here while those towing it can still touch the bottom with their feet. | Rej akaketok wōt tipñōl eo. | akake |
| 12. | He's being independent until he gets locked up in the calaboose. | Ej anemkwōjḷọk ñan ñe edeḷọñ ilo kalbuuj. | anemkwōj |
| 13. | I don't like being taken by surprise. | Enana ankōmājur. | ankōṃad |
| 14. | This boat is drawing a lot of water (and being impeded thereby). | Eḷap an añōt wa in. | añōt |
| 15. | Why don't you stop being so envious of everybody? | Eṃōj ṇe aṃ bōbanban (ebbanban)? | ban |
| 16. | When will you get over the habit of always being broke | Enaaj jemḷọk ñāāt aṃ ibbūrookok? | būrook |
| 17. | Buoys are being installed in the channel. | Rej kōṃṃan buwae ilo to eṇ. | buwae |
| 18. | You keep being distracted by her and you won't get anything done. | Kwōnāj bajjek elwaj ñane innem ejjeḷọk men eṇ etōprak. | el |
| 19. | I can't stop being nostalgic about this place. | Eban jeṃḷọk aō emḷọke tok ijin. | emḷọk |
| 20. | Always being sloppy | Ri-iiōk dakdak. | iiōk |
| 21. | Stop being sloppy | Eṃōj ṇe aṃ iiōk dakdak. | iiōk dakdak |
| 22. | I want you to stop being tardy | Eṃōj ṇe aṃ iki-ruṃwij. | iki-ruṃwij |
| 23. | Stop being so carefree and start making something of your life. | Eṃōj ṇe aṃ jejabdede (ejjabdede) ak kwōn jino koortokjān aṃ mour. | jabde |
| 24. | That child is always being carried (on the hip). | Ejjeḷọk wōt jejaja (ejjaja) in eṇ ajri. | jaja |
| 25. | The bottles on all those coconut trees being tapped for sap are all less than half full. | Aolep ni jekaro kaṇ im jejekapenpen (ejjekapenpen). | jakapen |
| 26. | They excommunicated him for promiscuous cohabitation—"living together" without being married | Raar jarin kōtḷọke kōn an koba waan. | jarin kōtḷọk |
| 27. | Today in the Marshalls one rarely sees aje being used. S11 | Ilo raan kein i Ṃajel ekanooj in jeja ellolo aer kōjerbal aje. | jeja |
| 28. | The fish have to be cleaned before being cooked | Ek kaṇe raikuj jejjet ṃokta jān aer kōmat. | jejjet |
| 29. | Don't make false excuses for not being in school. | Kwōn jab kōṃṃan jekpen kōn aṃ kar jab jikuuḷ. | jekpen |
| 30. | Stop being unkind and have a heart. | Joḷọk jememe im kōpeḷḷọk būruoṃ. | jememe |
| 31. | He insists on being naughty again. | Ebar jiktok an nana. | jiktok |
| 32. | His diabetes prevents him from being athletic | Nañinmej in tōñal eṇ an ekōjọkkurereiki. | jọkkurere |
| 33. | She's excommunicated from church for being a whore. | Raar joḷọke jān jar kōn an nana. | joḷọk |
| 34. | When you are being honored at a feast, you should give away little presents to show your appreciation. | Ñe rej kaṃḷo ñan eok kwōj aikuj kabbōjrak. | kabbōjrak |
| 35. | His being an orphan is pathetic. | Ekabūroṃōjṃōj kōn an jako jinen im jemān. | kabbūroṃōjṃōj |
| 36. | Stop being like children polishing apples. | Koṃwin jab kappok ami jide im āinwōt ñe koṃ ajri. | kappok jide |
| 37. | “But don’t forget the old saying ‘staying within the realm of possibilities is short, but being adrift like this is long’; when you guys fill the boat with scrap, it will be more dangerous.” P99 | “Ak jab meḷọkḷọk naan eo an rūtto ro, ‘ekadu tōllọk in a eaetok peḷọk in’ ñe koṃ ḷokan kanne wa ṇe kōn jọkpej, ej kab naaj kauwōtataḷọk wōt.” | kauwōtata |
| 38. | Despite his being old, he's still very active. | Jekdọọn ñe eḷōḷḷap ak ej keiñki wōt. | keeñki |
| 39. | What are you being so silent and pensive about? | Ta ṇe kwōj kejakḷọkjeṇ kake? | kejakḷọkjeṇ |
| 40. | Who is responsible for these people being here | Wōn ear kilaaktok armej rein? | kilaak |
| 41. | When copper (scrap) was being bought, everyone on this island went looking for copper. | Ke raar wia kōba, aolep ri-ānin raar kōkōba. | kōba |
| 42. | “Yes, and the reason being that we have been going against the wind and the waves all this time,” Father replied. P794 | “Enaaj kōjkan ke joñan ettōr tak eo adeañ ippān kōto im ṇo ko eo,” Jema euwaak. | kōjka- |
| 43. | “How come I was so close to the tank and yet I did not hear the sound of gasoline gurgling as it was being poured into it?” P592 | “Etke ilukkuun epaake tāāñ eo ak ikar jab roñ ainikien an kokopkop ke ej tōteiñ?” | kokopkop |
| 44. | We were being very careful. P1186 | Kōmmān ekar lukkuun kōjparok. | kōm |
| 45. | He's being very careful about his wife. | Ej kōṃbade kōn lieṇ ippān. | kōṃbade |
| 46. | She got tears in her eyes from being bawled out. | Ekōmmeñ jān aer kar lui. | kōmmeñ |
| 47. | I want you to stop being late all the time. | En ṃōj aṃ kōṇaan ruṃwij. | kōṇaan |
| 48. | Why don't you stop being late all the time? | Eṃōj aṃ kōṇaan ruṃwij? | kōṇaan |
| 49. | It is growing very well after being skinned | Eṃṃan an mour bwe raar kōnare. | kōnar |
| 50. | He was informed / notified of his being fired from the job he held. | Raar kōnnaanōke ke eṃōj pikkajoik jān jerbal eo an. | kōnnaan |
| 51. | It was flying on course with our boat for the time being. P931 | Ekar bōk ejja kooj eo wōt an wa eo waammān. | kooj |
| 52. | Why don't you stop being frightened all the time? | Eṃōj ṇe aṃ kokorkor (ekkorkor)? | kor |
| 53. | Stop being skeptical and start helping me. | Kwōn jab kōrraat ak kwōn jipañ eō. | kōrraat |
| 54. | You'll burn in hell for being profane | Kwōnāj bwil ikena kōn aṃ kōtrai. | kōtrāe |
| 55. | No sense being boisterous about it because you're at fault. | Kwōn jab lelejlej (ellejlej) bwe aṃ bōd eo. | lelejlej |
| 56. | He's being punished for smoking. | Ej kalbuuj bwe ear lijāludik. | lijāludik |
| 57. | Why don't you stop being a coward? | Eṃōj ṇe aṃ llōḷñọññọñ? | lōḷñọñ |
| 58. | I keep on being thirsty because I ate salt. | Immaroro kōn aō kar ṃōñā jọọḷ. | maro |
| 59. | John didn't know what to say, being so embarrassed for James when he (James) fell down. | Jọọn eñak ta eo en ba kōn an mejko kake Jemej ke ear buñ. | mejko |
| 60. | Where are you taking your embarrassment? Why don't you stop being embarrassed | Kwōj memālwewe (emmālwewe) ḷọk ñan ia? | memālwewe |
| 61. | That child keeps on being homesick | Eowoñoñ ajri eṇ. | oñ |
| 62. | Let her use your pins for the time being. | Kwōn ja kapiinini ippān ṃokta | piinin |
| 63. | He was informed / notified of his being fired from the job he held. | Raar kōnnaanōke ke eṃōj pikkajoik jān jerbal eo an. | pikkajo |
| 64. | Why don't you stop being so easy going? | Eṃōj ṇe aṃ rōrḷọkḷọk (erraḷọkḷọk)? | raḷọk |
| 65. | Never have we seen such great fakes about being sick | Ejjeḷọk wōt riabier nañinmej. | riab nañinmej |
| 66. | He really shrunk after being in prison. | Eḷak rọọltok jān kalbuuj etor. | tor |
| 67. | Stop being indiscrete or you'll get caught. | Lale aṃ jakkōlkōl bwe kwōnaaj tọrōk. | tọrōk |
| 68. | “That seems so far because we are so tired of being out here on the ocean,” I said to both of them. P1209 | “En baj tōtoḷọk wōt ke jeṃōk in pād ioon lọjet,” iba ñan erro. | tōtoḷọk |
| 69. | You'd better stop being fearful if you want to get anywhere in life. | Kwōn joḷọk aṃ tūtṃurṃur (ittūṃurṃur) bwe wūnin aṃ wōtlọk ṇe | tūtṃurṃur |