Many feel that "being told to hold their fire" increases their vulnerability.
You will often be made to feel that being a "good patient" means not asking questions.
Scotland can feel that being threatened as if it's a colony is par for the course.
A number of Tories now feel that being a climate change sceptic is not just acceptable – but politically advantageous.
Sadly, some managers feel that being the first and last person to speak is a sign of strength.
But these younger guys feel that being a good father involves, at some level, being involved in their daily activities.
Basil Manning, a community worker in Lewisham, says: "People here feel that being black has become co-terminus with crime.
Nor do we feel that being alone is dangerous, except in the rare instances when we fall and crack our tailbones.
Also I always feel that being No. 10 on someone's ranked-in-order top 10 list must give little more joy than being left off entirely.
And Xin Ju, 10, says she doesn't feel that being blind is a disadvantage: "I don't need to see something to believe in it.
Still, there are great-grandparents who feel that being among society's oldest affords them free time that they simply did not have when they were mere grandparents.
