| Cym I.i.38 | [First Gentleman to Second Gentleman, of Posthumus' father] took such sorrow / That he quit being [i.e. died] |
| Ham II.i.96 | [Ophelia to Polonius, of Hamlet's sigh] it did seem to shatter all his bulk / And end his being |
| Oth I.ii.21 | [Othello to Iago] I fetch my life and being / From men of royal siege |
| TG III.i.57 | [Valentine to Duke] My health and happy being at your court |
| Tim IV.iii.247 | [Apemantus to Timon] Best state, contentless, / Hath a distracted and most wretched being |
| TS I.i.11 | [Lucentio to Tranio] Pisa ... / Gave me my being and my father first |