Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [prep] [be] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given that its hero 's fatal handicap was the size of his nose , it seemed to me most tactless that there should be a ‘ pneumological ’ institute named after him in Cambo , when the last thing he can have suffered from was breathing problems . |
| 2 | Tony Chivers reported that a number of villagers had volunteered to be footpath representatives and had been allocated two paths each , which they had agreed to walk at least twice a year . |
| 3 | What excited many of those who were following leys was the realization that the legends were about the very same sites which Watkins had found to be ley markers . |
| 4 | Unlike most of my contemporaries , who at a similar age had wanted to be train drivers , I wanted to fly . |
| 5 | Two visitors to our recent Cellulite Roadshow , Nicholle Wicks and Janine Beddelem , have agreed to be guinea pigs and have already lost pounds . |