Example sentences of "[pron] be [vb pp] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amongst them are found the last adepts of controlled altered states , out-of-the-body experience , psycho-navigation , environmental wisdom and time-honoured alternative methods of giving birth , healing , living and dying . |
| 2 | My own plans are still totally up in the air , except that I am sure to resume my work when the new season gets underway — and then I am just going to make music wherever I am offered the best conditions for it . |
| 3 | ( I am told the two storey six-bed house first on left as one descends the hill rents for £350 or so , yes £350 , in high summer ) . |
| 4 | and I 'm born the last day in April . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm told the front rows in the Moore tragedy were so close that they had to bend at the waist to get in ’ , said Akpata . |
| 6 | I 'm left a little cold by sampling and sequencers in general — just as I would n't consider a romantic liaison with my fridge — but I did find myself interested by it all . |
| 7 | Lot number eight Lot eight there we are there it is showing to you , Lot number eight and I 'm offered a hundred pounds to start me on it , one hundred pounds and ten , twenty , one hundred and twenty pounds at a hundred and twenty pounds all s all done at one twenty , one thirty , forty a hundred and forty pounds selling for one hundred and forty pounds , any more at one hundred and forty pounds . |
| 8 | Lot number thirty five Lot number thirty five there we are , there it is showing , Lot number thirty five , eighty pounds for this one , at eighty , eighty five , ninety , ninety five , one hundred is offered I 'm offered a hundred pounds and selling for one hundred , all done ? |
| 9 | I 'm promised a nice piece of rump steak with saute potatoes . |
| 10 | I 'm considered a reformed character these days . ’ |
| 11 | Mm I 'm buttoned the other side , now I do n't want it undone do n't want my buttons undone . |
| 12 | Though I 'm cautions by nature and habit , I have a temper that can flare up if I 'm rubbed the wrong way . |
| 13 | You got it right and you stuck to your guns and cos I 'm put a little doubt in your mind you changed . |
| 14 | I would not want to change even if I were offered a British-sounding voice . |
| 15 | Such overcrowded conditions , together with my father 's low salary as a teacher , were probably as important factors as my own abilities in my being considered a suitable case for rescue . |
| 16 | Someone 's made a right pig 's ear of them , and that 's a fact . |
| 17 | ‘ I did n't have the most stamina in the world , I was called a lazy player but I could have played till midnight . |
| 18 | For these services , and following a series of travel talks which I wrote and broadcast in the autumn of 1929 , I was made an Honorary Member of the M.J.A.R.A. , and appointed to the executive committee . |
| 19 | Every day I was sent a secret report by the Chief of Police , and the next afternoon I was playing cards with Fritz when Sapt brought it in . |
| 20 | And I was born the same day . |
| 21 | And the rating officer was part time with the council , and one day , a rent collector was taken ill , and then I was given a five shilling bag of copper and told to go and collect these |
| 22 | After a few months as a general news reporter I was given a wider range of assignments and when Jim Miller left , my regular beats included the monthly School Board meetings and the daily Police Court and High Court sessions . |
| 23 | While researching my article , I was given a long briefing at Falkland House in London , by a Falkland Islands councillor nominated by the Islands ' London representative . |
| 24 | I was given a good hiding , which I deserved , but it made no difference . |
| 25 | ‘ Fortunately , I was given a good assessment on the first 45 minutes , and apparently the experiment proved I 'm very fit . |
| 26 | For my birthday in February I was given a good quality ‘ used ’ rowing boat . |
| 27 | After about six months Stateside and more operations , I was given a medical discharge with 100% disability ’ . |
| 28 | I was given a brisk homily by the sister in charge about how ill Toby was , and that my allowance was no more than ten minutes . |
| 29 | As a boy I was given a little patch of our garden to cultivate . |
| 30 | I was surprised how things had changed — as I walked in I was given a big plastic number 33 ( shame I did n't turn up later as I could have stolen the number 38 to replace my house number which has seen better days ) and was given a list of reasons not to give blood . |