Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [adv] and [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( ii ) " Long Play " discs ( CLV : Constant Linear Velocity ) The frames on these discs are assigned differently and they do not play at constant speed . |
| 2 | Lite is rather too ‘ lite ’ — many of the features have been stripped out and it has a very plain interface |
| 3 | To improve the quality of our work , these are erm , when I say though the current position is the technical quality is variable , these this assessment comes from internal reviews which are carried out and we have annual quality control reviews in all parts of the of the practice and the answers that have been come back coming back from those quality control reviews have and they 're pretty strict reviews it seems , strictly in accordance with the book , strictly in accordance with all the reg rules and regulations and , so if one has deviated from those and it 's hardly surprising how very high standards B S five seven five O would have , be quite easy to obtain in most of our practice areas , so it 's hardly surprising that there will be occasions when we do n't actually er come up with ten out of ten on a on an assignment . |
| 4 | There were many theories about how it had been carried out and who had been the accomplices . |
| 5 | If your preparation phase and goal setting has been done carefully and you do not expect yourself to do too much too soon , you should find that for the most part you succeed . |
| 6 | It had been granted grudgingly and she knew she was on thin ice as far as her superiors were concerned . |
| 7 | During " incubation " , the frogs gastric juices are turned off and she eats nothing . |
| 8 | Your worships , Mr works for Wallbank aerials in Worley and he works for them as an engineer his vehicle was erm something that he did use for work , but unfortunately as a result of the accident his has been written off and he has n't yet been able to er , replace it and so he 's having to be erm er , chauffeured by the company to do his er his work . |
| 9 | His vehicle was erm something that he did use for work but unfortunately as a result of the accident his has been written off and he has n't yet been able to er replace it and so he 's having to be erm er chauffeured by the company to do his er his work . |
| 10 | On Nov. 13 , 1990 , the government announced that 7,000 Romanians whose asylum applications had been turned down and who had neither shelter nor work would be returned to Romania ( while another 3,000 had found work and would be allowed to remain ) . |
| 11 | Her elbows had been lashed together and she hung from the ceiling like a snared sparrow . |
| 12 | And you know , you 're sat there and you think |
| 13 | The papers are all subjected to these for several Conferences before they 're voted on and we lay great emphasis on achieving consensus on any motion , and I think today on the Palestine/Israel debate , which is obviously a very contentious issue , it went through in about half an hour , very calmly , very peacefully , because a lot of hard work had been done . |
| 14 | I have n't been in it since we 've been here and I said ooh there , they 're packed out and they had some beautiful stuff |
| 15 | We 're divorced now and he pays his dues , but wo n't have anything to do with me or our son . |
| 16 | ‘ Everything in my life , every little manhole , has been opened up and everyone has had a sniff . ’ |
| 17 | The injunctions have been handed round and we hope the word will spread round the country . |
| 18 | The light penetrates deeper into me , down my arms , chest , abdomen and finally my legs , until all the grey heaviness has been washed away and nothing remains within me but the sparkling light . |
| 19 | She had been crying again and her mascara had been washed away and she looked like an eleven-year-old waking up in hospital after an operation . |
| 20 | Cos I wa , I was directly involved when I did a hell of a lot of work for Marconis , they sent me up to Glenrossi 's cos they got a micro er , electronics factory up there doing micro-chips , and one of the big coal mines up there had just been closed down and they said well , there 's no doubt about it , you know wha what we got ta do is re-train the miners ! |
| 21 | Most of the lights in the underpass had been kicked out and what showed of the green and white tiling had been generously sprayed with graffiti , Hendrix and Are Gay Militants Limp Fisted ? |
| 22 | Hubel and his colleagues had studied the visual cortex of the rhesus monkey for many years without observing these cells and it was only when the cytochrome oxidase blobs had been demonstrated consistently and they started to look for receptive-field properties within them that they obtained these surprising results . |
| 23 | Her uniform shirt was crisp and her red hair had been tied back and she had a hint of an overbite . |
| 24 | And it turned out chap had been locked out and he forced one of his windows himself to get in . |
| 25 | The entire area had been roped off and there appeared to be policemen every ten yards . |
| 26 | She 'd been set up and she had thought Fernando was so desperate to have her back in his life that he had manipulated the whole thing . |
| 27 | The qualities of beef and dairy types of Shorthorn have been appreciated worldwide and they have been used extensively in creating new breeds or improving existing ones and native types . |
| 28 | And when he 'd finished and been weighed again and she 'd changed his diaper and put it in the special container to go away for the chemical analysis — And a nasty old job that must be to do ! |
| 29 | Our conclusions for what they are worth are set out and we come to a figure of about forty five thousand . |
| 30 | Well I think a lot of women are looking for an equal partnership really erm where the rules are laid down and they know where they stand , you know . |