Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You do n't want to be healed because it means you do n't have to justify running away . ’ |
| 2 | The emphasis with the old , as with any other age-group , should be on prevention before the need for cure arises , and some elderly people suffer quite unnecessarily from the ‘ silent ’ types of illness which show no dramatic symptoms in their early stages ( such as anaemia ) , and which might well be diagnosed if they visited their doctor at six-monthly intervals when feeling at all ‘ off colour ’ . |
| 3 | This weekend that fear will be realised as she finds herself isolated from the boys who , as she has so often pointed out , mean everything to her . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm old enough to be forgiven if I tell you that the news did n't sadden me . |
| 5 | She realised at once that he could be forgiven if he reminded her that she had n't been too sugary herself during that phone call : but he did nothing of the kind , though he did allow himself a small smirk before all trace of a smile went from him . |
| 6 | After each game you would be forgiven if you thought they had always won , because , win or lose , their only concern was ‘ who are we playing next ’ ? |
| 7 | How accurately do the points have to be aligned before we accept them as a ley ? |
| 8 | Companies will be punished unless they give their employees financial incentives to commute by bus , car-pool , or by rapid-transit rail lines not yet built . |
| 9 | The retributivist principle — that wrongdoers should be punished because they deserve it — is in some ways the complete antithesis of reductivism . |
| 10 | If people are to be punished because they deserve it , it is natural to say that they should also be punished as severely as they deserve — that they should get their just deserts . |
| 11 | We deserve to be punished because we considered ourselves over and above the deceased . |
| 12 | However , the Soviet Defence Ministry on March 29 offered an amnesty to other deserters , saying that they would not be punished if they rejoined their units immediately . |
| 13 | ‘ Whoever gave this drug to Rachel is evil and must be stopped before they kill someone . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Whoever gave this drug to Rachel is evil and must be stopped before they kill someone , ’ he said . |
| 15 | This cream dress is creased , it ought to be ironed before I wear it . |
| 16 | Taste is inborn , little can be learned without it , but everything can be developed if you have it and the discipline to train your eye . |
| 17 | They should not be discharged immediately they reach their target weights , but should become accustomed to eating normal meals rather than the high-energy diet necessary for weight gain . |
| 18 | The news might well be outdated by the time it reached the curia , messengers and even legates might be seized , as Cardinal Leo was by King Imre of Hungary , and the curial instructions might well be outdated when they reached their target . |
| 19 | " Gemma dear , he has a right to be considered and I believe he is a fresh-air man — the Gages and the Bartram-Hyndes have all been brought up to that . |
| 20 | These people must be considered as you organise your data . |
| 21 | Dr Steel said it was difficult to estimate when the gene would be located but he thought it would be months rather than years . |
| 22 | The patches can then be located where you want them among the preamp 's memory locations ( or programs ) , and then called up by a MIDI pedal . |
| 23 | ‘ I should be mortified if I thought I 'd missed a chance to do him a mischief , but it 'd be a cold day in hell before I 'd make a spectacle of myself in the market place . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ If we do , Sir Henry may be caught before he reaches us . ’ |
| 25 | I asked him how he would prefer to be addressed and he said you can call him what you please , as long as it is polite . |
| 26 | Unless there is a particular problem I would propose to delay altering the stops until moving the shelter can be organised as I think it would be confusing , not to say unpopular , to do otherwise . |
| 27 | Presumably , she and her husband have a valuable relationship , which would be devastated if you let your feelings get out of hand . |
| 28 | Their working lives ( up to about fifteen hours ) can be maximised if you handle them with care , so avoid subjecting them to mechanical shocks when in use ; switch off and allow them to cool before moving them around on the set . |
| 29 | They must not be forgotten for they gave their lives in defence of values which are under more bitter attack now all over the world than ever before . ’ |
| 30 | Several times he almost stopped himself , but it felt so good to be unburdened that he let his tongue defy his better judgement . |