Example sentences of "[noun pl] [Wh adv] [pron] be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The legal entitlement to common of pasture was defined by the ‘ couchant and levant rule ’ — that is to say , commoners were allowed common for no more cattle than they could keep on their own land during the winter months when they were excluded from the forest . |
| 2 | He held the same office under Richard III ( apart from a few months when it was held by the duke of Buckingham ) and as the main financial officer in south Wales was largely responsible for funding royal servants such as Tyrell and Richard Newton . |
| 3 | He held the same office under Richard III ( apart from a few months when it was held by the duke of Buckingham ) and as the main financial officer in south Wales was largely responsible for funding royal servants such as Tyrell and Richard Newton . |
| 4 | This success followed some ten years after his first stage appearance at the age of 19 months when he was pushed on stage by an enthusiastic aunt to dance . |
| 5 | And that was the sort of level of detail to which we thought we might need to go in those districts where it is demonstrated to us , of the district do need to be considered differently . |
| 6 | Significant numbers of larvae reach the lungs and migrate to the bronchioles where they are killed by the animal 's immune response . |
| 7 | Welcome back.Doctors say a four-year-old girl who suffered dreadful head wounds when she was savaged by two great danes may soon be completely healed . |
| 8 | Ben , who 's fifteen , had just started work at Stars Newsagents when he was approached by the gunman . |
| 9 | Each Holy Roman Emperor , the supreme example of an elected monarch , had to accept the same kind of limitations when he was chosen by the imperial electors . |
| 10 | Picture a once decent apartment building in the Bronx , New York , a part of the city where poverty , drug abuse , AIDS , and prostitution abound , and witness over a few years how it is transformed into a miserable squat and ultimately bulldozed to make way for a new police station . |
| 11 | On the days when I am left to my own devices I am a bit of a disgrace really . |
| 12 | But there is more to be said about Lawrence ; much more than was usually said in the days when he was celebrated as a prophet of straight liberation , and more than is oft en said when he is castigated from the vantage point of contemporary sexual politics . |
| 13 | It had been built for Mr King 's grandfather in the days when he was known as Collector of Mails . |
| 14 | A point to emphasize is that in each case the material was obtained from natural sources distant and sometimes remote from the places where it was put to social use . |
| 15 | The managing director who enjoys high status of both types will have to shift his roles and expectations when he 's asked by the rest of the board to answer criticism of company performance . |
| 16 | Trevor Miles broke his left arm in three places when he was pushed into a wall by some boys at school . |
| 17 | Griffons , chimera and other monsters find their way into the hinterlands of the Inner Kingdoms where they are hunted for sport or captured as war mounts by the High Elves . |
| 18 | Constance had been there just under three weeks when she was called into the fitting room by the vendeuse . |
| 19 | Her back knitted , but doubled over , for after the first weeks when she was laid on the ground from fear of hurting her raw flesh , she had preferred to lie in a hammock , where she had lain curved for weeks on end . |
| 20 | Policies with prefix letters PM or FM ( Motor Car ) , MC ( Motor Cycle ) or CM ( Commercial Vehicle — excluding policies numbered lower than 100,000 ) will qualify for a Special Discount of just under 6% where the policies have been in force continuously for at least three years when they are renewed during the year commencing 1st July 1981 . |
| 21 | In later years when they were reduced to penury , she displayed great moral heroism in preserving intact the framework of a family and a household , which alone enabled her husband to continue his work . |
| 22 | The programme , which was valued at £43m over five years when it was launched in 1989 , has had its budget cut to £29m . |
| 23 | ‘ I was getting to the end of the three years when I was approached by Amalgamated Metal . |
| 24 | His dedication and expertise with Delta were finally rewarded after eleven years when he was promoted to leader of Squadron B , with sixteen men under his command , but while he was on assignment in Libya his wife and five-year-old son were abducted by Arab terrorists in New York . |
| 25 | Because both he and his mate are mobbed as pillagers whenever they are spotted by other birds , the jay realises that reticence is essential for the safety of the expected brood . |
| 26 | I ca n't remember at the policy and resources why it was decided by a majority because in in replying to this report on making our comments to this report , I first had consultations with officers to go through some of the items that we had done and issues that we had covered in this authority especially the members ' services sub committee and we knocked off the bare bones of er a report to the policy and resources committee and the policy . |
| 27 | His jewel being Gleneagles where he is commemorated by a hole called ‘ Braid 's Brawest ’ . |
| 28 | Hathor Hamilton of Devon , a 64-year-old member of Moyra Hopley 's class , sustained a broken elbow and lacerations when she was hit by an overtaking car last October and thrown 12 feet , ending up in a hedge . |
| 29 | They wear muzzles at all times when they are together at home , and we put them in separate rooms whenever they are left on their own . |
| 30 | The star of The Colour Of Money is telling pals how he was let off a speeding ticket by a traffic policeman recently . |