Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] be [vb pp] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember being given some caviar once when we were in Russia — wrapped in newspaper because they had no containers to put it in ! |
| 2 | But I had been visited that morning by what was usually at this state of the term a rare inspiration , and was writing a poem of my own . |
| 3 | I had applied to continue full-time research following my degree course , but this had been turned down by my chief officers ; however , I had been told that assistance for part-time study would almost certainly be approved in view of the national policy of encouraging officers to extend their educational qualifications . |
| 4 | I 've been sent some stuff by Chris who used to run Harlow group . |
| 5 | getting increasingly frustrated on the subject of other things , pelican crossings and that I 've been concerned to hear since I 've I 've been requested this question and er it was briefly reported in the Cambridge evening news last night that they they 've had almost continuous telephone calls today complaining erm which shows the public as I thought of my own experience er are very concerned about this and would like to erm first of all bring it to the council 's attention and do regard as serious and ask the chair if there is a proper investigation will be made into the way the council handles this subject . |
| 6 | I 've always shaved my legs but I 've been told that shaving makes the hair grow more strongly . |
| 7 | When Jesus appeared after his resurrection to his disciples in Galilee , he told them , ‘ I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ This is the reason they were first given and I would like to think that I have been given this award because of that . |
| 9 | Anyway , as I have been given more recognition and opportunity to draw to my strengths under your editorship , I would like to express my appreciation and thanks for giving me a ‘ go ’ . |
| 10 | I have been given enough money for you to live the life of a gentleman in London while you are studying . |
| 11 | I have been sent another example , which is rather more serious . |
| 12 | I HAVE been left some money by my grandmother and have decided to buy myself a car with it . |
| 13 | I have been advised that situation ( 1 ) applies to your Night , Early and Back shifts but that situation ( 2 ) applies to your Day shift . |
| 14 | I have been advised this week that out of 18 UK applications for this section of the Human Capital and Mobility Programme only three succeeded . |
| 15 | She has been appointed this season after the Wordsworth Trust staged a six-day exhibition in Osaka last year . |
| 16 | Perhaps the reason is that she has been persuaded that teacher approval , and whatever other more tangible extrinsic rewards may follow , are in short supply and to gain what she needs she must not simply ( or even necessarily ) improve but also get ( or merely stay ) ahead of others . |
| 17 | She wished she could say she knew she was being difficult and edgy , taking it out on him because she 'd been denied another child . |
| 18 | Aye that er You 've Been Framed that dog in the water with that man . |
| 19 | Cos if you were asked as , as , as a person by , by a manager or by somebody else to , to actually do the training , then it 's your responsibility is n't it you 've been asked , you 've been given that task and it 's your responsibility to ensure that people are able to do at the end of the session something effectively . |
| 20 | She had been widowed some time when we met . ’ |
| 21 | In those days of waiting , she had been spared any dread of Robert 's approaching her . |
| 22 | That 's what we 've been asked this morning . |
| 23 | Thirdly that there is no requirement to demonstrate a need to locate development in open countryside erm and we 've been reminded this morning that erm one of the erm flaws in the policy put forward back in nineteen seventy nine or eighty erm appears to be that it erm required , certainly in the explanatory memorandum , that the development be erm essential erm to er essentially have a countryside location . |
| 24 | No er we 've been told that Radio Leicester , our colleagues here at Radio Leicester tell us that there 's a bit of a delay in sending out C Ds . |
| 25 | ‘ We have been given another chance and it 's up to us to take it . ’ |
| 26 | If Labour come to power we have been promised that access to the countryside for canoeists and ramblers will be reviewed at an early stage . |
| 27 | More recently the Solstice has attracted thousands of New Age travellers , but they 've been banned this year by the same injuctions that now govern Castlemorton common in Worcestershire , where an illegal festival just over a year ago attracted 20,000 travellers . |
| 28 | They had been seated each side of the blazing fire in the drawing-room , but now Martin had sprung to his feet , his voice raised as he repeated , ‘ Done for me ! |
| 29 | On the following day , Stanley told the Finance Committee of the India Council that they had been offered this site , and pointed out the advantages of buying the land from the Government rather than obtaining a special Act of Parliament . |
| 30 | The following table shows how the repayment period varied for each of the four main samples , once people knew all the cost information , depending on what order they had been shown each set of cost figures . |