Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [verb] [conj] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have to be ever so particular that all of them are labelled and properly entered in the book . |
| 2 | I was abused and almost attacked once . ’ |
| 3 | But because I was in like really really tight tights , er like and then a pair of ski pants over the top er , my whole leg was like , you know , sort of soaked in and this bloke was there going , hee , that 's pretty impressive and I was like , I 'm not going to let him know I was crying and like got up and went to the top of the slope and I carried on skiing for about an extra half an hour , but like when I got home , and I just took off , my whole leg started , feet swelling as I took the like , the tight like leggings off . |
| 4 | Why had she been chased and nearly killed in Ireland ? |
| 5 | Bear in mind that a number of legal avenues may be open to you if you are dismissed and wrongly treated . |
| 6 | The claimant brought an action against the bank claiming that she be considered as automatically hired as from March 5,1986 ( the date on which the first of above male candidates had been hired ) and she be paid the relevant salary , plus interest , from that same date forward up to the actual payment . |
| 7 | On this basis she was detained but reportedly released , temporarily , to take care of her one year-old daughter . |
| 8 | Posh Porky knew exactly when and where she was born and never stopped reminding us all that she was nearly a year younger than anyone else in the class . |
| 9 | She was driven to Chiswick where she was assaulted and later dumped . |
| 10 | She was fighting and then beaten , the pain and the blackness as vivid in her nightmare as it had been in reality . |
| 11 | She was idolised and soon settled down to life with a British family . |
| 12 | She was raped and then killed and a few days later her naked corpse found somewhere in the hills . |
| 13 | Girfriend Zoe had told him at first that she had seen punches being exchanged betweeen the two , then that she had not , but he said she was confussed and highly distressed . |
| 14 | At best , she had what could be described as deuterocanonical status ; she was unquestionably outside the usual canon of poets , but occasionally she was rediscovered and even admired . |
| 15 | Other noxious substances may be very good drugs too if they are understood and properly used . |
| 16 | It must enable farmers to continue to do the job that they are trained and best qualified to do , which is producing essential food for the nation , at a price that the taxpayer is prepared to pay . |
| 17 | ‘ They are loved and well looked after . ’ |
| 18 | It is possible however to structure plans so that they are responsive to change , particularly when they are formed and later adjusted with the help of a suitable management information system . |
| 19 | They are condemned as signs of unclear or lazy thinking — and , indeed , when they are overused or inappropriately used ( as in a wall of political hedging erected by a defensive politician ) — they are widely and justifiably attacked . |
| 20 | I asked her what on earth happens to people who do n't live in a small town where they are known and therefore helped . |
| 21 | The decision came after a year-long test to ensure that packaging made from pulp mould was strong enough to protect cameras should they be dropped or roughly handled during transport . |
| 22 | In the execution of their duties the foresters often had to contend with armed bands of desperate men ; in many cases they were beaten and even killed while attempting to arrest Forest offenders . |
| 23 | If so , it was very successful , for the incensed Bishop of London reported the matter to Charles I , who had the offenders brought before the Court of High Commission , where they were reprimanded and heavily fined . |
| 24 | It 's isolated and little used , but conveniently near to allied headquarters . |
| 25 | Natural unemployment is considered in section 4.1 : it is defined and then divided into four further categories ( search unemployment , structural unemployment , seasonal unemployment and residual unemployment ) . |
| 26 | It is concluded that previously reported values for trace metals in gastric juice have been incorrect and that the very low amounts secreted in the gastric juice will not interfere with the absorption of trace metals from the diet . |
| 27 | ‘ The freedom to travel independently is taken for granted by most of us and only assumes its real importance when it is limited or even removed , ’ said a spokesman . |
| 28 | A social institution is ‘ legitimate ’ if it is perceived as morally justified ; the problem with the penal system is that this perception is lacking and many people inside and outside the system believe that it is morally indefensible , or at least defective . |
| 29 | Furthermore , any act which falls within the express or implied powers of the vendor contained in its memorandum of association , whether or not a breach of duty on the part of the vendor 's directors , will be binding on the vendor if it is approved or subsequently ratified by the shareholders . |
| 30 | The contents are then sucked into a large tank on a trailer , which is taken to a local refuse treatment works , where it is emptied and thoroughly cleaned . |