Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [noun sg] [prep] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said : ‘ I was dumbstruck to be asked this by the teller . ’ |
| 2 | She snoozes until it 's time to be fed , |
| 3 | " It is harde to be expected " , wrote one newsletter writer , " with what great joy and satisfaction his majesties have been proclaimed in most of the Citties " , whilst the Earl of Peterborough thought that never had a King been " proclaimed with more applause than he that raignes under the name of James the Second " . |
| 4 | The horse is kept locked up in a stable until it is time to be exhibited for the potential buyer or judge — or mare owner if the horse is a stallion standing at stud . |
| 5 | The compulsion to be exercised in the attempt to satisfy the claim of right is not purely or mainly internal to particular societies : it is compulsion to be exercised by some societies against other societies , coercion to be brought to bear upon an international scale . |
| 6 | Gone are the days when guys thought it was girlie to be groomed , the new man of the 90's makes a noise about the fact that he knows how to look good and what 's more these guys now have more beautifying products than old socks ! |
| 7 | They all more or less agreed above undercurrents of mutual ill-will that it was time to be hit by the brutish cold again . |