Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] [be] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It was King Henry 's one great gesture against Glendower , and nothing had been spared of loans , and exhortations , and massing of stores , to ensure its success .
2 Now the taxation of the plaintiff 's bill of costs , came before master er and er in his taxation , it seems , and I 'm , I think I 'm right in saying it , it seems that erm there is no substantial dispute as to the particular items in the various bills of costs with which he was concerned , it maybe that if there were a discrepancy , he has , he dealt with it and nothing has been said before me today , er to suggest that the figures appearing in the bill of costs ought to be varied and accordingly I have not er have to consider the detail items in the bill of costs , the only issue I did n't decide is whether master was correct in disallowing interest for the period that he did , er Mr for the plaintiff says that he was wrong er that there was no good reason for disallowing him any interest and that accordingly I on this appeal should erm discharge or reverse that part of taxing order as disallowed interest .
3 According to the House of Commons Environment Committee our waste control regulations are a ‘ shambles ’ , and nothing has been done about nitrates and excessive use of pesticides and fertilizers as requested by the EC .
4 This did n't work , so he took the girl back to Sweden and nothing has been heard of them since . ’
5 I certainly have no knowledge of of any contact with regard to the ultimate venue and nothing has been marked on my file .
6 I certainly have no knowledge of any contact with regard to the ultimate venue and nothing has been marked on my file .
7 All statements of fact and information contained or referred to in the Disclosure Letter are true and complete and are not misleading in any respect , all statements of opinion therein have been made after due and careful enquiry and are reasonably believed to be correct and nothing has been omitted from the Disclosure Letter which renders any of such matters misleading .
8 Although police believe the schoolgirl was almost certainly murdered , her body was never found and no-one has been prosecuted in connection with the case .
9 Although police believe Moira was almost certainly murdered , her body was never found and no-one has been prosecuted in connection with the case .
10 I left before the tour was over because it was time for Mott The Hoople to come and tour and I 'd been designated as the person to take care of them , so I went off before it was over .
11 And I remember being called to Caernarfon once , during the time , asking me why did I have such a lot of surplus of points .
12 Well , I do 'appen to 'ave good legs , and I 've been complimented on me knees too . ’
13 And on the other hand , what are changes such that we want to say that at the end of the change there is just no me left there at all and I 've been replaced by something else .
14 And I 've been ordered to .
15 And I 've been stung by nettles , ’ he said , injured , and pretended not to hear Dorrainge who said it was a mistake to pamper nettle stings , and they had n't the time to soothe people 's silly imagined injuries .
16 It is n't working out for me , I 've been told I 've got ta increase my payments to a hundred and one pounds fifty two a week for my two children from my previous marriage , and I 've been told by Social Security that the hundred and one pound fifty two a week will take my ex-wife and her husband off income support , so I will be keeping her family and their child .
17 Well the parrot he sort of came in the Boar War he did he sort of flitted on my shoulder and I 've been lumbered with him ever since and nobody seems to want him .
18 ‘ Well , ’ he said disarmingly , ‘ I may be the devil , but I do n't drink and I 've been married to the same woman for 40 years , so I ca n't be that bad . ’
19 It 's all a long time ago and I 've been married to him for thirty-nine years .
20 Again I thought , well , the world 's there whenever I want it and I had been presented with an incredible opportunity . ’
21 Forbidden to speak any language but French , Marius and I had been punished by the Corporals for speaking English while dismantling the tents at Canjuers .
22 My mother-in-law helped to run one of the early family planning clinics , and I had been despatched to an appointment with the other doctor ! )
23 I have always thought that we entered the ERM at a rate of exchange that was much too high , and I have been reinforced in this view by Britain 's poor showing in international trade during the past 18 months .
24 And , yes , I know , to become gods you have to lose God and I have been touched by evil .
25 ‘ A couple of the DJs and I have been invited to a party being given by one of the local music companies .
26 ‘ The one consolation is that my husband Samuel and David and I have been invited to be in the audience when Go For It is filmed .
27 I have lived here for nearly eighteen years and I have been accepted by the local community .
28 Upper Halling has its own team and in its early days this team played in the field opposite the Robin Hood , and I have been told of near carnivals on Sunday afternoons .
29 what I would like and I 'm sure it happens with the previous C P O er and I have been notified by telephone and I keep saying to them let me know , but I would like probably a memo from each C P O to say that there is a meeting on this particular night .
30 My family and I have been subjected to unprovoked stone-throwing and spitting by gangs of youths who I presume are from right wing groups .
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