Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [vb -s] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sort of protection currently offered covers damages for conflict of interest , negligent misstatements , acting beyond the scope of authority and authorising excessive borrowing , failure to supervise others to whom responsibility has been delegated , unauthorised payments and failure to make statutory payments , and errors of judgment not only of negligence . |
| 2 | The ‘ participants ’ will be 30 children for whom assessment has been requested on account of emotional and behavioural difficulties ( EBD ) , together with the professionals involved in each child 's assessment . |
| 3 | I am always in my very best spirits , for my heart has been as light as a feather ever since I got away from all that humbug ; and , what is more , I have become fatter . |
| 4 | My story has been called ‘ extraordinary ’ , ‘ bizarre ’ and ‘ surrealist ’ . |
| 5 | And my chest 's been right sore . |
| 6 | Erm I 've been off work in excess of five years now er add my income has been very very small and whatever award I get will never go ahead and compensate me or my wife for what I 've been through . |
| 7 | My experience has been that for many people there is not all that difference between bringing ‘ God ’ in and touching wood . |
| 8 | All of my experience has been gained on what we know as the fast jets ; in the air defence role I have worked on the Lightning and in the ground attack role with both the Jaguar and Tornado . |
| 9 | My experience has been that entertainers who come for just the show have maximum impact and cause great excitement , especially if they arrive dressed up . |
| 10 | My experience has been that there are a great many people in industrial and other commercial enterprises who want to have insight , and indeed already possess it , into their roles in industry and to contrast these with their roles as citizens . |
| 11 | And my experience has been that virtually all rape cases have been the forcible interference with a woman . |
| 12 | In reply , Sir Derek said that though he could not speak for other directors , ‘ my resignation has been available to the board from the day all this started . |
| 13 | No it 's funny unle I Mum says is it something that 's just been published this year you know , like if someone just published |
| 14 | He said : ‘ Oh — I was just wondering , you know , because my skin 's been getting a little dry recently . ’ |
| 15 | My decision has been not to breed from her , but I 'm still sending letters to colleagues who specialise in genetics and orthopaedics , hoping that they might be able to shed some light on the significance of what I unexpectedly found . |
| 16 | The highest my mum goes is forty pounds cos she does n't think she should spend a lot of money on a pair of trainers that wo n't last . |
| 17 | ‘ What my Mum does is her affair . ’ |
| 18 | My mum has been minding him since he was seven months old , he is now six . |
| 19 | We 're talking about the way my sister has been devastated by your constant and intimate contact with her husband . ’ |
| 20 | For a tender beaming smile to my hope has been granted , |
| 21 | My jaw 's been broken in two places . |
| 22 | Next in schedule three there is provision to compensate Mr and Mrs for the extra work involved in caring for Paul , it is agreed that er since they are in the special position of course of being Paul 's carers they are , not er , I mean no disrespect to nursing but they 're not erm it is agreed that there should a deduction of twenty five percent , that would give an annual figure of two thousand , six hundred and thirty one times four will amount to ten thousand five hundred and twenty four pounds , adding these figures together , future care during schooling comes if my addition has been accurate to ninety three thousand , six hundred and fifty pounds in total . |
| 23 | ‘ I have given 100pc but my play has been affected because I have not been mentally happy . ’ |
| 24 | A lot of what my department does is vital but unseen , as this project showed . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ The very last thing my Department wants is any overt scandal with a CIA connection . ’ |
| 26 | Over the past three years my department has been collaborating with a training programme for general practitioners based at the Conceicao Hospital in Porto Alegre , a large city in the southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul with a population of around 1.5 million . |
| 27 | This is an interesting plan and I am delighted that my Department has been able to offer a grant to help it . |
| 28 | ‘ Anyway , that 's the way my mind 's been working . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh , Charlie , you know my mind 's been made up for years . |
| 30 | Most of the time since we arrived back in England my mind has been full of thoughts about Fiona . |