Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Latterly I was digitalised and pulsed my way across the dark convexities of visual-display units . |
| 2 | Mostly I was ignored , although I had every material thing I could wish for . |
| 3 | Eventually I was asked if my reference number related to a low-level police helicopter flight planned in Wales . |
| 4 | Eventually I was drawn to a sign in the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society advertising 11.3 per cent . ’ |
| 5 | Eventually I was driven back to the Noones ’ house by a blue-clad security man . |
| 6 | When I left school , which was in nineteen thirty , it was a bad time for employment , there was a lot of unemploy unemployed people and I tried and tried and eventually I was offered a job at the Bloxwich Lock and Stamping Company in Bell Lane Alexander works , it was er er Squires 's were , er it 's a family er er concern , and erm it was the first offer I 'd had for employment so I took it . |
| 7 | He asked me a lot of suspicious questions , and eventually I was shown to what must have been the poorest room in his house , over the kitchen , facing a hen-run . |
| 8 | Then she must sit in the sun before hauling it back up and altogether I was enraged and wished I was in a condition to show her how it should be done . |
| 9 | I mean , I myself , for instance , after I 'd published my first book on psychoanalysis in nineteen eighty was summoned to the House of Commons by and given a dinner , in the House of Commons Restaurant , which is n't very good actually , least it was n't then , and effectively I was told by this great man was , noticed , had a very high opinion of his own ego , that erm , you know the left was in charge of psychoanalysis in this country , and had better conform or shut up . |
| 10 | Before being taken on I was asked to go to Parma because the ‘ Big Boss ’ , as he was called , wanted to interview me . |
| 11 | I ordered six and from then on I was hooked . |
| 12 | That was totally unplanned. erm I was told by a friend that there was erm Pebble Mill were going to organise an Environment Project Competition for Great Britain , and they suggested I sent for a form , which I did , and filled it in , and erm to my astonishment a film crew came down and filmed the pond , and later on I was invited with my husband to Pebble Mill to get this award and it was given me by Virginia Mackenna and Bill Waters , and David Bellamy was there , and erm we had a wonderful time . |
| 13 | ‘ I suppose you 'd rather I was clothed in a voluminous sack ; then your beloved Dane would n't be able to ogle my body as he normally does . ’ |
| 14 | I leave my car to talk with them , and suddenly I am attacked , my wallet taken . |
| 15 | Suddenly I 'm surrounded by a stereophonic cacophony — from the radio on one side and the hallway on the other . |
| 16 | Suddenly I was struck down by an illness . |
| 17 | And suddenly I was swept out of myself — knowing , knowing , knowing . |
| 18 | Suddenly I was woken by a gentle knocking on the window . |
| 19 | And suddenly I was changed in myself . |
| 20 | They must have been watching from a hill-top as I rode towards them because suddenly I was surrounded by a company of about 40 soldiers , all aged between 17 and 18 years . |
| 21 | Suddenly I was enveloped in one of those bitter North Sea murks and it was blowing quite strong from an easterly direction . |
| 22 | ‘ Suddenly I was confronted by a huge and altogether indescribable blue figure wearing a red hat . |
| 23 | If I 'd have thought that Mrs Carrow would take it on herself to go down to the beach with little Celia that morning when one of my younger brothers came for me because my mum was ill , well I 'd never have gone , however much I was needed at home . |
| 24 | ‘ Basically I 'm paid a salary and given complete control over training his horses . |
| 25 | When I sat down I was handed a plate made of real china which had bread and butter and cakes on it . |
| 26 | Eventually as the rapids calm down I 'm swept to the river bank , exhausted , shaking , but mercifully only a little battered . |
| 27 | There are some other interesting strategies recommended in the book and as someone who has always been frustrated by his inability to draw nicely I am bound to admit that the exercises suggested by Miss Edwards have brought about an unexpected improvement in my performance as a draughtsman . |
| 28 | ‘ If I am a caveman , perhaps I am influenced by these islands ’ proliferation of caves ? ’ he suggested , grinning . |
| 29 | Perhaps I 'm spoilt . |
| 30 | Perhaps some other Allens lived next door in Marathon Avenue or perhaps I was born in Victoria Road . |