Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] be entitled to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some woman journalist friend of his had a handicapped daughter and found she was entitled to virtually no help looking after her , whereas if she fostered someone else 's kid she got any number of handouts . |
| 2 | They say they are entitled to compensation against BNFL under the Nuclear Installations Act . |
| 3 | The woman was reprimanded for " a heap of lies " and told she was entitled to nothing unless " we liked to give her daughter 's child a pair of shoes " . |
| 4 | and that was for that , then I had a letter back to say that we were having , there was too much money coming in a week for me to draw unemployment and then they , then a few days later I had this double page letter a big one that says you are entitled to no prescription help , X amount of pounds after erm eighty pounds per glasses you are responsible for the first eighty pound , we say that you can afford to pay that , so much on your teeth , if you 're visiting somebody in prison then you exceed a certain amount of mileage you can only get it if you exceed more than twenty five pound incurring , then I thought oh blow it , forget it , and I never done it , that all come to then , that 's why I wanted a ten of your wage , wage slips you remember now ? |
| 5 | It is a return to the 1930s idea that people out of work had to humble themselves to be given benefit they were entitled to . |
| 6 | ‘ After driving you all that way , I should think she was entitled to be a bit boring . ’ |
| 7 | But I think a feminist is somebody who knows that she wants a decent life , she wants to be in control of her own destiny , and who thinks she 's entitled to that . |
| 8 | ‘ As I 'm always on time for my breakfast show , I consider I 'm entitled to be late for everything else . ’ |
| 9 | But Mr Gill said at his home in south London : ‘ Everything I have had I am entitled to under my contract . |
| 10 | I believe they were given a home with luck and Arab backing , but then they wanted a State which they got , I believe they were entitled to one . |
| 11 | A former students union treasurer accused of stealing forty thousand pounds in funds has described the money as a ’ golden handshake or productivity bonus ’ he decided he was entitled to . |
| 12 | ‘ Anyway , I thought I was entitled to my share of what he had , for from the time I 'd gone there five years before , I 'd pulled the business up out of nothing . |
| 13 | When the new Parliamentary Labour Party gathered on Monday for its first meeting since the election , I thought we were entitled to an apology . |
| 14 | You 'd think he was entitled to living with us too you know . |
| 15 | Oh I did n't send it , no , I presumed my er , my managers would have it 's a , it 's a specifically to do with appraisals , erm , persuading to think I 'm entitled to five hundred pound a day , or some something like that . |
| 16 | ‘ After all , I only want a bit of peace and quiet and I think I am entitled to that ! ’ |
| 17 | But looking at it from the other point , that 's the you know the word entitlement comes from you know , I I think I 'm entitled to twenty days ' training , but whether I need twenty days ' training to be |
| 18 | ‘ I think I 'm entitled to something in return , do n't you ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I think I 'm entitled to an explanation . ’ |
| 20 | Your bill will tell you what band you 're in so if you think you 're entitled to any discounts and these are n't shown on your bill , just pick up the phone and call the Action Team they 'll put you through to someone who knows exactly what street you live in and what tax you should pay . |
| 21 | I think we are entitled to be told why . |
| 22 | How many of us have felt interested enough to attend a Building Society A.G.M. provided we are receiving the interest on our deposits we think we are entitled to ? |
| 23 | I think they 're entitled to things like that . |
| 24 | European diplomats say that Reginald Bartholomew , the under-secretary of state for security assistance , has warned them against doing anything with the WEU that undermines NATO or freezes out the Americans from security talks at which they think they are entitled to be present . |
| 25 | I think he is entitled to substantial damages for an injury of that kind . |
| 26 | And today his former tenant Danny Brady followed up that case with a civil action at Oxford County Court , claiming he 's entitled to thousands of pounds in damages . |
| 27 | At a later hearing Guppy had pled guilty to three charges of falsely claiming he was entitled to repayment of VAT for bogus gold bullion exports , and Marsh pled guilty to one charge . |
| 28 | The lawyer said she was entitled to be judged on her own merits and not those of her father . |
| 29 | The National Heritage Select Committee believes everyone is entitled to ‘ an area of privacy ’ and that the press is not keeping its promise to bring its own house in order though the Press Complaints Commission . |
| 30 | If she wants whatever it is she gets out of this relationship , no one can deny she 's entitled to it . |