Example sentences of "[pron] be [adv] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am constantly called a fool , because I have not that literary indigestion which throws up what it feeds on , every week or so . ’ |
| 2 | Erm , the carol festivals are on and there 's one at Thaxted , which might be quite nice , actually , erm it 's on the same page , the previous column And someone 's just taken a driving test at ninety one . |
| 3 | I was however sent an Agenda , on loan and with the very clear proviso that if I wanted to keep it I would have to pay for it . |
| 4 | Not only did I have to borrow a gown , I was even lent a jacket to go under it ! |
| 5 | Everyone , including the Indians , seemed to be happy and laughing , and in my surly mood I unkindly wished them all in hell — chiefly because no one was in any hurry to serve me and I had to sit and watch a party at the next table consume a feast that looked to me as if it had issued straight from Nirvana , before I was even shown a menu . |
| 6 | I was even offered a van to help me move . |
| 7 | I was also given a Jubilee mug at school , which I still have . |
| 8 | I was also given an indemnity form , which I duly completed and returned . |
| 9 | I was also shown an entry in an old ledger of the period to the effect that plates sent by ‘ Wm . |
| 10 | Q I was recently given a large five gallon tin canister containing linseed oil . |
| 11 | I was recently given a Les Paul copy guitar , but unfortunately the electrics were faulty . |
| 12 | I was recently given a Knitleader as a gift . |
| 13 | I was recently offered a second-hand hard drive — apparently it has a capacity of 33Mb , but I do n't know much else about it . |
| 14 | I ca n't help but think , chairman , in my career I was never given a bottle of whisky to help with the |
| 15 | I was never given a choice because he clearly did n't want me . |
| 16 | I was never considered a true Baldersdale man . |
| 17 | I never wore the roll-neck out there again and as the years passed I was gradually given a large wardrobe of beautiful traditional dresses , which I wore with comfort and delight , each dress reminding me of the giver . |
| 18 | I was then given a number and told to wait outside until my number was called . |
| 19 | Algy used up his measure of luck , I was then given a super navigator with only the sharpest of pencils and the instinct of a homing pigeon who took me through my tour ; he perished the first time he New without me after I was hijacked to Bennett 's staff . |
| 20 | I was then permitted a short time during the lunch interval to study this new material before being cross-examined on it . |
| 21 | I was still handed a second to cause me extra hassle . |
| 22 | I was only given a few days ' notice . |
| 23 | I was only finished a week on Friday you see . |
| 24 | I was once called a ‘ facetious little fucker ’ by a Gentile friend after he had made several observations on the difference between Jewish and non-Jewish girls . |
| 25 | I was once handed a business-card by a rather large , florid trumpet-player which read ‘ Nam Myo Renga Kyo ’ or something similarly memorable . |
| 26 | I was once offered a John Wesley letter which had the slight blemish of being written on paper watermarked some thirty years after the evangelist died , and on another occasion a letter from a supposed Trafalgar seaman , mentioning officers and members of the crew who were not on the muster roll of the ship concerned . |
| 27 | The issue of age weighting does , however , highlight a problem with migration of elderly people to retirement areas , which are then given a relatively high level of estimated need for health care resources . |
| 28 | Characters , for example , are not ‘ real ’ people but effects produced by the semic code through its naming of qualities , which are then given an appearance of individuality and reality through the attribution of a proper name . |
| 29 | Material extracted from their brains was then injected into mice , which were then given a similar light/dark choice , though without being shocked . |
| 30 | Benjamin reports that his classmates openly say things which were never said a year ago . |