Example sentences of "[pron] and [vb -s] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How much more difficult when that old person is of a different race or culture from one 's own , has a lifetime of tradition and experience of which we know nothing and has been subjected to hostile experiences , whether the horror of the Holocaust or consistent denigration by virtue of skin colour ? |
| 2 | Cotte ( pp. 71 – 2 ) distinguishes two main senses of let , the first of which is described as " the non-intervention of an agent in an action which has been initiated independently of him/her and has been going on already for a certain time " , and can be illustrated by : ( 214 ) He would n't even dance with her at Gavin 's party . |
| 3 | It can not be an informed decision unless the person who has provided the specimens of breath knows that there are two possible specimens which can be substituted for them and has been given the opportunity of making representations as to which of the two types of specimen it should be . |
| 4 | There is some suspicion that the wheel , as with some other mills , may have originally been an external one and has been enclosed by subsequent extensions . |
| 5 | A search involving four lifeboats , an RAF and a police helicopter failed to find him and has been called off , police said . |
| 6 | This has happened to us and has been reported to us by many other couples . |