Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [prep] [indef pn] [be] " in BNC.

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1 It must be stopped before someone is killed . ’
2 The original position seems to presuppose not just a neutral theory of the good , but a liberal , individualistic conception according to which the best that can be wished for someone is the unimpeded pursuit of his own path , provided it does not interfere with the rights of others .
3 Police say they 'll be easily recognised by friends and neighbours and they must be caught before someone is killed .
4 Police say they 'll be easily recognised by friends and neighbours and they must be caught before someone is killed .
5 will be plonked on somebody 's
6 They are also useful as a short term solution where a pair of fish have had to be split with one being housed in a smaller tank used , for example , as a hospital tank .
7 Dave Kirwan , 45 , who dived into icy waves to save a teenager late on Easter Sunday , said action had to be taken before someone was killed .
8 But I have sometimes thought there might be a problem in the afterlife , if there is such a thing — one hopes but I am not convinced — when one is supposed to be reunited with one 's loved ones .
9 It occurred therefore to one of " the Teutons " who came over with Daniel Höchstetter in the days of Royal Bess , that guineas and half-guineas might be coined without anyone being the wiser .
10 There was clearly a close relationship between Eduard and his friend Chef/Patron Jean Pierre Lallement and we began to feel that we were being entertained in someone 's home rather than in a hotel .
11 ‘ If nought is divided by nought is the answer infinity ? ’ he asks .
12 A loaf or a crust of bread can : be divided between everybody be snatched become part of a ceremony , or a ritual .
13 A GUNMAN fired four shots at a policeman last night — but was grabbed before anyone was hurt .
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