Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [vb pp] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The governing body of the agency is the board of directors consisting of eleven members , all appointed by parliament , but five of them are appointed pursuant to the recommendation of the following bodies , namely : the organizations dealing with the environment , one by the trade unions , one by the employers ' organization , one by Social Security , and one by the various organizations presently dealing with state assets . |
| 2 | Just as I am drawing his attention to the point and beginning what I know will be a long and wearying discussion , Mirsal , who has been fighting the cabman about his fare outside , appears and lets loose such a torrent of thumbnail word portraits of the clerk 's family that , used as I am to his powers in this respect , I am struck dumb with admiration . |
| 3 | Alas that today of all days , when there will be opportunity for further converse with him , I am laid low with this horrid malady ! ’ |
| 4 | What he actually wanted to say was , I 'm struck dumb with love . |
| 5 | I was made uneasy by those parading men in smart suits and dark glasses , who appeared to be a kind of confraternity of Falangists , ardent nationalists and supporters of Franco , whose picture was everywhere . |
| 6 | I was made sorry for her at first , as I would be for any young girl , crippled — it is hinted by the cruelty of her husband — and a mother , but even at the beginning there is a niggling doubt that she is rather superficial and shallow . |
| 7 | I was made redundant in the summer.Ity 's a chicken and egg thing . |
| 8 | For the first time in my life I was made conscious of not being able to control my own situation . |
| 9 | I was stopped short by torchlight in my face . |
| 10 | On a visit to New York that summer I was stopped short by an elaborate poster on 47th Street welcoming all to Danny 's Den for drinks and food , and to see the appearance of ‘ the one and only Miss Ella Shields ( from London , England ) , the Original Burlington Bertie ’ . |
| 11 | I was found asleep under a hedge , a partly sampled bottle still clutched protectively in my hands . |
| 12 | I did no work that I can remember — I know I was considered hopeless by my teachers and I was quite ready to believe I was hopeless — I can quite well remember keeping mice at the back of the classroom and I can remember the smell . |
| 13 | I first became aware of its potential when I was let loose in a pre-production 205 diesel on a mountain rally course in France and clocked an indicated 100 mph on a downhill stretch . |
| 14 | I knew that if the handle moved faster it would sound better , so I really exerted every ounce of my miserable muscle power and the handle jerked forward with such force that I was lifted clean off the ground . |
| 15 | Well I 'm a single parent and I was left pregnant by my my boyfriend , I did n't have a choice in the matter of having I was quite happy , I was in love , I was quite happy , but I left , on my own , with a child so where does that leave me ? |
| 16 | A similar case is the sentence ( 7 ) which ends the opening paragraph of The Secret Sharer ( 3.3 ) Example 1 ) where the brevity of the sentence " And then I was left alone with my ship , anchored at the head of the Gulf of Siam " contrasts with the complexities of the preceding scene-setting sentences , as if to emphasize the insignificance of the lonely narrator against his background , the sea . |
| 17 | And then I was left alone with my ship , anchored at the head of the Gulf of Siam(7) . |
| 18 | A taxi was called and Hugo and the children left for Liverpool Street and I was left alone with my own thoughts , in a state of mind I could only describe as lustless . |
| 19 | I was left alone in the middle of eight million people . |
| 20 | And I was frightened , I tell you , when I was left alone in the crypt , with a single candle to light my way , and discerned gradually , as my eyes grew accustomed to the dark , the subjects of the Prince 's experiments , standing upright , sentinels at each wall of the chamber , with glittering eyes and teeth . |
| 21 | Accident prevention is extremely important because there are certain situations where you will be unable to help yourself , such as if you are rendered unconscious through a fall or an electric shock . |
| 22 | Your child knows , or thinks , she has put you at a disadvantage by her highly cunning tactics : you are made vulnerable by her highly visible ( indeed , audible ) tantrums and disobedience in public places , whether in supermarkets , on public transport , at the park , during a church service or a visit to the doctor . |
| 23 | When you are made aware of this you can consciously choose not to react in a stressed way and you will therefore be able to maintain a calmness even when life becomes hectic . |
| 24 | ( iv ) You are paid monthly in arrears by credit transfer . |
| 25 | because because at least he does throw the objections at you and so at least you 're made aware of what you |
| 26 | You just feel queer because you 're packed full of drugs and you 've got a bit of a temperature . |
| 27 | The long arm of the law is reaching a bit too close for comfort if you 're taken short in sunny Singapore . |
| 28 | Two mixes of ‘ House Of Usher ’ finish off the EP , and you 're left fearful of turning out the lights at night . |
| 29 | Should you be judged guilty of murder ? |
| 30 | In Israel if you got in debt you made yourself a voluntary slave for six years to the person you owed money to , a form of community service , and then you were set free after six years and your debts cancelled and you were given a new start in life . |