Example sentences of "[vb pp] and [indef pn] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reality was that he seemed to have been forgotten and nothing was going to serve as a reminder unless the kidnappers broke their silence . |
| 2 | Fifteen East Germans were slightly injured and one was receiving medical care for internal injuries . |
| 3 | But erm again , it 's it 's good fun , kind of a good laugh with the wedding cake , at least with a wedding cake you 're spending money and you 're getting fed and everybody 's getting a bit of it ! |
| 4 | ‘ Later the Argon laser was developed and one was installed in this hospital . |
| 5 | If not , a new selection process was required : all the adults in the household were listed and one was selected at random ; this happened in 30 per cent of households . |
| 6 | The family 's home in Stockton appeared deserted with all the curtains drawn and no-one was answering the door . |
| 7 | I mean I could get this whole place so tidy and the kids come home from school and it 's like a bomb 's exploded and nothing 's appreciated about it , whereas if you 're decorating or teaching children there 's something always gained out of it … as far as actual housework goes , I do n't see how anyone can like it . |
| 8 | And they 've er they 've both died and one was killed in the First World War . |
| 9 | Again , the system could produce a cosy relationship in which no one was challenged and everyone was entertained : one writer recalled that ‘ there was certainty in the pews and certainty in the pulpit , and the pews settled down snugly to hear the champion declaim his variations , so to speak , on a classically familiar theme ’ . |
| 10 | Once they were on the floor their feet were bound and somebody was left on guard beside them . |
| 11 | No quarter was asked and none was given . |
| 12 | Edible things tended to crumble when packaged and someone was going to have to remember where they all were when the time came to unpack them . |
| 13 | We 're short-staffed here — the summer holiday period 's started and everyone 's stretched . |
| 14 | ‘ Fortunately , no shots were fired and no-one was hurt , ’ a bank spokesman said . |
| 15 | People were frantically packing up fruit and vegetable stalls , pushing carts and animals into their homes ; shutters were being banged tightly shut and everyone was shouting in loud , clattering voices . |
| 16 | When the dance ended and everyone was standing in clusters , sweating and smiling and breathing heavily , he sang out in a high voice with a laugh in it — |
| 17 | The tea and cakes had been cleared and everyone was sitting now in the big couch and the two fireside armchairs . |
| 18 | Once the table had been cleared and everyone was preparing to leave , my master suddenly stood up . |
| 19 | The conservation of energy postulates that no energy is lost and none is gained . |
| 20 | But of those , three awards were never paid and one was paid only after the consumer began court proceedings . |
| 21 | The brake-pad bindweed had returned and everything was seized up in the early-seventies . |