Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] be [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My parents were called Headmaster and Headmistress . |
| 2 | She had been outraged when her husband left for another woman , had addressed him with religious vehemence and spoken of hell , but as time passed she had realised that life was very much more pleasant without him , that he was generous with money , and so she had , not forgiven , but ceased to revile him ; and I know she found grim amusement in my stepmother 's harassed countenance and the irritating ways of her two small children . |
| 3 | But the pictures triggered off my father 's remembered commentary . |
| 4 | ‘ My world was thrown upside down . |
| 5 | Gaining knowledge about exactly where people lose their money is called research . |
| 6 | Birmingham specialised in close , dark and filthy courtyards : there were over two thousand of these in the town in the 1830s , and many of their houses were built back to back in order to get the maximum number on to each expensive acre . |
| 7 | He included government , companies , research councils and industry among those who ought to review whether their research was done cost effectively . |
| 8 | On their heads were checked winter head scarves twisted into turbans that showed by the particular shape the area from which they came . |
| 9 | AN ELDERLY driver who stalled half way across the main road escaped injury when her car was hit broadside by another vehicle . |
| 10 | Mark Skinner and Paul Higham , both 23 , were airlifted to Lismore Hospital with multiple injuries after their vehicle was hit head on by a runaway car in northern New South Wales . |
| 11 | Their band is called Tribute to Nothing and they 've just released their first single . |
| 12 | So Elizabeth had been careful to acquire the car as some compensation for her fiancé 's supposed murder ! |
| 13 | She reacted " with repulsion " to a televised appearance by Saddam chatting to a group of hostages on Aug. 23 , but Western governments were concerned to prevent their policy being dictated by concern over the possible implications for their nationals being held hostage . |
| 14 | It 's only with hindsight that Andrea recognises that her own steamy fling ( started four months after her husband 's discovered dalliance ended ) was a get-even affair . |
| 15 | When the case came to court , Pauline Baldwin was granted a decree nisi because of her husband 's admitted adultery , but the judge found no evidence proved against Gabrielle . |
| 16 | Speaking from their Isle of Man home where they live as tax exiles , Sangster 's wife , Susan , firmly denied that the sale of Manton was a result of her husband 's reduced stature in the bloodstock world . |
| 17 | I understand that not even her husband is given access to her , but that he has recently been allowed to write letters to her . |
| 18 | Without giving away too much of the plot , she 's an old flame of Morse 's and he 's brought in when her husband is found shot . |
| 19 | ‘ Their education is taken care of at Longlands College one day a week . |
| 20 | Of course there was still love , there was healthy , growing love and its name was called Work . |
| 21 | A look of relief transformed her friend 's worn face . |
| 22 | Dierdrie leaned forward , peering up cheekily at her friend 's averted face . |
| 23 | One method which has previously been tried , albeit unsuccessfully , seeks to invoke principles of international law that would allegedly relieve taxpayers from their liability to pay tax on the ground that their assessments are rendered invalid by the unlawful purposes to which the taxes levied are to be applied . |
| 24 | As an actor , lang is at her best when her passion is given space to soar . |
| 25 | The Board of Arbitration provided for under its terms was lost sight of . |
| 26 | Producing a good report , especially on a very technical paper , can take many hours , and editors do not seem to appreciate how rewarding referees would find the knowledge that their comments were taken note of and that the other referees agreed with them . |
| 27 | Firmness on crime is what most inner-city blacks cry out for : their life is made hell by muggers , pimps and drug dealers . |
| 28 | She stared into her daughter 's drawn face . |
| 29 | One regiment was stationed at Ribchester from the late second century and its members were granted land as a gratuity upon retirement . |
| 30 | Powerful business institutions operate in a way that ensures their interests are given priority , rather than the interests of the less powerful sectors of the community . |