Example sentences of "and [vb base] [pron] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To flush some out it is occasionally necessary to put a copy of the authority in a sealed envelope and insist it be conveyed at once to the chief executive . |
| 2 | Tug felt the call to join her , to leap to his feet and let himself be carried up on the tide , into a high and heroic world . |
| 3 | And let himself be caught as easily . ’ |
| 4 | The two men had smiled and laughed and let themselves be led out on to the lake . |
| 5 | This is a shower/dryer — all you do is to stand in the shower and let yourself be bathed in jets of warm air — it 's a more hygienic , effortless and invigorating way of drying off . |
| 6 | Place a sundial over my grave and let me be forgotten . ’ |
| 7 | She nodded and let herself be led through to his room on the second level of the travellers ' hostel . |
| 8 | She was too cowardly and let herself be isolated ; something she could not bear . |
| 9 | Alfred Rosmer gave an amusing but enlightening insight into Bukharin 's character and role in 1920 , and let it be recalled that he was only 32 years old in that year . |
| 10 | " And let it be said , " Harry went on , " now we 're talking straight , that Miss Jennifer here can forget all the Romish ideas she was fed on down at Roscarrock Hall and start eating Protestant pie , which she 'll find suits a Cornish stomach a sight better than all that hocus-pocus-nomminy-domminy rubbish they peddle down at Holy Joe 's . |
| 11 | Let it be supposed that according to the usual methods of borrowing and funding , the Public Debts , during the present war , should encrease to no greater degree than they did in the last war ; which was about 30 millions : And let it be supposed , according to past experience , that in ten or twelve years after a peace ; we should be plunged into a fresh war ; which might encrease the debts of the nation 30 millions more , and that afterwards we should have another breathing time of ten or twelve years , and that according to custom a third war should ensue , no less expensive than each of the former two ; these three wars will swell the national debts to the amount of 170 millions , and that in little more than fifty years . |
| 12 | If so , then why not take it along to the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum next Tuesday and let it be admired . |
| 13 | I also wore my own garments with pride and let it be known that I would knit for others if they wished . |
| 14 | " Take Tristram along as a younker , and let it be known in the village you 're doing so . |
| 15 | He ate food that cost little and let it be known that he underwent severe penances and fasting . |
| 16 | Earlier her plan had been to go down to the village a little before the gala on the pretext of shopping and finding out the times of the events and perhaps look in at the antique shop ( for Mrs Price was on the Gala committee ) and let it be known she would join the young people , but now that her mother was ill that was out of the question , she pushed it on one side , the urgent thing was to get to the chemist 's and get the stuff up to her mother . |
| 17 | Valuev foresaw this possibility and let it be known that , in so far as preliminary censorship continued to be available , it would be harsh . |
| 18 | ( A man 's reaction about small type would have been to point to the scale and demand it be paid extra ! ) |
| 19 | Chairman , I ask that you receive erm , the petition of eight hundred and sixty four signatures requesting a pelican crossing on and ask it be referred to the environment committee , please . |