Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A question asked early in the interview may affect answers to subsequent questions , and if this order were to be altered it becomes difficult to detect the effect this might have on the replies . |
| 2 | and the whole band saw got ta to be resharpened he said and they go to a place in |
| 3 | As far back as can be traced it has been a village of yeomen , small independent farmers , and never since medieval times an estate village ruled by one big landowner , though for a period in the 18th and 19th centuries the Grimston family of Kilnwick and later the Hothams of South Dalton acquired some farms . |
| 4 | Should delivery be delayed we undertake to inform you as quickly as possible . |
| 5 | but in another way it 's got ta be given I suppose . |
| 6 | Will it ever be given us to know ? |
| 7 | Each time the boy went home and the wheat free diet could not be sustained he suffered a decline in his growth curve . |
| 8 | Thank you Chairman I , I actually agreed with those not so much that erm I , I have problems with erm other matters , it is more extra to be examined and because it actually says that it has to be examined once , and will therefore be re-examined erm , erm I am sure if it should be examined they have to put exact what it means examine in and before and as you say er you will be the first to say . |
| 9 | A higher tax rate on such items can be justified it faces consumers with the true costs , private and external , of producing and consuming the product . |
| 10 | I do not rightly understand how the medical men could not save him after the accident since you say the cut seemed small and did not appear to trouble him but I have heard that for the blood to be poisoned it takes only a pin-prick and that a cut where there is manure about can have this effect if not noticed . |
| 11 | That one will be completed I imagine within the next couple of weeks . |
| 12 | He began to descend , and in confidence that he was now too far from Parfois to be heard he abandoned his caution and swung his way down the cliff with frantic haste . |
| 13 | So when you break in a house you do n't , you do n't want to be heard you do n't want to be seen . |
| 14 | When the conversation deserved to be punctuated she threw back her head and gave a perfectly proportioned peal of carefully modulated laughter . |
| 15 | Before that could be arranged she took very poorly one day and an ambulance had to be sent for — luckily one of the nearby farms had a telephone . |
| 16 | And if so why should it be supposed they had adventured into the forest rather than eastward towards the corn lands and the nearer towns , and the coast ? |
| 17 | Well we never heard the name shop steward in those days I do n't think they went that far , there was somebody in charge sort of thing but erm they er got the na the name afterwards I think you know shop steward , but er and then they used to be Miss used to have the garden fetes the garden parties on her lawn , that was for the Liberal Party you see as soon Labour was mentioned there were only Tories and Liberals at that time and er we used to , when there was an election er we used to wait up for the results and then if the Liberals got in Squires ' big bell would be rung if it was twelve o'clock at night or one o'clock in the morning the Squires ' big bell would be rung you see , to say who 'd got in , if the Tories got in it was n't rung because it was a , Squires were Liberals , strong Liberals and er they used to attend the Liberal Club at Shortheath but erm there used to be some fun in those er what 's the name parade if the Liberals got in and dances you know to raise money for the various things , and the garden fetes used to be lovely but er on their lawn . |
| 18 | I will leave them behind me and go only with the clothes on my back , and then I have two miles and a half and a byway to the town , and bring pretty well dressed I may come to some harm almost as bad as what I ran away from , and then , perhaps , it will be reported I have stolen something , and to carry a bad name to my dear parents … |
| 19 | If you want a person to be dropped I suggest Speed . |
| 20 | And the ideas need to be caught they need to be done something with by the rest of the group . |
| 21 | The Gloucester coach Keith Richardson says that the week may have turned around the team 's season … the win over a strong bridgend side was very rewarding and it reflects the old Gloucester dog attitude … when they think there 's competition a match to be won they respond and come through … there 's a big league game against Northampton coming up on saturday and Gloucester need all the inspiration they can get to win |
| 22 | that could be as valu those issues which have come from members could be addressed I think we might achieve what we 're after . |
| 23 | If they felt they could not follow the diet or did n't want to be committed I asked them to please return all the papers , and about seventy of them did just that . |
| 24 | No he had a son cos he said on teletext that er somebody be come I think it 's the twenty eighth Earl of Spencer or twentieth or something like that . |
| 25 | Will their concerns be at the forefront of people 's minds once the powerbroking bloodletting starts , and blood will be spilt you know . |
| 26 | and anything that needs to be photocopied you 've got er a teacher resource it 's about feeling nervous , you know , what can you do ? |
| 27 | As we wait for Christ to be revealed we do not know when he will appear . |
| 28 | At last finding someone to move so their love did n't have to be separated they started to do things which the middle-aged woman in the tweed suit would not have approved of , luckily for her she had dismounted earlier . |
| 29 | Plants need to be nurtured they need to be looked after and they need to be made they need to know that they come out with id with their ideas . |
| 30 | I mean if there 's a decision to be made I hope they 'll just leave it up to me . |