Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Lady Eleanor was seen alive when the Nuns of Syon were all in public view of each other , just before Compline . ’ |
| 32 | Wearing his now familiar Russian-style hat and white Ulster Protestant Volunteer sash , Mr Paisley was carried shoulder-high through the town hall 's main entrance to ‘ meet his people ’ . |
| 33 | Sylvia Hinton was made redundant 13 weeks ago without any payment and is n't likely to recieve a pension . |
| 34 | The course at Sandown was passed fit after inspection and unless there is heavy rain the card should take place . |
| 35 | Hollins was held liable to Fowler for the conversion of the cotton . |
| 36 | His release came only eight days after another American hostage , Robert Polehill was set free . |
| 37 | Gorbachev was re-elected general secretary on July 10 by secret ballot . |
| 38 | But any charm the scenery may have had was lost on one member of the crew : James McKeatling was taken sick in the far-from-healthy climate , and was left on shore . |
| 39 | In Cabinet changes which took effect on Feb. 25 Carmelo Lauria Lesseur was appointed Interior Minister , Arminda Quintana Justice Minister , Rafael Guevara acting Minister of Energy and Mines , and Celestino Armas Secretary of the Presidency . |
| 40 | It was cut low across the top and high above the thighs , and for a moment Lucy was stopped short by the thought that Jesus , it looked hell to wear , but would n't it just kill 'em on the disco floor back home ? |
| 41 | Lucy was left alone . |
| 42 | Mrs Fanshawe was flung clear , the other two killed outright . |
| 43 | Britain would still require foreign loans , especially to meet the nation 's overseas expenditure , although a multilateral system based on sterling and excluding the United States was considered feasible . |
| 44 | Hennessy was caught off-guard . |
| 45 | But Toby was made obstinate by his first off-the-cuff effort to get himself a job . |
| 46 | JINXED Prince Edward was left high and dry yesterday when his yacht ran aground on the rocks . |
| 47 | But however hard she tries , Joan will never forget February 6 , 1971 when Bobby was shot dead in hate-filled Belfast . |
| 48 | At the launch , Fillpina Primary Health Care Worker Susan Cueva described how her baby , Chisan was given free Nestle baby milk in a Baguio City hospital against her wishes . |
| 49 | The tragedy of Oedipus Rex was given archetypal significance by Freud when he claimed it encapsulated the universal unconscious wish of young boys to dispense with their fathers in order to establish an exclusive claim upon their mothers . |
| 50 | The next morning Corbett was shaken awake . |
| 51 | For the second time that day , Corbett was shaken awake , an insistent voice calling his name . |
| 52 | CPD was made compulsory only for those members qualifying after 1 January 1981 , older members being given the choice to opt in . |
| 53 | A HOUND called Snoopy was rescued alive after 25 days without food , trapped down a well near her home at Ogbourne Maizey , Wilts . |
| 54 | A HOUND called Snoopy was rescued alive after 25 days without food , trapped down a well near her home at Ogbourne Maizey , Wilts . |
| 55 | This was the last drink Mrs Fellows was allowed prior to her operation . |
| 56 | I was told it was Duart was struck dumb . |
| 57 | Mrs Currie was appointed junior health minister just three years after entering the Commons for Bedford South in 1983 . |
| 58 | Dorothy Stanton Wise was born deaf at Dover where she was educated at home by her mother who had taken her to see the Rev. Thomas Arnold at Northampton for advice . |
| 59 | Although Sacheverell was found guilty , the decision by the House of Lords on 21 March to impose the mild sentence of three years ' suspension from preaching was widely seen as a moral victory for the doctor over the Whigs , and the news was greeted with ( often violent ) celebrations throughout the country . |
| 60 | The Nirvana connection was cemented by covers of two Vaselines songs , ‘ Molly 's Lips ’ and ‘ Son Of A Gun ’ , on a Peel session , and Eugene was called onstage by Kurt at Reading last year to sing ‘ Molly 's Lips ’ . |