Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Perhaps the most wonderful place on earth ( though I am told on good authority that the souvenir shop at Graceland takes some beating ) has to be Niagara falls . |
| 32 | Alternatively , down the road at Chateau de la Muire where I am told by friendly Champagne producers you will find one of the region , s most creative cooks — Jean-Pierre Lallement . |
| 33 | I am told by British Gas that that is untrue , and that the hon. Gentleman has taken the number of inquiries and complaints made to the Gas Consumers Council . |
| 34 | Make sure yours are fitted with adequate locks |
| 35 | ‘ If I kiss you , will I be prosecuted for sexual harassment when we get back to England ? ’ |
| 36 | Why , then , should I be moved by cold or a stomach cramp ? |
| 37 | But this , I 'm assured by Brandoni Custom , is due to the inconsistency of the old springs , and they 're currently researching an improved spring so that guitars can be equipped with original units when required . |
| 38 | Welcome back to Shrewsbury Flower Show , I 'm joined by Central 's Gardening expert Howard Drury , clutching the Central Trophy which we are about to present in a moment , but erm your impressions of the show ? |
| 39 | I 'm joined by Labour 's Mel Reed M E P for Leicester and the Labour MP for Joe Ashton . |
| 40 | I do n't think I 'm constructed for physical labour . |
| 41 | I 'm dressed in black jeans , black boots and a dark blue polo-neck over a navy shirt and two vests . |
| 42 | I 've been trying to get through to him in New York for weeks , and when he finally shows up in the office I 'm covered in green face-mask . |
| 43 | Oh yes , yes I 'm covered in white streaks it 's a hazard is n't it ? |
| 44 | I 'm given up for dead by now , I 'm accepted for dead . |
| 45 | I had a friend who suffered from twisted testicles so I made sure part of my sponsorship arrangement is that I 'm provided with decent shorts with inner briefs that give me support . |
| 46 | I 'm left with eerie tunnels , empty and misleading . |
| 47 | I 'm used to similar excerpts in The Telegraph and in the local press , but do n't expect them to be so boring . |
| 48 | I 'm used to hard work , ’ Tess insisted . |
| 49 | I 'm surrounded by droopy embracing couples , swaying gently , looking as sickeningly cheesy as a huge slab of rancid Stilton . |
| 50 | But I 'm reduced to verbal inanities , he thought . |
| 51 | I drift off to sleep smelling the sweet smell of the straw mattress , but I 'm woken by driving rain . |
| 52 | ( I 'm reminded of Grand in Camus ' La Peste who spent a life-time refining the opening sentence of his novel ! ) |
| 53 | It was as if I were surrounded by snarling dogs held back by chains . |
| 54 | It 's the equivalent to someone being put into constant hot and cold baths . |
| 55 | I was destined for great things — Oxford or Cambridge , a string of letters after my name , a successful academic career , and would no doubt end up being the first woman Prime Minister . |
| 56 | I was led into all these commitments in a very friendly and deferential spirit , and in a similar spirit of friendship and hospitality I was invited to numerous social engagements , from impressive lunch in honour of the Minister of Education to an invitation to a private home in Jaipur , where my kind host and hostess had gone to the trouble of preparing sandwiches , cake , chips ( without the fish ) and pudding , in case I should not like the Indian dishes served for the other guests ! |
| 57 | ‘ Well , come to think of it , I was detained on urgent business with a Catholic . |
| 58 | Therefore I was bound by certain of its manners and rules . |
| 59 | As a result of a chance meeting in a Blackpool bar with a student journalist , I was featured in National Student in an article about disabled students . |
| 60 | I was inundated with photocopied documents and background papers . |