Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the characters they met are portrayed by Minton in the book . |
| 2 | Horizontal and vertical number lines like the ones you have been using are put together to describe or plot positions on a graph . |
| 3 | Some sites have tried to build an entire secure environment for the LIFESPAN Manager , such that all the operations foreseen are provided from within a set of command procedures to which the LIFESPAN Manager is tied . |
| 4 | He argues the company has tried to monopolise the market by convincing customers that its relational database management system is effectively the computer , making it appear that all other functions and tasks the user may want to perform are bound tightly to the database — requirements that can only be met by other Oracle products . |
| 5 | Almost all grants received are regarded for tax purposes as reducing expenses incurred , or reducing the cost of the development in question for the purposes of calculating capital allowances . |
| 6 | The vendor should insist that monies received are used to satisfy the oldest liabilities first . |
| 7 | The pulses received are counted by the driving software and give a direct reading of the cursor 's position on the screen . |
| 8 | On the debit side of the cash book all amounts of cash received are shown in the cash column , and all amounts banked are shown in the bank column . |
| 9 | Similarly , letters received are filed for the same purpose . |
| 10 | Foreign-debt servicing is not included in spending , though foreign loans received are included in revenue . |
| 11 | If it 'd been down to me , this park would never 've been sited here . |
| 12 | But I mean it could 've been made a bit bigger than that could n't it , for the seat |
| 13 | ‘ Ted would 've been lost without me , ’ he boasted . |
| 14 | Yeah , this drug could 've been developed and refined and er gone into a lot further , but they did n't . |
| 15 | ‘ I think it must 've been hit by a car , ’ he said . |
| 16 | See I 've been spoilt really |
| 17 | Well you see they 've been brainwashed to that sort of music so they 're bound to , bound to like it . |
| 18 | Ah yes , well you see , you see , in effect if you called her an old , that could 've been , that , that , that , that , that , that , that could 've been eh , that could 've been eh , that could 've been , you know , you could 've been given her a , that could 've of been a praise , you old cow . |
| 19 | It is capitalist , and everybody will , would 've been given their own land . |
| 20 | It 's just as well Paul did n't go with him , cos Paul would 've been singled out as well . |
| 21 | In the past it might 've been written off as artwank . |
| 22 | The Beach-heads hear they 've been cursed by a Swells SOTW |
| 23 | you know so erm so some er a lot more should 've been done about actually getting , even if it was just well I 'm in that area , I 'm in the area on such and such a day anyway so I can call in to see you . |
| 24 | well it she could 've been done last year but we 've not done this year , be gone . |
| 25 | A little bit I think that he was just concerned that perhaps there might 've been other people who might 've wanted to come and if people had rung up and you had had a waiting list something could 've been done about it |
| 26 | Well why did n't they get a mile away from where they put that money they could 've , they could 've been planned it away , a mile away all |
| 27 | Should 've been called ‘ I Missed The Charts ’ . |
| 28 | Somebody would 've been drunk that night you see , half past nine at night , thought it was a good trick . |
| 29 | ‘ Probably because , in a crossfire , some of the family could 've been killed . ’ |
| 30 | Staff are angry at the thought the duck 's may 've been mistreated |