Example sentences of "and [vb past] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among those closed and appropriated was the Premonstratensian house at Bayham in Sussex . |
| 2 | Then we clad and ran off home then we went back mishchifing again we came to a boy and shoved he down in the grass and piched is sweet and then we ran off then I made a apple bom then I chudet it then we went home . |
| 3 | In the larger States contacts of this direct and relatively informal kind between ruler and ruled were obviously impossible on a large scale . |
| 4 | What I saw and read was ‘ Our Father which art in Heaven ’ . |
| 5 | They have gone through privatization and ceased being Civil Servants and gone out into the cold and now they are suffering this blow , so they do , I think , deserve the most generous possible treatment . |
| 6 | But the only speech delivered did not consider this second point and the summary treatment of the appellant 's argument is reflected in the opinion expressed , at p. 633 , that the point certified and argued was scarcely worthy of their Lordships ' attention . |
| 7 | Never before had the images of the great and respected been so irreverently and so widely circulated . |
| 8 | Similarly , the fact that the tiger is unable to figure it out from our behaviour that we have practically no sense of smell , demonstrates how instinctive and preprogrammed are their mental functions . |
| 9 | The material collected and used was , as in the earlier study , the record of parish discipline by the established church . |
| 10 | Now , the means whereby the standards of the higher courses , devised by the new polytechnics , could be validated and monitored were also at hand , with the Council for National Academic Awards ( CNAA ) , granted its Royal Charter in 1964 , and charged with ensuring that the courses approved by it were of a standard at least equivalent to similar courses in the universities . |
| 11 | Bonington commented on his experiences at sea : ‘ I am not a natural sailor and found being on a very small boat without exercise very trying . |
| 12 | He sold his bicycle and stopped being Uncle Bill 's best pal . |
| 13 | Because the prodigal son came back , and stopped being a black sheep , and became the accepted son , again . |
| 14 | In both Classical and Christian thinking mysticism represents a way back to the source of being , but in Christian thinking from the fourth century on , the gulf between Creator and created was seen as mysteriously bridged by the love of God incarnate in Jesus Christ , God 's Word , the expression of himself manifest in time , which , in turn , enables human knowledge and love which are the way back . |
| 15 | The largest structure Turner designed and erected was the station roof at Liverpool 's Lime Street station , 1849–50 . |
| 16 | Because the women he raped and assaulted were trusting enough to accept one glass of wine from him ? |
| 17 | Well-made , well-taken by Dave Gilbert and United were well beaten . |
| 18 | 10 minutes later , he was back with number 2 and United were coasting . |
| 19 | This time he did n't miss , he shot past Stowell and United were on level terms , amazingly , they almost snatched the lead a minute later when a brilliant save by Stowell denied Simpson once again . |
| 20 | Her underwear was lacy red and black , brief and garish , the kind of stuff he 'd seen in Soho shops and assumed was the monopoly of prostitutes . |
| 21 | In an interview with Mark Paytress in 1988 Leonard stated that by the age of six he was already acquainted with rudimentary Judaism and recalled being deeply touched by the stirring language and imagery of the Bible - in English and Hebrew . |
| 22 | She guessed Ursula 's diamond-encrusted eternity ring had inflicted the damage and recalled being shown it for the first time nearly ten years ago . |
| 23 | One of the earliest plans which has been tested and rejected was the village contact scheme whereby carefully selected volunteers gave advice from their homes , liaising with the nearest bureau . |
| 24 | This meant that issues to do with the representativeness of the sample drawn and interviewed were paramount since the objective was to gain an accurate estimate from the sample of the likely population characteristics . |
| 25 | The train had living accommodation for thirty-eight sick berth staff , all in the charge of a medical officer , who had his living quarters in the staff coach , while 140 sick and wounded were accommodated in six cot coaches . |
| 26 | Prisoners and wounded were few , most of those who had fallen or been disarmed being killed as they tried to surrender or lay helpless on the battlefield . |
| 27 | Gate takings from designated provincial matches were being given to the Patriotic Fund , the first lists of killed and wounded were being published , and , as the season drew to a close , newspaper pages were filled with the photographs of the casualties from Gallipoli , New Zealand 's bloody initiation into modern warfare . |
| 28 | ‘ During my first 20 years at Stirling most of the students I saw and advised were able to fulfil their aspirations . |
| 29 | The basis of the action for money had and received was that the money was paid to the defendant without any consideration , the duty having been unlawfully imposed . |
| 30 | The number of dead and injured was expected to rise as rescue teams reached more outlying regions cut off due to the widespread destruction of roads and bridges . |