Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] and [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The scratches had been hidden and it now shone like new . |
| 2 | Many of them have had their terms and conditions reduced , some have been dismissed and they now have no one to turn to as they have turned their back on the Trade Union which is their only guarantee of protection ’ . |
| 3 | At San Vicente Hospital , when I went to give birth , I met a young woman who had been coerced and she only had three children . |
| 4 | ‘ This case has certainly not been forgotten and we still want to hear from anyone with information . |
| 5 | Unfortunately the outstanding differences have not been resolved and we still have no date for talks . ’ |
| 6 | But she has eased away and stands right in front of me , as close as you can get without touching , and her teeth are clenched and she almost glares into my face and her fist punches against my stomach as she says , ‘ Listen , you , ’ like it really hurts her . |
| 7 | She said : ‘ I ca n't believe this ruling has been made and I just do n't know what more I can do . |
| 8 | Whatever the nurse staffing arrangements , each one needs to know what the patient has been told and what currently appears to be understood . |
| 9 | But what happens to those families when they 've been housed and they gradually improve their position , do we send our officers down and say ah , you 've got some money in the bank now , you 're not in need , get out of this council house we 're gon na give it to somebody else . |
| 10 | A single early pouch cutaneous fistula was the result of a partial ileoanal anastomotic dehiscence and pelvic sepsis ; her postoperative treatment required multiple admissions for recurrent fistulation and bowel obstruction , but the fistula has been excised and she now has goo pouch function . |
| 11 | I can taste blood running down the back of my throat , then my arms are grabbed and everything just spins all colours and then black . |
| 12 | Instead of sitting lost in their own thoughts or sleeping , the patients had been stimulated and they now chatted to each other as they recalled the places , the people or the events of the past . |
| 13 | Since then it has been adapted and we now use phase A as a warm up for the steeplechase and phase C as a ‘ let down ’ after the steeplechase . |
| 14 | These guys seem to think all speed limits are there to be broken and they just do n't believe they will ever be caught . ’ |
| 15 | However , the directors insisted that the cashier 's records should be examined and it soon became clear that there were discrepancies in the accounts . |
| 16 | Suppose your boss asks you for suggestions about how a particular problem could be solved and you immediately respond with some ideas . |
| 17 | Erm , I 'm I 'm never sure about Bishops and Archbishops , erm I remember Archbishop Runcie once commenting about er , an activity that took place at the installation of a Bishop and it 's , I gather , I mean I 've , I have n't actually been to one , but if you 're Bishop or an Archbishop when they act to the triumph and act of installation took place there were you 'll find that the person was surrounded by Bishops and they were all sort of looking in on this er , this body that was gon na be installed and somebody once asked what are they doing ? |
| 18 | For only when one is able to discriminate between what must be discarded and what still remains as valuable for the future will one also be able to decide whether one is ready to strike out in the new direction consciously and positively . |
| 19 | Nothing could be said and they just sat in silence enjoying each other 's company . |
| 20 | His influence in stemming the Swansea flow could not be overstated and he now looks certain to face his fellow countrymen in two weeks ' time . |
| 21 | I think Mr Chairman that the r the budget that has been put to all by this side of the house should be supported and I sincerely hope that er we will get support from others in this Council Chamber . |
| 22 | I I have feelings about it , I I I mean , my , generally my experience I do n't know I have n't discussed with other members but er , when I the panel that I er , allocated to erm and I was telephoned , could a make , and certain dates were made and I finally made one then I was told , oh no that 's not convenient ! |
| 23 | Such ‘ feminising ’ factors have been foiled by two other inventions , that of separate sexes ( many animals and some plants have abandoned hermaphroditism , perhaps because half the hermaphrodites were feminised and it therefore paid the remainder to turn into pure males ) and genetic sex determination . |
| 24 | It was hard to believe that most of these islands were populated and we often caught glimpses of island ferries plying industriously between lonely rockbound piers . |
| 25 | It was students demonstrating , as a result of which a number of them were arrested and I later learnt that a few were sentenced to be flogged . |
| 26 | A total synthesis is not possible given the rate at which new data and techniques are being produced ; the principal difficulty remains the quantity of material that was excavated in the last century under conditions which do not assist in answering the questions now being asked and which now lie , unpublished and unstudied in museum collections throughout England . |
| 27 | Some ranges of nuclear weapons are being eliminated and we totally support that . |
| 28 | In Chic Fashions v. Jones ( C.A. , 1968 ) Lord Denning said that the police could seize , not only the items specified in the warrant , but also anything which they reasonably believed was that item , anything which would lead to the identification of the item , any other goods stolen from the victim of the offence being investigated and anything else stolen by the suspect . |
| 29 | It 's just that the costs involved in a lot of peasants being killed and you then begin to encroach on middle peasants . |
| 30 | Not only did one get a flash reflection thus ruining a sometimes good photograph but occasionally ‘ special effects ’ were obtained and I even managed to get a reflection of the camera in the photograph . |