Example sentences of "and be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would stop at an inn for a midday meal , discuss their finds and be instructed particularly on their medical properties . |
| 2 | It was a shrug the shoulders , sink the hands deep in the pockets and be fed up about the running nose cold . |
| 3 | Frozen foods , of course , should be treated like other non-live foods and be fed very sparingly to avoid leftovers fouling the aquarium . |
| 4 | And as long as Charlie had no particular desire to lie flat and be fed through a tube , it was in his interests to see that these were watertight . |
| 5 | Off you go Jess , go and be fed . |
| 6 | Though I suppose one has to make a passing one has to make a passing er reference to the information which has come out in the other house erm and be publicised this weekend in the press but er er at one million almost one million a slug , M E Ps do n't come cheap , er I suppose one however would want to make allowances for the fact that they have three parliamentary buildings , that they have to go on trips and that er they have to pay er er I suppose German rates for their bureaucracy so there clearly are exceptional factors and indeed I would n't want to make too much of that . |
| 7 | Or she may be working on a rabbit and be boxed in in one direction while another ferret has backed one or more rabbits behind her . |
| 8 | They 'd have much bigger guns than me , and be authorised to use them . |
| 9 | ‘ The programming of the ‘ 24 Hour Inspiration Network ’ will be aimed at Christians of all denominations and be intended for family viewing , ’ their spokesman added . |
| 10 | It was announced that supplies of oranges would be available from local shops from April 24th and be reserved for a period of five days at the rate of one lb. per head to children only . |
| 11 | You should be kept informed and be consulted about Compact developments . |
| 12 | It is important , therefore , that there should be a committee , with consumer representatives on it , that can give advice to , and be consulted by , the Government . |
| 13 | ‘ Would be interested to learn whether CPRW wishes to be involved in the local planning process and be consulted at the appropriate stages ? ’ |
| 14 | In the meantime the female can be considered an intruder and be treated as such . |
| 15 | Pruning to the same hard degree invariably results in an explosion of growth , and such varieties are really much better given enough space elsewhere to do their own thing , and be treated as shrub roses . |
| 16 | So it is likely that a family in which a mother or father has to bring up children single-handed will think of itself and be treated by others , as a little cluster of deviants from the marital norm . |
| 17 | Private patients can occupy separate accommodation and be treated by the specialist of their choice , in return for paying a fee . |
| 18 | By this time Laura was thrilled to meet famous people and be treated as a celebrity among them — a contradiction within herself which she never outgrew as she did not seek the limelight and took pleasure in deflating those whom she considered did . |
| 19 | I refuse to sit on in this house and be treated like Christopher Robin by her . ’ |
| 20 | Other factors — such as de Gaulle 's deep-rooted suspicion of British designs on the French empire and the personal animosities which developed between him and various British and American officials — aggravated tensions but their root cause was a complete disagreement as to whether Free France should act and be treated as an independent sovereign power . |
| 21 | Members of the Jafaar clan and other DEA couriers would arrive at Larnaca with suitcases full of high-grade heroin , white and crystal , and be met off the boat from the Christian-controlled port of Jounieh by officers of the Cypriot Police Narcotics Squad , who then drove them up to the Eurame office in Nicosia . |
| 22 | I do n't just want to open things and be seen trundling around . |
| 23 | Credibility would be given to the shop steward 's story by having his lunch box placed in an unauthorised position on the assembly track from which the foreman would have to remove it , and be seen doing so . |
| 24 | That meant no dancing , just hordes of people staying long enough to see and be seen , then passing on to some other entertainment . |
| 25 | Heseltine faced the tactical dilemma that were he to campaign openly and be seen to be instrumental in splitting the party and bringing down the Prime Minister , he would be criticised as divisive and disloyal . |
| 26 | At the beginning of the nineteenth century the East Coast resorts such as Newport , Long Branch , Cape May , Bar Harbor and Saratoga Springs were the places to see and be seen , but by the 1880s Atlantic City was the most popular seaside resort . |
| 27 | It was especially popular in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries when the whole of fashionable society decamped from London to Bath once a year to take the waters and to see and be seen . |
| 28 | any targets or standards of performance must have been previously agreed between employee and superior , or team colleagues , and be seen to be both sensible and reasonable |
| 29 | People who could n't tell Weber from Webern went along to cheer their favourite tenor and be seen with their bums on a fifty-quid seat . |
| 30 | ‘ I would rather see and be seen than be seen and not see . |