Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [verb] be [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | what somebody comes to that , tomorrow and knocks at that door and says look I 've been sent here by you say good bye , good night , good luck nothing has been said to me , I |
| 2 | In human terms the reasoning which had been presented to him was filled with flaws and false assumptions . |
| 3 | Grujović , an Austrian Serb , had been professor of law at Kharkov , and had acted as secretary to the Serbian delegation which had been sent to St Petersburg to enlist the support of the Russians . |
| 4 | The Flex Toothbrush has a unique flexible neck which has been created to actually absorb any excessive pressure during brushing which can help to avoid gum damage . |
| 5 | Tommy Weir , 66 , of Walker Street , in Fauldhouse , West Lothian , died last Thursday of a heart attack after waiting more than 50 minutes for an ambulance which had been sent to Falkirk by mistake . |
| 6 | An " unnatural light " allowed " never-resting labour " to work at night ; labour which had been called to " unceasing toil " by a bell " of harsher import than the curfew-knoll / That spake the Norman Conqueror 's stern behest " . |
| 7 | Or was it a trophy which had been brought to the island ? |
| 8 | Bush declared that freeing the US$21,000,000 in military aid which had been allocated to Jordan in the current fiscal year was " in the national interest of the United States " and " would be beneficial to the peace process in the Middle East " . |
| 9 | Well , I have practised yoga for many years , but then I met a Jesuit priest who had been sent to the Far East by the Catholic Church to experience the Buddhist way and see how it might relate to Catholic worship . |
| 10 | All patients from that practice who have been admitted to any department of Bassetlaw Hospital ( except the units of psychiatry and paediatrics , which have their own similar systems ) have been assessed on admission for their likely needs on discharge . |
| 11 | At the onset she had been referred to a surgeon and had a normal barium enema and chest x ray . |
| 12 | With two daughters of her own , Greta expanded her family by taking in the son of a German socialist who had been sent to a concentration camp , and a Viennese boy who adopted her name by deed poll . |
| 13 | And as a result we have been treated to the delightful sight of Princess Diana in a variety of stunning swimming costumes . |
| 14 | Although this requirement was directly applicable only to federal agencies or projects requiring federal licences , in practice it has been extended to all major schemes of industrial expansion and new construction . |
| 15 | A commodity never difficult to find , in John-William 's experience , particularly now when the Chartist leaders , who had been locked up after the troubles of 1839 , were all out of prison again ; except for that Sheffield lad , of course , who 'd died at twenty-seven , from the hard labour he 'd been put to at Northallerton jail . |
| 16 | He could n't threaten the Soviet Union directly because the Soviet Union was a nuclear power and could n't be threatened er so the course of action he took was intended to be moderate and to secure the objective solely of removing the missiles from Cuba , not of doing anything about the Cuban government or the regime or anything of that sort . |
| 17 | He could n't threaten the Soviet Union directly because the Soviet Union was a nuclear power and could n't be threatened er so the course of action he took was intended to be moderate and to secure the objective solely of removing the missiles from Cuba , not of doing anything about the Cuban government or the regime or anything of that sort . |
| 18 | The ambition was fulfilled earlier this year , when the building which had been converted to offices for many years , was restored to the splendour which is now The Regent London . |
| 19 | Mr Baillie said the part of the building which had been converted to offices was no longer suitable for care of the elderly and could not have been adapted economically . |
| 20 | The whole point is , Chairman , the planning officers , both at the site inspection and when it was discussed er er er they were under no misapprehension that it was the height of the building which had been objected to actually . |
| 21 | On that occasion he had a special reason — though an odd one — for his refusal : he was fully occupied with the duty of defence which had been entrusted to him by the king . |
| 22 | Angry though the prince was about this , he was still trying to repair the damage which had been done to Russo-Bulgarian relations when Roumelian irredentists took the game out of his hands . |
| 23 | The upset and damage which has been caused to us by these articles is an extremely serious matter . |
| 24 | After the Civil War Bolshevik control expanded easily from its bastion which had been reduced to the size of medieval Muscovy . |
| 25 | It was here that items of the Emperor 's clothing and the superb diamond necklace which had been given to him by the Princess Borghese [ his sister , Pauline ] as well as the Landau which had escaped the Moscow disaster in 1813 ( sic ) were taken . ’ |
| 26 | For he often smelled of scent and powder which had been transferred to him from one or other of his dolly-birds . |
| 27 | If the Business has an undisclosed liability which has been passed to the Purchaser , the Vendor should be required to pay over at least the amount of the undisclosed liability . |
| 28 | The horses turned their heads to look at him , but were not disturbed , except the mare which had been allocated to Gary . |
| 29 | Mix sugar , yeast , salt into the milk which has been heated to blood temperature and add spice and fruit . |
| 30 | Apparently innocent of the opportunity which had been presented to them , they met in the Ravenhill Church and talked about what they should do and even hesitated about talking to the journalists waiting outside . |