Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trapped by nets or felled by corded arrow Hen and cock are parted one dawn . |
| 2 | then it you know they might have been delayed one way or another . |
| 3 | THE eagerly-awaited reappearance of Champion hurdler Royal Gait has been delayed 24 hours until this afternoon due to the abandonment of yesterday 's meeting at Leopardstown . |
| 4 | Race officials claim the start of the run had been delayed 20 minutes to avoid the train but the race was running 10 minutes ahead of schedule . |
| 5 | Thurston , had arrived with a load of ammunition for the Beaufighters on 7th , but had been delayed three days in leaving again due to a heavy swell on the sea . |
| 6 | In the seventy-fourth island of the Black Sea , right in the middle , are hidden three reeds . |
| 7 | As it is , we are given five pages which briefly outline the genesis and original publication of the seven essays and only the briefest contextualisation of the pieces within a broader historical framework . |
| 8 | At VAG and Associated British Ports , employees are given two days ' special leave at the time of the move . |
| 9 | Pre-school children , presented with novel verbs describing unfamiliar actions , are given two types of input : cognitively available indications of argument structure , and syntactic indications of argument structure . |
| 10 | Then they will baptise those they evangelise in the name of the Father , the Son , and the Holy Spirit ( 28:19 ) , but in the meantime they are given one trial run , if we may so call it , when they are sent out on a missionary journey ( Matt. 10:20 ) . |
| 11 | Then the firm are given one year to make the grade . |
| 12 | Well the servants three servants are given one talent and their master tells them to erm do with it what they could in a certain space of time and he would reward them . |
| 13 | A letter written in November 1979 said : ‘ You are given twelve weeks ’ notice of dismissal from this company with effect from 5.11.79 . |
| 14 | We are given 4 reasons for the changes : |
| 15 | If they have been just very bad , and if they have someone to stand up for them , they are given three strokes of the whip , usually by Sheldon Parry , the born-again television director , and then made to put on a short green smock for the duration of the service . |
| 16 | Until it is quite inescapable that inside the three barrels , distributed , playing together a familiar tune which has been heard three times before , are the TRAGEDIANS . |
| 17 | Below are listed 16 questions based on stories that have appeared in The Insider over the past 12 months . |
| 18 | The transistor transformed the portable radio , cul-minating in the spectacle — bizarre if it had been witnessed 20 years earlier — of people going around with earphones and Walkmans . |
| 19 | Twelve months ago Tom had been placed two half-days each week in an off-site unit for disruptive children . |
| 20 | Over the last number of years the way unemployment figures have been measured has been altered 31 times creating an entirely distorted picture . |
| 21 | Not for Lexandro those thronged elephantine courtyards and grim vaulted catacombs to which glass cables delivered only a diluted memory of distant sunshine , and where ventilator gargoyles exhaled stale breath which had been refiltered fifty times already . |
| 22 | A 24 year old woman had been diagnosed five years previously and had persistent abdominal pain , diarrhoea , and ill health despite repeated courses of steroids . |
| 23 | In any event , they are adjusted one way or the other at the next meter reading . |
| 24 | The museum already has a comprehensive library donated as a bequest from Paul Maenz , the former Cologne gallery owner , and has been given fifty-five works of art by a West German group of industrialists . |
| 25 | Mr Redmond had been looking after the woodyard where he worked while his employer was on a cruise to restore his health , and Sarah told Anne that her father had been given fifty pounds as a mark of appreciation when his employer returned . |
| 26 | ‘ Much of it is , but Christian has been given fifty acres of forest land . |
| 27 | The group , which has been given 18 bins , is building setts to replace those dug-up by badger-baiters . |
| 28 | Nurse Beverley Allitt who killed four babies has been given thirteen life sentences . |
| 29 | Nurse Beverley Allitt who killed four babies has been given thirteen life sentences . |
| 30 | Also present , and hoping to apply for membership in due course , were representatives from the Shoreham Aviation Heritage Trust , who have been given 75 acres of land at historic Shoreham Airport to develop into a museum . |