Example sentences of "[vb base] be [vb pp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They also detest being called the handicapped . |
| 2 | Lucien immediately recognised the movements of the dance as being those of a classical piece : Paradouze being taught the sequences of the Vibrancy by His uncle , the cat-headed snake Smoobillow , a body of knowledge which Paradouze would later pass on to humankind . |
| 3 | On this occasion I personally moved from The Bun Shop to a pub I believe was called The Volunteer run by a well-known and aged bare-knuckle fighter from London 's East End called Joe Mullins . |
| 4 | Simply program the required switch commands into a TriAxis patch and every time that preset is selected the combos will comply with its orders . |
| 5 | It was the young people th th that I think were hit the most . |
| 6 | Just before we go we are going to hear a recording of a song that 's been referred to which I think is called the greatest love of all which I 'm told we 'll all know by heart er this time next year hmm erm anyway on that note if I may thank you very , very much indeed and I leave you with best wishes for a highly , highly successful birthday year . |
| 7 | The group to which I belong is called The Ring of Eight — there were originally eight members , although over the ten years since its formation our numbers have doubled . |
| 8 | However , until that stage is reached , all we can do is to ensure that the animals whose flesh we devour are given the best possible lifestyle and are then despatched as quickly and painlessly as possible . |
| 9 | Sometimes , the pharmacist may need to ask why you 've been prescribed the medicines just to clear up any confusion . |
| 10 | they 've been called the white Marxist Public Enemy ; hypocrites ; idealists ; patronising liberal males . |
| 11 | I 've been called the quiet man and I would n't argue with that . ’ |
| 12 | That does n't last for ever , and it 's not easy to psych yourself up to get another job after you 've been given the push . |
| 13 | I always know if I 've been given the wrong change |
| 14 | Anyway , we 're here for the indefinite future and I 've been given the job of furnishing the hotel . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've been given the responsibility of securing the capital , if that 's what you mean . ’ |
| 16 | " I 've been given the brush … |
| 17 | If the figures that we 've been given the recent figures , cos w I 've been working on figures for August up to August but now we 've got even better figures . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've been given the sack , ’ Leith told her shakily , and , over coffee , gave her a blow-by-blow account . |
| 19 | You 've been given the battery ? |
| 20 | As far as council support goes , we 've been granted the use of both the station centre itself , so that we can have a retail outlet for furniture , bric-a-brac , books , the kind of thing that might go to landfill , but which people might very well want to use . |
| 21 | Thankfully we 've been spared the agony of SRV 's favourite .013 to .058 strings ; the reissue comes with a much more manageable .010 to .046 set , and it 's been set up with an action considerably lower than the man 's own and at the 12th fret . |
| 22 | For years we 've been told the Government is pledged to reach the UN aid target of 0.7 per cent . |
| 23 | If Leeds say it 's not something we can deal with here , this is the number you ring and they 've been told the wrong number that is a very bad impression and all the airports get calls constantly , as you know from B A days , so no matter what it 's about people will ring a local number , no matter whether it 's in two foot high capitals saying for enquiries ring this number |
| 24 | I 've been told the boats ca n't go over , but when you 're out there , you wonder . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've been told the players pray five times a day — even if it means interrupting training ! |
| 26 | I 've been told the pra price of the jacket is the amount of the price of a set of wheels for the Lamborghini ! |
| 27 | er sent us a photograph after the war was over , but since then , since we 've tried to find him , we 've been told the man 's never existed at all . |
| 28 | and I live in a place where there 's a lot of old people and they come round to us and they tell us they 've been scared the night after |
| 29 | I 've been offered the opportunity by er Bob in training er in force have taken this on er the tactical unit have taken it on , the chance of er one day erm assessment or appraisal training , at erm probably at Exeter for those of us that do it and erm I think that perhaps with the the way that the diverse way that our staff 's spread out the proper ways of assessing people which I 've I 've never been shown how to do and I do n't think many of us have . |
| 30 | I mean we all know it , and we all know there 's a lot on this list which are most unpalatable , and they 're only there because we 've been set the task of reaching a particular sum of money , and er , if we had the choice we 'd be going in the reverse direction , and , and adding . |