Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] be [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This awareness of risks and subsequent action to lessen them has been labelled risk compensation ( e.g. O'Neill , 1977 ) . |
| 2 | A prominent male interloper is James Clerk Maxwell ( 1831–1879 ) the British physicist after whom has been named Maxwell Montes the tallest mountains on Venus , reaching an altitude of nearly +12 km . |
| 3 | ‘ I hate being called Kate , ’ said Catriona in Jean 's accent , flicking her fingers and pouting , which inspired a rash of imitations of Rose-Marie and the French in general . |
| 4 | ( She knows I hate being called Mammy . ) |
| 5 | Suki — ‘ I hate being called Susannah ’ — will also host a question and answer session and outline the finer points of good stroke discipline . |
| 6 | There had been a few times , with my accent , I 'd been called names , but as soon as they knew I was Jewish I had a hundred mothers and brothers and fathers to take care of me . |
| 7 | I had been in trouble before , but then I 'd been given probation and community work . |
| 8 | I 've often puzzled over whether , if I 'd been given guidance , would I have chosen differently ? |
| 9 | ‘ Nor do I like being called Jam , or Jelly , or even Peanut Butter . ’ |
| 10 | I dislike being called James ; I am Jim . |
| 11 | But de it 's been done deliberately that other contracts extend to end of June because , we knew that by round about mid May we would know what our financial situation was , in that what I understand are termed out-turn figures for the , our pre the previous financial year , will have been erm audited as a result of the end of the financial year . |
| 12 | And what I think is called catering . |
| 13 | , writes : FAIRGROUNDS used to have organs which I think were called coliepes . |
| 14 | Because of the distance of my journey I had been given permission to come during the morning , and there were no other visitors . |
| 15 | Julian Charley , to Edward England , my publisher , and to St. John 's College , Nottingham , where I was at that time principal , and by whose Governors I had been given study leave in order to write the book . |
| 16 | She said : ‘ Claire did not show me the power of attorney … nor did she tell me that I had been made Michael 's attorney . ’ |
| 17 | In the absence of anyone more nearly related I had been designated next-of-kin , and now I wrote to the Court of Protection who had been dealing with her affairs , asking what my responsibilities would be if she died . |
| 18 | I had been told Chinchero was a traditional Andean market and I was interested to see the campesino culture at its most effective . |
| 19 | I realized with a shock that this was the first time I had been really unhappy since I had been taken prisoner . |
| 20 | Ever since I had been taken prisoner I had found the presence of German helmets fascinating . |
| 21 | They were as shy as I was and the effort they made to be friendly was the most heartening thing I had experienced since I had been taken prisoner . |
| 22 | ‘ Next thing I knew was the letter to say I had been fined £720 . |
| 23 | ‘ I loathe being called Mademoiselle . ’ |
| 24 | The only other twentieth-century example I have found is also from an Irish-born writer : ( 198 ) I 've been made scream with pain in other ways . |
| 25 | I 've been made scream with pain in other ways . |
| 26 | I feel as if I 've been given knock-out drops . |
| 27 | I asked him how long he had been with the Republicans and he said , ‘ Three weeks — I 'm a sales manager and I 've been given leave of absence by my company just to produce last night 's rally . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 've been given permission to swim in the pool when the family 's not using it . |
| 29 | I do n't know if Craig has told you , but I 've been given authority to extend our maintenance contract with you for a further year , without going to tender . |
| 30 | I 've been asked loads of questions . |