Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [be] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his conference speech Mr Fowler attacked Labour 's reviewed industrial relations policy , saying it had one aim : to make strikes easier . |
| 2 | What is absolutely erm essential is that we do more to provide good quality support teaching materials and advice and that the grant that I mentioned earlier is made full use of , so that specialisms and co-ordination can be much improved in primary schools . |
| 3 | Soon Downes had reached the last carriage , in front of the diesel locomotive , staring quickly through the windows of the compartment as the few doors still remaining open were banged shut and a whistle blew , and with a slight chug and then with a mighty heave the long , north-bound train began slowly to move forward , gradually picking up a little speed , before moving out and away along the curving stretch of line that led to Banbury . |
| 4 | It 's called This is called restless leg syndrome . |
| 5 | She looked at him with a derisive little smile — the sort of smile a lamb might bestow on a wolf promising that being eaten alive wo n't hurt . |
| 6 | they 've all got different , they 've all been taught different ways of doing things and , and really in a , when you thing of the old boys they 're all erm , date , I mean they 've got the modern equipment , but , they do n't use it much . |
| 7 | They 've all been made redundant . |
| 8 | He had first been appointed Chief Minister in early December 1989 , replacing his father Devi Lal , on the latter 's appointment to the central Cabinet . |
| 9 | He had first been found guilty of setting fire to an armoured personnel carrier commandeered by students and a car during the 19898 pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing . |
| 10 | Ivor Newley had last been seen alive by independent witnesses on the morning of Sunday , 27 January . |
| 11 | Gerry Boden had last been seen alive strolling negligently along the garden hedge , and somewhere along the course of that hedge he had vanished . |
| 12 | A firearm found near the body was identified as belonging to Ouko , who had last been seen alive on the night of Feb. 12 . |
| 13 | At a press conference , Wiltshire Police revealed that Mrs Campbell had last been seen alive a week ago . |
| 14 | When knowledge of her plight reached the UK , Edinburgh District Council sent a message to Kenyan President , requesting that be permitted safe passage to Edinburgh to receive her award and also her safe return to Kenya . |
| 15 | Being convicted involves being identified publicly as a criminal , and it is in this context that we can say that being found guilty is the same as being guilty . |
| 16 | In Wester Ross there was only 1% of permanent grass indicating that any land considered ploughable was termed arable , whilst in Powys the steep slopes dictated that there was no other option . |