Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] is [verb] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The label on the key Mrs Tamm has given me is crumpled and blank . |
| 2 | I really want to know she is loved and cared for . |
| 3 | Julie is devastated to discover she is adopted and she sets out to find her natural parents . |
| 4 | There is a creeping ratchet effect : capacity means something can be done and once it is being done it is expanded or generalised ; that in turn means there is need for more support ; in turn that support needs supporting , so creating more capacity , and the cycle repeats . |
| 5 | As Shaw LJ said " It is not the law that where confidentiality exists it is terminated or eroded by adventitious publicity . |
| 6 | There can be little doubt as to what in the way of topics and register the Host expects in the Monk 's Tale ; he concludes his observations on Melibee with : and continues with a description of the Monk that matches with the impression " Chaucer " claims to have of the Monk in the General Prologue , of a " " manly man " " , straining at the bounds of what is allowed to a monk ( and not dissimilar to the monk of the Shipman 's Tale ) : After nearly a hundred stanzas of the Monk 's tragedies , the Host is prepared to give him a second chance , as " Chaucer " had , but feels this time he has to be more specific as to what is wanted : But as soon as the Monk speaks we have the opportunity to see , firstly , that his reaction does not suggest he is flattered or pleased by the Host 's appraisal of him , and secondly that he sounds quite different from the bold and thrusting " man 's man " that " Chaucer " and the Host would make of him : Note how the Monk 's desire to offer literature that " " sowneth into honestee " " anticipates Chaucer the prosist 's retraction of the tales " " that sownen into synne " " . |
| 7 | All her opponents know it is coming and , in theory , it is the easiest thing in the world to stop — you just step backwards . |
| 8 | If a right to a longer turn is obtained its ending must also be signalled so that the other participants know it is finished and a contribution from them will not be construed as an interruption . |
| 9 | I will write again as soon as Ferdinando hears he is to go and when I do you must prepare Oreste for the change Ellen so that it is not sprung on him . |
| 10 | Well yes technically speaking I suppose it is burnt but well done I |
| 11 | In the roaring contests , both individuals increase the rate of roaring until one seems to recognise it is outclassed and retreats . |
| 12 | While the double-blind trial is well suited to testing of conventional drugs it often can not be applied to complementary therapies , for instance , the acupuncturist must establish a close link with the patient during treatment , and the therapist must know which points he is needling and possibly modify them as the patient 's responses change . |
| 13 | But when all the please and thank you is unsaid and the little courtesy is undone , it does make a difference to society . |
| 14 | They said he is armed and dangerous . |