Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [vb pp] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have n't actually fixed a time when I will return , it just depends when I am made some offers . ’ |
| 2 | Maybe it is for myself I mind , rather than for him ! 'T IS not so much that Richard is bound for sanctuary — as that I am denied such privilege . |
| 3 | Reliance was apparently placed — I say ‘ apparently ’ because there is nothing in the papers which indicates clearly one way or the other what the view of the justices ' clerk was on this subject — I am told that reliance was placed on section 8(3) which provides : ‘ For the purposes of this Act ‘ family proceedings ’ means any proceedings … ( b ) under the enactments mentioned in subsection ( 4 ) . ’ |
| 4 | It has been suggested that she had a secret , ironic intention , but I doubt it : she wished to give souvenirs to a number of people , and that there should be no cause for jealousy between them — though I am told that jealousy arose . |
| 5 | It has also become evident from recent literature that there was nothing like a " simultaneous " extinction of many different groups , either within the brachiopods alone or within the organic world in general , at the end of the Permian ; I am told that plant spores , at least , still show an uncannily rapid change at this level all round the world , though the big change in plant macrofossils seems to have come much later . |
| 6 | When will I be given some responsibility ? |
| 7 | Chairman I 'm , I 'm conscious that this amended recommendation will cause some disappointment among the support of the Brandon bypass , but I generally feel that some form of agreement can be reached with Norfolk County Council and Breckland District Council and indeed the Norfolk Member of Parliament , if I 'm given more time to review the situation in the light of other proposals on the A eleven , the A one three , four and in Thetford . |
| 8 | I ca n't start drawing conclusions until I 'm given some data . ’ |
| 9 | " I guess I 'm made that way , " she admitted . |
| 10 | Ten I 'm bid this time . |
| 11 | Twenty I 'm bid this time , any advance on twenty pound ? |
| 12 | I 'm bid this time . |
| 13 | Forty I 'm bid this time . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm told that flattery will get me everywhere . ’ |
| 15 | I 'm told that unit sales should normally yield about three times the building costs , and that he gets this back within three to five years . |
| 16 | I 'm told those palaces are tighter than a young whore 's arse when it comes to security . ’ |
| 17 | I 'm told this Sharpe is an extremely uncouth man and is more than likely to fillet Johnny . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm told this war could be all over before I even get a shot at them . ’ |
| 19 | I was fired some years after the War after an altercation with Hymie . |
| 20 | You know , you 're sort of turning the abortion argument on it 's head , that er in an abortion you can say it 's my body , I have a right to decide , and this baby that dies is never going to be there to question that decision , but in this type of situation the baby 's going to be there and okay , you 'll get so many who will just accept their situation and wo n't question it , but you 're always going to get some , or even one who will say I want to know my origins , I want to why I was conceived this way , why I was born this way , why , I have two mothers , that maybe a surrogate mother and a natural mother ? |
| 21 | We knew the Germans were still sentimental about Christmas , and I was given several days leave . |
| 22 | I had an alarming reading for an Agatha Christie film where I was given several sheets of script to sight read without any logical link up in the scenes being read and no-one to read with , except an office assistant who could n't read dialogue . |
| 23 | I was given some advice about you — advice which I took against my better judgement , but it seems that advice was wrong . " |
| 24 | After that , Mr Dance went away and I was given some food . |
| 25 | erm the minor awards or discretionary awards as they became and that 's erm , I was given this job and er that 's how it 's built up really over the years . |
| 26 | I got my just desserts from Dad , which made my Mom cry more than me , but all in all I was given enough love and affection to cushion me against all the hardships that were to come . |
| 27 | After another term , I was given more art , and my class-room became an unofficial art room , much to the distress of the caretaker , who accused me of having the dirtiest class-room in the school ! |
| 28 | I feel I could score more goals in Italy if I was given more freedom . |
| 29 | And there it was , it struck me that I had nothing to lose , I was damned either way . |
| 30 | You know , you 're sort of turning the abortion argument on it 's head , that er in an abortion you can say it 's my body , I have a right to decide , and this baby that dies is never going to be there to question that decision , but in this type of situation the baby 's going to be there and okay , you 'll get so many who will just accept their situation and wo n't question it , but you 're always going to get some , or even one who will say I want to know my origins , I want to why I was conceived this way , why I was born this way , why , I have two mothers , that maybe a surrogate mother and a natural mother ? |