Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [vb pp] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These three big creatures dominate the composition , but around them are introduced small figures . |
| 2 | Again the stone walls are dark and streaked with rain and age , and along them are ranged carved figures , many badly worn and now almost unrecognizable . |
| 3 | Negative , extremist , in them are fused sectarian party orthodoxy and individual self-deliverance . |
| 4 | ‘ I have n't actually fixed a time when I will return , it just depends when I am made some offers . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | If I buy a bus ticket for two persons , I am issued separate tickets . |
| 7 | If I buy a rail ticket for two persons , I am issued separate tickets . |
| 8 | 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 ) . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | When will I be given some responsibility ? |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I ca n't start drawing conclusions until I 'm given some data . ’ |
| 14 | " I guess I 'm made that way , " she admitted . |
| 15 | What should we think if someone tells us : ‘ I enjoy roast potatoes , but only at meals where I 'm served boiled potatoes ? ’ |
| 16 | I 'm called full time Youth Evangelist and work for the Pembury Free Church . |
| 17 | Ten I 'm bid this time . |
| 18 | Twenty I 'm bid this time , any advance on twenty pound ? |
| 19 | I 'm bid this time . |
| 20 | Forty I 'm bid this time . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm told that flattery will get me everywhere . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ From what I 'm told old Sung is a docile man . |
| 24 | I 'm told those palaces are tighter than a young whore 's arse when it comes to security . ’ |
| 25 | I 'm told this Sharpe is an extremely uncouth man and is more than likely to fillet Johnny . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm told this war could be all over before I even get a shot at them . ’ |
| 27 | I thought she said well I 'm allowed five bags . |
| 28 | Er Lot number ninety two Lot number ninety two is the seal Lot number ninety two for thirty pounds , at thirty , thirty five , at thirty five pounds in white , thirty five only , forty , forty five fifty pounds , at fifty five , sixty , sixty five seventy I 'm offered I 'm offered seventy pounds on my right , seventy five eighty pounds eighty five ninety ninety five a hundred and ten twenty thirty forty one forty bid against you now one forty is here at one forty , all done ? |
| 29 | Lot number two Lot two is a Japanese ivory carving we 've got that showing for you for seventy five pounds at seventy five pounds , eighty , eighty five , ninety offered I 'm offered ninety pounds and I 'm selling it for ninety , ninety five , a hundred pounds and ten one twenty thirty a hundred and thirty for you sir , coming in at one thirty in the back row , one thirty and selling for a hundred and thirty pounds . |
| 30 | At fif sixty , thank you , standing , for sixty , sixty five seventy pounds , seventy five eighty , eighty five ninety standing I 'm offered ninety pounds at the back standing , at ninety and selling for ninety pounds , you all finished , at ninety pounds . |