Example sentences of "[vb past] [coord] [verb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the right hon. Gentleman was Chancellor before it started and has been Prime Minister throughout its course , is it not clear that he is not only the Prime Minister of recession , but the prime cause of recession ? |
| 2 | ( The places we saw & visited were mind-boggling but it was really a family visit to see & , their daughters , sons-in-law & grand-children … all boys ) . |
| 3 | ‘ During my first 20 years at Stirling most of the students I saw and advised were able to fulfil their aspirations . |
| 4 | She also added , without being asked , that Annunciata was not , in Pen 's opinion , found to be a substitute for his Lily and that the maid had fallen ill with fever soon after Wilson left and had been useless to anyone . |
| 5 | But er y you know that that kind of thing , erm we always hoped and felt was good . |
| 6 | The chairs upon which they sat or leaned were gilded or of shining chrome and glass ; bales of material were half unfurled to spill around more silk and satin ; jewellery was flung down in handfuls upon tables or simply on the ground . |