Example sentences of "and [pron] [be] [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was worried about that and er I think that 's because it 's a German system and everyone is assumed to be over six feet anyway or six feet wide or something . |
| 2 | I felt at peace with the world , even though by the summer of 1939 Europe seemed to be drifting closer to war and everyone was glued to the BBC short-wave Overseas Service bulletins , or even devouring month-old copies of The Times which had been airmailed to Australia and sent on by ship , together with the Illustrated London News , Tatler , and particular titles ordered by the expatriates . |
| 3 | They loved the fact that Tony and everyone was dedicated to making it happen . |
| 4 | The experience of being on Iona is nothing less than magical and I am moved to tears . |
| 5 | Time buckles and I am skewered to this one moment . |
| 6 | I am delighted that he has chosen to introduce a Bill on nurse prescribing and I am honoured to be associated with it as one of its sponsors . |
| 7 | So maybe we would have been great to have the skills before I did it , and that 's why I am on the course this Erm , the only thing that I can think of that 's erm , something that I do believe and I am committed to getting changed , is er , a system in our offices , in one of our departments , but I do have erm , authority over the people that I would be talking to , so , I know at the end of the day , I could just say , do it , but I 'm trying to get them to believe in changing erm , and just sort of certain benefits of it . |
| 8 | Do n't forget that for tonight at least you and I are meant to be lovers . ’ |
| 9 | He has a gorilla mask on and he talks with the voice of a baby and he has a huge syringe and I 'm tied to the seat screaming . |
| 10 | Right , David , you said you 'd been approached by another insurance company , er , I could obviously say , I recommended Abbey Life , and I 'm tied to that , but I actually joined because I think they 're a particularly good company , in that what , in the use they make of the money that I 'm paying , actually goes , performs very well . |
| 11 | and I 'm polished to the nails . |
| 12 | And I 'm meant to be on holiday . |
| 13 | The day after we first visited the castle , my sister and I were treated to a walk along the cliffs . |
| 14 | Sergei said Bernard has n't been in touch with Bailey for days , certainly not since C.W. and I were assigned to the case . ’ |
| 15 | That Monday , for some reason , my sisters and I were despatched to Fair View Road where Uncle Ernest , Dad 's brother , lived with his second wife , Aunt Ella . |
| 16 | JC : Peter , do you remember that really worrying evening when you , Ben , William and I were invited to a dinner party by the Harewoods at Orme Square [ May 18,1953 ] ? |
| 17 | In the light of this and a vivid description of an unexpected home delivery to my husband — we were taking no chances — and I was rushed to the Birmingham Maternity Hospital , with 5 minute contractions , the evening before the 2nd Estimated Day Delivery with what turned out to be a false alarm ! |
| 18 | My employment with CBC began at the salary of $150. per month which was very acceptable , and I was assigned to the newly created post as Talks Producer . |
| 19 | Micheline sounded excited to hear from me and I was invited to the group 's meeting a few weeks later . |
| 20 | I went to erm the guy I work with is a Belgian and I was invited to his birthday party . |
| 21 | I was always terribly shy and I was sent to what were known as elocution lessons — to get me out of myself . |
| 22 | and I was sent to Margate with my Mum . |
| 23 | Well I was sent to the erm United , well it was n't a United Reform Church then but it was called the Chapel and I was sent to there , to Sunday School there , mornings and afternoon and we went two by two across to the Chapel , you see , so while my father , we used to walk down the street together . |
| 24 | She dressed me just as finely as them , and I was sent to a very expensive school . |
| 25 | I sought the help of the Public Bill on this and I was referred to erm Statutes i in force . |
| 26 | But when I turned up at the hospital they put me on call and I was called to Casualty to anaesthetise a man . |
| 27 | The satisfaction with which the new prayer book was received and used quickly resulted in a request that the Burmese hymn book should be revised and enlarged , and I was asked to be the editor and secretary of the small revision committee . |
| 28 | I was posted to the er ack-ack brigade and I was posted to Norwich , just at Norwich , Coldershaw really . |
| 29 | My posting came through and I was posted to Swordstone this side of Norwich , so I was still quids in , I could get home once a week , twenty four hour pass and then erm after a while erm , having served at Regiment , I was posted up to , as the Sergeant Artillery Clerk with the Brigade , an ack-ack brigade up at Coventry , just outside Coventry and then of course the A T S were coming in , were coming in in quite large numbers then and they were replacing male personnel and then I was posted abroad and I went to Egypt where I was there again , fortunate enough , I suppose , to go into the echelon , the second echelon which was the Records Office of all the forces or the armoured personnel in the Middle East and I worked there until I was actually demobbed from there but I was out in Egypt there for two , just over two years , came back to Northampton where I was finally demobbed and allowed to come home and as I said I came home one week and I was back at work the next . |
| 30 | ‘ She discovered a problem with a blood test and I was admitted to hospital . ’ |