Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perry was a thick-set , bull-necked man who looked as if he 'd been eased into his suit with a shoe-horn . |
| 2 | They are parted from their parents on hatching and raised without an anemone . |
| 3 | AT THE end of Mass , when the children had been dismissed to their schooling with Brother Paul , and only the choir monks were left as awed witnesses , Abbot Radulfus offered a brief and practical prayer for divine guidance , and approached Saint Winifred 's altar . |
| 4 | The ruling collegium of the Defence Ministry , comprising deputy defence ministers and commanders of forces , had replaced over half its membership after the coup , as reported on Sept. 16 ; Marshal Dmitri Yazov and Gen. Valentin Varennikov , former Defence Minister and Deputy Interior Minister , had both been dismissed following their arrests in August [ see p. 38371 ] . |
| 5 | Some 90,000 have been dismissed from their jobs for political reasons and thousands have been imprisoned for long sentences . |
| 6 | Like all British officials of the Egyptian Government I had been dismissed from my university post eighteen months before , and I was glad that the British Council was able to offer me a small post in Athens , instead of piece work in Cairo . |
| 7 | Workers say that at least one employee has been dismissed from his job without compensation because of illness caused by pollution from the smelter which also processes arsenic , cadmium and lead — well known to have adverse effects . |
| 8 | President Özal 's brother Korkut Özal , himself a prominent pro-Islamist , had publicly criticized Semra Özal 's move into politics , while the President 's cousin , Husnu Dogan , had been dismissed from his post as Minister of Defence in February , reportedly after voicing similar criticisms [ see p. 38022 ] . |
| 9 | In August Wojtowicz had been dismissed from his post and five people , including senior officials of state banks , had been arrested ; following the Art-B scandal the Sejm approved laws to tighten the central bank 's powers of supervision . |
| 10 | A day later he claimed that he had been the victim of a dirty tricks campaign , saying that his house had been under surveillance and that a carefully organized smear campaign had been waged against him , apparently concerning loans alleged to have been made to his petfood company several years previously . |
| 11 | He was smarting from the clerical opposition that had been marshaled against his nonsectarian charter for Cornell University . |
| 12 | Stuart had once been coerced by her into delivering food parcels for old people at Christmas because he had a licence and could drive the university van . |
| 13 | Newspaper announcement , June 1794 : ‘ The public are most respectfully informed that Mr Edmund Bond ( late a Pupil of the Veterinary College ) has undergone an Examination before the Medical Committee , and the following is a Copy of their Report : These are to certify that Mr Edmund Bond has attended the Veterinary College as a Resident Pupil for Eighteen Months , and having been examined by us , we consider him as qualified to practise the Veterinary Art . |
| 14 | He received his certificate which stated : ‘ These are to Certify that Mr Edmund Bond has attended the Veterinary College as a resident pupil for 18 months and having been examined by us , we consider him as qualified to practise the Veterinary Art ’ . |
| 15 | Just before the accident , he had snatched his favourite toy from his brother and had been stopped by his mother from hitting him over the head . |
| 16 | It had been stopped in its tracks by the Railway Inspectorate and a public outcry . |
| 17 | The first thing that struck me was that of about 100 different offerings at least half a dozen times I 'd been stopped in my tracks by absolutely classic flavours . |
| 18 | Hence in the present case Mr. Dennis had not been divested of his interest under the joint tenancy when his wife died . |
| 19 | In such a situation the true owner may have been divested of his claim against the wrongdoer under section 8(2) ( d ) but if not , he might still be entitled to sue by virtue of his title . |
| 20 | ‘ Where two or three are gathered in my name , I shall be there with them ’ ( Matthew 18:20 ) |
| 21 | Curiosity may have been aroused by their performances but , according to Watman , ‘ they enjoyed incredible popularity at the time and there was never any suggestion of race as a factor ’ ( personal communication , 1981 ) . |
| 22 | But in the last twelve months the fury of the entire national had been aroused against him by an aged , exiled cleric for whom he had only contempt . |
| 23 | ( On Sept. 7 , at the end of a two-day debate for which the UK House of Commons had been recalled from its summer recess , the UK government had won a vote of confidence over its handling of the Gulf crisis , by 437 votes to 35 . ) |
| 24 | Thus , on Jan. 30 parliament co-opted 120 new members to replace CPCz members who had resigned or who had been recalled by their constituencies . |
| 25 | There were 180,000 guestworkers in East Germany including 40,000 Vietnamese as well as Mozambicans and Cubans ; 40,000 North Koreans had been recalled by their government when demonstrations threatened the old regime . |
| 26 | 1 on the ground , having been flown from their barracks in Omagh some twenty miles away . |
| 27 | Proletarianisation has occurred in Latin America because the peasantry have been dispossessed of their land or because their land has become insufficient to support a family . |
| 28 | In the western United States travellers encountered the native Americans , the Indians who had so often been dispossessed of their lands and livelihoods by the railway companies . |
| 29 | Though , within the limits of building activity set by the Labour government , it is unlikely that the development charge procedure seriously affected the supply of land , it is probable that the Conservative government 's plans for private building would have been jeopardised by it . |
| 30 | These are calculated for our sample of 1608 men who were unemployed longer than 28 days and did not give retirement as their reason for their pre-cohort entry job . |