Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] be [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think I was told a great deal about the facts of life . |
| 2 | ( WES ) She still needs to return to hospital regularly for treatment , but doctors say she 's made an excellent physical — and emotional — recovery . |
| 3 | They say they were promised a full inquiry . |
| 4 | She says she 's made a special cake and wants us to help eat it up . ’ |
| 5 | As soon as we arrived we were shown a dead chick . |
| 6 | WILEY Arfur Daley reckons he 's found a new way to score against the police — by taking them on at soccer . |
| 7 | Addition : Suppose you are given a long column of figures to add . |
| 8 | Suppose we are given an approximate eigenvalue |
| 9 | I sort of agree with him , though if you do put a numbing tip of cocaine on your cock because you 're quick in the trigger , I guess it is considered a sexual aid . ’ |
| 10 | Near it was found a fragmentary base with a reference to Chios and names including Archermos . |
| 11 | But despite this , Mr Pacey denies he 's chosen a bad time to go . |
| 12 | ‘ I think 'e 's owed that , ’ said Sprott , ‘ I think 'e 's owed a generous tribute . ’ |
| 13 | This spotter was positioned on the canteen roof , and to house him was built a wooden structure somewhat like a pillbox with a hinged ‘ porthole ’ in the roof , to give him a clear 360 ° view . |
| 14 | You call it , I think it 's called a maxi-dowment plan . |
| 15 | However , it does n't seem he 's found a satisfactory answer for himself yet . ’ |
| 16 | If he 's made me believe them , that means he 's made a large part of the new me . |
| 17 | Toni Halliday said she 's learned a great deal about women from men , ‘ and some men are able to write about the women we dream of being . ’ |
| 18 | Cleveland police said it was believed an electrical fault started the fire in a ground-floor flat . |
| 19 | The Computer Programmer threw his bat down , in the reckless manner allowed only to one who knows he 's done a good batting job and is respected by his fellows . |