Example sentences of "[verb] be [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 On the debit side of the cash book all amounts of cash received are shown in the cash column , and all amounts banked are shown in the bank column .
2 ‘ I think it must 've been hit by a car , ’ he said .
3 The Beach-heads hear they 've been cursed by a Swells SOTW
4 You see I 've been entrusted with the task of getting him safely back to the Reich and I 've little more than three weeks to do it in . ’
5 I do n't think we would 've been standing outside the gates .
6 ‘ You had them all the time — you trailed me round — you bloody filthy lying bastard — you poked my head into every shit-bin in Bristol — you led me up hill and down dale till my feet were dropping off — you made me steal some people 's boat — I could 've been got by the police — I might be festering in jail now — handcuffed — criminal — you do n't care , you 're criminal anyway — I would n't be surprised if you 'd murdered half a dozen innocent people and cut them up and kept their pieces stashed away in the hole where you 've been hiding my bag and my things and my money and my dreams … ’
7 And there 's Master Tristram pretending he 's not listening to his father , who might 've been sitting in the Fowey stocks by now if it was n't for that same father 's efforts . "
8 The average bid and offer rates then calculated are known as the London interbank fixing rates and are used for reference purposes in variable interest rate loan agreements .
9 The circumstances in which this litigation arose are described in the judgment delivered by Vinelott J. on 19 December 1989 as follows :
10 There is every likelihood that the versions of antiracism I have criticized will wither away as the local state structures on which they have relied are destroyed by the conflict with central government .
11 There is talk , still unconfirmed but reasonable enough , that Sparc cloners anxious to finally turn their allegiance to profit are pushing for the port .
12 In the proposed research the potential contention and ambiguity in British social life which such matters entail are addressed through the study of self-consciously peaceful communities .
13 ALL events listed are led by the Countryside Ranger Service .
14 More details of many of the attractions listed are contained in the Association 's Yearbook ‘ Railways Restored ’ , published in March by Ian Allan Ltd and available at a privilege price to Association Private Members .
15 However , " intellectual property rights " includes copyright , design right and moral rights does not provide an exclusive definition ; it merely provides clarification by saying that the three rights listed are included in the definition .
16 But the desertion of a part of the crew is to be considered an emergency of the voyage as much as their death ; and those who remain are bound by the terms of their original contract to exert themselves to the utmost to bring the ship in safety to her destined port .
17 Members unable to attend are circulated with the research papers on request .
18 Even more striking is the provision that if such a tenement is not alienated , but the alms for which it was originally given are neglected over a period of two years , then the property shall again be recoverable at law by the donor or his heirs .
19 When the small claims and summary cause summons are returned from court , the two dates given are input to the system and various reminder memos are then issued in connection with those dates .
20 The two pieces of knitting to be joined are replaced on the needles .
21 The two pieces to be joined are replaced on the needles with the right sides of the fabric together .
22 The candidate who brings his whole library to such an examination often fails : the facts that he needs are lost in a multitude of pages .
23 Details on these craft are shown in the caption to the diagram on page 41 , but MTB 74 was an unusual ship even among these fast midgets .
24 Details of wounding are given in the legend to Table 1 .
25 Some good ones to try are suggested in the table .
26 Many young stock for fattening are bought in the market at York from the upland farmers of Ireland , Wales , Scotland and the Pennines .
27 The vicar calls for silence for the ‘ Lord Mayor ’ , who makes a short speech declaring he has been elected for a year and a day .
28 CHARLIE BISSET , a member of the elite club of players who have turned out for three Scottish districts , has been elected as an Edinburgh representative on the Scottish Rugby Union committee .
29 If he wins , it will be the first time a black person has been elected to a US state governorship .
30 If confirmed , it will be the first time a black person has been elected to a US state governorship .
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