Example sentences of "[verb] be [adj] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some districts it has been impossible to make it available to everyone . |
| 2 | I 'll tell Sheila straightaway ’ made me feel that , at last , I 'd been able to give them some good news . |
| 3 | He says being jobless makes him miserable and bored . |
| 4 | ‘ But Teams who used to come here expecting to win are happy to contain us these days , and that 's a huge compliment to Norwich . ’ |
| 5 | It must have been awkward getting it all the way to Hochhauser from London . |
| 6 | They 'd have been able to certify him insane , or he 'd have done something so terrible and criminal they could have put him in prison , where he 'd be sodomised and knifed ; quietly disposed of without any fuss because the rules were different in there . |
| 7 | ‘ I would have been happy to give you three times the amount — if your story had proved that the boy was good . ’ |
| 8 | He had been able to teach her some of the ploys that actors use to control their breathing when they are nervous , and project their voices so they can be heard . |
| 9 | Springfield looked up from his examination of Grant 's inert form , a more thorough examination than Chuck had been able to give him earlier . |
| 10 | If only Kinnock had been able to show us this side of himself when he was still Leader of the Labour Party , the election might have had a very different result . |
| 11 | Yet it scorched him that he had been unable to give her that chance himself . |
| 12 | ‘ Mummy , why do n't I look like Paula ? ’ she had asked , staring wretchedly at her five-year-old reflection in the mirror , but her mother , herself slightly bemused by the young beauty she had produced , had been unable to give her any satisfactory answer . |
| 13 | I 'm only glad that we 've been able to sort it all out so quickly . |
| 14 | ‘ We 've been able to make it affordable . ’ |
| 15 | er actually who are all in front , mostly from Stanton which I represent , they have made their views known to me some years ago , er this might happen , erm I 'm very glad that you have responded now to their concerns as well as the concerns of the villages and , and this paper does mark significant erm success co-operation between a lot of people involved and for that reason I welcome it , I would ask if it becomes be prepared to make it six months instead of three months please . |
| 16 | But that in no way affected my admiration for what Winston had done , and I am pleased to think that on one or two occasions I have been able to render him some modest service in the way of a reward for this particular display of public courage . |
| 17 | And McGrindle , very matter of fact though drunk as usual : I have sixteen children , seven by my first marriage , four by my second , my second wife had two of her own , that makes thirteen , and three from my third , sixteen , and I am proud to say I have been able to give them all a good education and every chance in life without ever compromising my integrity . |
| 18 | ‘ I am also very glad that following advice in the normal way , you have been able to make it clear that in relation to subsequent allegations , I have acted within the guidance on the conduct of ministers . |
| 19 | ‘ We were granted ownership of the building in March and in just three months we have been able to get it ready . ’ |
| 20 | Since few actuaries will have had much practical experience of teaching before becoming tutors these notes have been prepared to give you some guidance towards helping students most effectively in the context of the tuition system . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's been lovely to see you all , even though it 's a sad errand that 's brought me ! ’ |