Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [pron] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the war , under Lloyd George , a policy had been pursued which combined vigorous prosecution of the war with all-round reconstruction on the home front . |
| 2 | Then they 're told he had 230 burglary convictions |
| 3 | I am told it made wonderful television . |
| 4 | You do find advisors are tied I mentioned Global Investments they 're tied to the Halifax Building Society . |
| 5 | Several fellow players asked her to take them for a ride as pillion passengers but that treat seemed to be reserved for members of her regular entourage , though I suppose it could be argued she took Steffi Graf for a ride in the semi-finals . |
| 6 | Yet for deaf people the isolation could well be more serious in integrated environments if such a policy change were to be effected which allowed this alignment . |
| 7 | I 'm informed they tried several times . ’ |
| 8 | Outspoken speeches were given which received spontaneous standing ovations . |
| 9 | Where they were wrong was in leading you to believe that the package they were selling you represented good value for money . |
| 10 | ‘ He 's got a two-year-old son called Richard and they were told he had cystic fibrosis . |
| 11 | Earlier last night , two women 's quarter-finals that were postponed from the rained-out day session were played one lasted three sets and the other three games . |
| 12 | As confidence grew , partly as a result of the student impression studies , so techniques were employed which permitted cross-institutional comparison , which enabled graduate employer samples to participate in evaluation , and which allowed the appraisal of course realities such as grading patterns and resources to be set alongside the studies of course perceptions . |
| 13 | Instead , in many localities informal norms of public order were negotiated which recognized popular sovereignties of place , in return for co-operation from ‘ responsible ’ internal agencies of social control . |
| 14 | On being asked what constituted such vulgarity , it was explained that it was because it had ‘ neither vest nor pants to cover his lower limbs ! ’ |
| 15 | So it was that , at a highly important summit in the Hague in December 1969 , several major decisions were taken which breathed new life into the Community and gave something to both France and her partners . |
| 16 | Later other drugs were discovered which mitigated this handicap . |
| 17 | But shall , we 've been thinking we started last week and we 're gon na be thinking over the next few weeks , er some of the people that Jesus met , some of those who confronted him who 's lives came into contact with Jesus Christ and what difference it made to them ? |
| 18 | ‘ Nobody 's denying you did good work on that blend . |
| 19 | The important point , however , is that even in the dark days of May 1940 the Home Office was very reluctant to destroy the fascist movement , and the Security Service joined the campaign to intern Mosley and the most important members of the movement only after information had been acquired which suggested secretive behaviour and links with potentially treasonable behaviour . |
| 20 | The curricular review for the age group 5–14 years presents exciting challenges and during the year a very successful primary pilot was undertaken which involved 100 schools throughout Scotland . |
| 21 | When they understood what was expected we had few communication problems . |
| 22 | ‘ I was told I had 14 days to leave the country because my visa had expired . |
| 23 | It was curiosity , when I was sixteen at school I was told I had another sister at the same school . |
| 24 | ‘ She was told she needed more experience nursing very sick children . ’ |
| 25 | On the same day a water bill was approved which covered water-related projects in 17 western states . |
| 26 | Whichever method was used it meant long traffic holdups as the creatures went through the streets , their already frightened state heightened by a deal of cruelty on the part of many of the drovers . |
| 27 | After many long hours of negotiations between the key delegations , however , and increasing support among South American and African countries for a total ban on drift-nets , a compromise text was agreed which involved substantial concessions by Japan . |
| 28 | When she was born she had two sprouts of what seemed to be orange hay on her head . |
| 29 | In 1982 a part-time three-year M.Ed course in English and Drama studies was introduced which recruited 10 students . |
| 30 | The Amir reappointed the Crown Prince as Prime Minister on Oct. 12 , and on Oct. 17 a new 15-member government was announced which included six members of the Assembly . |