Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [pron] be [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lionel Elvin , Director of the University of London Institute of Education , had , as a member of the Robbins Committee , framed its recommendations for the teacher training colleges ( as they were called before the committee 's recommendation that they be renamed colleges of education ) to be brought within the universities ' ambit . |
| 2 | She 's ripped up everything in her bedroom and she 's thrown milk all over the kitchen . ’ |
| 3 | I wish to notify other divers that while diving in Cornwall earlier this year , my buddy and I were charged £2 each for just walking down the slip for a shore dive . |
| 4 | The victim of a sexual assault threatened to tell the town of the crime unless she was paid money . |
| 5 | The jury at his trial at Bristol Crown Court has been told that Hagans watched the offices where Mrs McGurk worked from behind the bars of his prison cell before he was granted bail.The court has been told that after the murder , he tried to sell the victim 's wedding ring . |
| 6 | But in 1984 he suffered further humiliation when he was fined £100 for an act of gross indecency with a lorry driver in a public lavatory in Reading . |
| 7 | This week UK , Cambridge-based IXI Ltd is going to confirm our months-old story that it 's signed HaL Computer Systems to license and bundle IXI 's Motif-compliant desktop manager X.desktop on its anticipated 64-bit Sparc machines ( UX No 388 ) . |
| 8 | An ambulance took him to Leeds General Infirmary where it was found John , 72 , was suffering from a vicious flu bug . |
| 9 | After a detailed survey a large area of stone was removed to the Dorset County Museum where it is given pride of place . |
| 10 | It is no wonder that he was elected fellow of the Royal Society in 1756 , three years after the society awarded him the Copley Medal . |
| 11 | The decision will drastically cut the amount of countryside available for fox hunting and it 's angered hunts , and huntsmen and women . |
| 12 | there was an appeal for a penalty late on in the 2nd half but it was turned doen . |
| 13 | A COUPLE who delayed their marriage because they were refused planning permission to build a home are appealing to the Department of the Environment . |
| 14 | TERRY Waite passed up a chance of escape while he was held hostage because it would have meant shooting one of his captors , he reveals today . |
| 15 | More than 1,000 women have been recalled for a repeat smear test after it was revealed Practice Nurse Ina Gordon used a wooden spatula designed for holding down the tongue instead of special metal spatulas made for the vital tests . |
| 16 | ANDREW Morton , author of the best-seller , Diana : Her True Story won his second award in a week at the What the Papers Say Awards lunch when he was named investigator of the year for his delving into the Royal Family which led to his best-selling book Diana : Her True Story . |
| 17 | There was an outcry when it was revealed Rosalyn sat in on cabinet meetings . |
| 18 | ‘ We are currently extending our cellars so that we can lay down more young wines , ’ said Dr Davies , who established the cellars at Derby Hall when he was appointed warden in 1984 . |
| 19 | He committed himself to helping the future of rugby when he was elected president of a relaunched Young England Club . |
| 20 | The short judgments proceed on the simple ground that the sheriff was not entitled to retain sums which he had no legal right to demand , but the sums were demanded in return for the rendering of a service , namely the issuing of warrants , so the case is capable of being rationalised on the basis that they were exacted colore officii , a concept which emerged more clearly in later cases . |
| 21 | ‘ When I got home on the evening that it was announced Terry Venables had taken out an injunction , one of my children was very nervous and said ‘ Why do n't you throw in the towel ? |
| 22 | In 1863 he had given £1,500 to the endowment fund of the Hull Seamen 's Orphanage and he was appointed chairman in 1866 . |
| 23 | Whereat was remanded in custody after magistrates said there were substantial grounds for fearing his well being and safety if he was given bail because of the seriousness of the alleged offences . |
| 24 | At the same time they tried other jobs , the sort of also-ran jobs the music business is full of where you never become a celebrity but you are paid union rates and allowed to stand nearby . |
| 25 | You could tell he was a maverick because he 's called Gavin , is articulate and wears black T-shirts for work . |
| 26 | You could tell he was a maverick because he 's called Gavin , is articulate and wears black T-shirts for work . |
| 27 | You could tell he was a maverick because he 's called Gavin , is articulate and wears black T-shirts for work . |
| 28 | However , the crew helped us aboard and I soon forgot my fright when we were given bananas to eat . |
| 29 | None of the 5HT antagonists or the 5HT 4 agonist , SC53116 , significantly altered ICJ transit when they were given ip during ia infusion of saline ( Table II ) . |
| 30 | I had letters after my name so I was called finance director . ’ |