Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [be] [vb pp] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both Price Waterhouse and now Touche Ross have dallied with the Deloitte domestic partnership and been given the cold shoulder . |
| 2 | She went to the centre for a check and was given the allclear . |
| 3 | Just as the family was beginning to get over the tragedy , Dawn 's older sister , Sheila , 6 , vanished from home and was found the next day , drowned in a canal . |
| 4 | In 1700 he was dismissed from his duties as Down Driver , lost the privileges of a free burgess and was fined the then considerable sum of £5.00 . |
| 5 | A comrade is talking to you one moment and is gone the next , either blasted beyond recognition or seriously wounded . |
| 6 | He then ran back to his position , foolishly had another go at the midfielder with his elbow and was given the first dip in the Chester bath . |
| 7 | How do you feel about being named the most beautiful woman in the world and being called the new Brigitte Bardot ? |
| 8 | It would n't be the first time that a man has been seduced by female beauty and been left the poorer for his pleasure , nor the first time Lotta has attempted by stealth to deprive me of something which I value . ’ |
| 9 | During World War I she became a home nurse and was awarded the Red Cross gold medal . |
| 10 | The patient was transferred to the intensive care unit and was extubated the next morning . |