Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [vb pp] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Toby seemed to be gone a long time , but I was n't measuring time very accurately . |
| 2 | And they like to be taught a new board game |
| 3 | The very young inmates at Bohorok had to be taught a surprising number of basic skills , such as how to climb and walk upright on a branch , things they would normally have learned from their mothers . |
| 4 | There even men with the basic training of craft workers ( preferably in metals ) had still to be taught the specific skills of the skilled factory worker . |
| 5 | To avoid these situations it is important for pilots to be taught the right technique for the take-off run . |
| 6 | He was to be joined the next day by his mistress , Felicity . |
| 7 | The length of the queues in Windhoek and Katutura , two of the most densely populated urban areas in Namibia , triggered conjecture that the poll might have to be extended an extra day . |
| 8 | Those are likely to be extended the following year to include time waits between GP referral and an appointment with a consultant . |
| 9 | ‘ We did say we 'd limit him to thirty mares as he 's been so busy competing , but somehow we managed to allow our arms to be twisted a few times . |
| 10 | A competitive attitude is something that has to be applied every single minute of the working day , arid every day of the week . |
| 11 | And we can see the rates for which the deduction is going to be applied the other side . |
| 12 | Similarly , a serious case brought before the magistrate had to be presented a second time before the justice of the peace . |
| 13 | On 21 May , Christie 's New York will sell thirty-one Italian paintings from the Getty 's collection , most of which have not been on view for many years either due to their unsatisfactory condition or their downgraded status : a ‘ Rest on the Flight into Egypt ’ was described in 1963 as ‘ the greatest reward for visitors to the collection … by Orazio Gentileschi , a Caravaggesque masterpiece by an artist who had learned the lesson of realism ’ , only to be dubbed a later copy , probably Francesco Gentileschi , in the opinion of R.W. Bissel , the leading authority on the artist ( est. $50–70,000 ) . |
| 14 | Prepare to be led a merry dance — perhaps emotionally , perhaps materially — and prepare also to deal with a series of tough situations . |
| 15 | I do not mourn for Mr. Fyfe , but is he to be branded a dishonest man because of the Government 's insensitivity in railroading through these unwanted applications ? |
| 16 | To be branded an unfeeling brute reinforced the image he had made for himself of a man who was dog-rough , ‘ a foul beast ’ , unfit for human company , not to be tolerated in civilised drawing rooms . |
| 17 | Not to be outdone the Wesleyan Methodists rejoiced in 1898 ‘ in the growing sense of kinship that marks our relations with the United States ’ , expressed their ‘ warmest sympathy ’ with America 's efforts to ‘ disburden suffering peoples of the pitiless and truculent misgovernments under which they have groaned ’ and rejoiced that ‘ In fusing together the two great divisions of the Anglo-Saxon race , the Churches have played the chief part although ’ , they added as a reprove to their more ‘ political ’ friends , the Baptists and Congregationalists , ‘ like their Lord , they do not cry nor uplift their voice in the highways of International politics ’ . |
| 18 | I is however to be repeated every five years up to forty and then every two years for as long as the rating is held , or if there is a hearing loss . |
| 19 | used to be called a ragged school . |
| 20 | But it used to be called a ragged school . |
| 21 | But if this is to be called a rational method , it is so , from Stevenson 's point of view , mainly because it consists in letting one 's attitudes be moulded by rational factual beliefs . |
| 22 | When one gets right down to it , I doubt very much whether you 're fit to be called a bad lot . ’ |
| 23 | Mr Beregovoy has been quoted as saying that he is not ashamed to be called a social democrat . |
| 24 | If I 'm making a film of myself and I 'm on probation , at the end of the year I can pass or fail or have my probation extended because I 'm not successful enough to be called a qualified teacher , then I 'm opening myself up for people to come and look at my mistakes . |
| 25 | The original reasons for seeking a Royal Charter remain : it would give greater status to the Association , its members and indeed the whole industry ; we would enjoy the endorsement by the Privy Council to our qualifications for membership ; recognition by the Privy Council would add weight to the Association 's opinion on issues when lobbying Government or debating with others ; our members would have the Privy Council 's endorsement of being true professionals with the opportunityfor a Corporate member to be called a Chartered Hotelier or a Chartered Caterer . |
| 26 | One hundred year ago Prof Peabody might well have been equally indignant had she been called a scientist , and would have said ( as did Faraday and Kelvin ) ‘ I prefer to be called a natural philosopher ’ . |
| 27 | You are what used to be called a White Russian . ’ |
| 28 | I 'm never never one for for making work but on an a on although this is n't going to be called an annual report for most children it will be an annual event and I do feel quite strongly that for the child to be able to have the opportunity |
| 29 | However , the meeting , representing 33 different organizations , voted to establish a body " without rigid structures " rather than a party , to be called the Democratic Choice Bloc . |
| 30 | It was during this period of what used to be called the Dark Ages that the ethnic map of Europe began to assume a character which in the main survives today . |