Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] be [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | co-ordinates up , erm , you know , I have n't yet had contact from er no , I thought I 'd been given a new name , but , no I have n't had con any contact from my new co-ordinator yet , erm , but that was n't in my mind when I spoke on Thursday about Christmas , perhaps I ought to pursue that one in time for the next meeting and see what 's happening in South Africa and are getting it in South America for . |
| 2 | And backs away , with what I believe is called a shiteating grin . |
| 3 | I head south after what I think 's called a hearty breakfast and an even heartier cough . |
| 4 | My mate and I had been given a long list of names , of Bulawayo people we should meet . |
| 5 | Prior to the patrol I had been given a verbal briefing on the night 's events . |
| 6 | Before I knew where I was , I had been wagered a great deal of money that I could not do it , and shortly before midnight I was leaving the hallowed portals of Ronnie Scott 's Club . |
| 7 | I had been promised a gripping afternoon 's shoot in the Locarno Gents ( where the original play was entirely set ) . |
| 8 | Well I I 've been sent a local |
| 9 | Kernaghan , who has actually won schoolboy caps for Northern Ireland added : ‘ I 've been given a big chance now to book my ticket for the World Cup finals in America and I 'll do everything I can to take it . ’ |
| 10 | You see , I 've been offered a great deal of money for information which might discredit Alan Dysart : anything scandalous from his past or present . |
| 11 | But now my personal life has been … simplified , and I 'm back two doors away from where it all started , maybe I 've been offered a new beginning . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 've been offered a temporary job at a private clinic . |
| 13 | Not only am I forced to share bed and board with a woman for whom I feel nothing but disgust , but for my pains I have been branded a disreputable opportunist by all and sundry . |
| 14 | I HAVE been given a new camera but have lost the instructions . |
| 15 | I have been given a beautiful abutilon plant , and I wonder if you could advise me on how to look after it . |
| 16 | I have been given a large quantity of fabric and I would like to know if it would be suitable for painting in oils or acrylic . |
| 17 | I have been helped a great deal just through playing for Dundee High . |
| 18 | ‘ Middlesbrough face the exciting prospect of the Premier League and I have been offered a new contract . |
| 19 | I really resent the fact that I have been labelled a bad mother because I smoke . ’ |
| 20 | It gives her a role as a pseudo-ambassador to the region and she has been granted a special travel visa allowing access to the area without the normal restrictions on foreigners . |
| 21 | So if you 'd been given a free choice , you would n't have given your sweets to your brother , would you ? |
| 22 | But , on getting her act together later the next day , Laura had been appalled to discover that not only had Ross already left for Australia — but she 'd been given a small attic room next to the children 's nursery . |
| 23 | But er I mean er she , she was in a perfect position to do it , I mean she 'd been retired a long time , she was in good health and obviously an annuity would be perfect for her er where it would n't be for a younger person , so I mean life annuities not got . |
| 24 | As soon as she 'd entered the hotel she 'd been handed a white envelope containing a fax message . |
| 25 | She dreaded being called a learned lady : her mother said that ‘ she was a living library ; but locked up , except to a chosen few . ’ |
| 26 | Besides being allowed to play mistress of this house for years , you 've been given a good allowance . |
| 27 | When you 've been given a fine brain like I have , you 've got to use it . |
| 28 | They were beautiful , these Andalucían horses , and she had been given a long lecture on the subject by Ana , who seemed to be an expert . |
| 29 | Although in law a female fiancée can enter Britain quite freely ( without an entry certificate ) she had been held up , questioned again and again , and late in the evening she had been given a sexual examination by officials who she thought might be doctors . |
| 30 | She had been given a plain black dress with a crisp white apron and a mob-cap . |