Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [vb pp] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er Lot number ninety two Lot number ninety two is the seal Lot number ninety two for thirty pounds , at thirty , thirty five , at thirty five pounds in white , thirty five only , forty , forty five fifty pounds , at fifty five , sixty , sixty five seventy I 'm offered I 'm offered seventy pounds on my right , seventy five eighty pounds eighty five ninety ninety five a hundred and ten twenty thirty forty one forty bid against you now one forty is here at one forty , all done ? |
| 2 | At fif sixty , thank you , standing , for sixty , sixty five seventy pounds , seventy five eighty , eighty five ninety standing I 'm offered ninety pounds at the back standing , at ninety and selling for ninety pounds , you all finished , at ninety pounds . |
| 3 | Lot number twenty seven twenty seven the bronze model there 's the bronze model fifty for this , at fifty , thank you , fifty is offered , at five , sixty , sixty five , seventy , seventy five , eighty , eighty five ninety bid I 'm offered ninety pounds at the back , anybody else at ninety , ninety five one hundred going on sir ? |
| 4 | I was fired some years after the War after an altercation with Hymie . |
| 5 | When , in 1986 , I collected a new Nissan car that a sponsor had bought for me , I was stopped four times in one day because the car was new and , as I had been told frequently enough by the police when I worked on Ealing Community Relations Council , black men ca n't afford new cars . |
| 6 | My charge was supplying cocaine and I was given two years for that and one year each concurrent for possession of small amounts of cannabis , cannabis resin , amphetamines and LSD . |
| 7 | Here I was given one piece of advice : ‘ For you , the simplest is the best . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Not in the conventional sense , but I was given moral codes of conduct to follow . ’ |
| 9 | I had an alarming reading for an Agatha Christie film where I was given several sheets of script to sight read without any logical link up in the scenes being read and no-one to read with , except an office assistant who could n't read dialogue . |
| 10 | The targets I was given last year in my appraisal were n't covered at all this year in my appraisal by the manager , |
| 11 | I was given some advice about you — advice which I took against my better judgement , but it seems that advice was wrong . " |
| 12 | But you see , the Reverend has a distant relative whom he means to put in my place and so I was granted sick leave over the holiday in order that his dear Jonathan could come and assist him with the Christmas services . |
| 13 | On retirement from the Army & Navy Stores I was appointed managing director of Hatchards , Piccadilly , and Miss Riley came as my secretary and continued there in a full or part time capacity for many years . |
| 14 | At the age of 34 I was appointed Chief Executive of Warwickshire County Council , an organisation with 16,000 staff and a budget of £250 million . |
| 15 | In fact , when I joined the party in 1967 , I was charged six shillings for my annual subscription . |
| 16 | Twice I 've picked up goods on a shelf marked reduced and then found , because of the bar codes , I was charged full price at the pay-out desk . |
| 17 | I was asked that question by Mr erm prior to the production of the first brochure with that statement in it |
| 18 | ‘ I was approached last year by Lawrence Barnett [ chairman ] to sort things out . |
| 19 | While in Ceylon we visited Allied Headquarters in Kandy , where I was taken one afternoon by Colonel Christian into the ‘ War Room ’ to hear the reports received during the last twenty-four hours , and a commentary on them by a senior staff officer . |
| 20 | I was paid good money for 3½ years to do something about the problems of North Shields and a particular component of doing something was describing what things were like , giving an account of how they had come to be like this , and attempting to understand why the process had happened as it had . |
| 21 | I was offered immediate delivery on a Corvette ZR-1 for £30,500 ( manufacturer 's list price ) . |
| 22 | I WAS told this story of a young single mother , and I pass it on as an example of life in this grand country . |
| 23 | I was told this morning at work , so I do nt have exact details of where and when the games will be played . |
| 24 | I was seized one day with the desire to go to the United States for a period of study . |
| 25 | I was woken this morning by Kenneth throwing a pile of Sunday newspapers on to my eiderdowned feet . |
| 26 | About three years ago , I was left some money by a relative , so I was able to start up a national welfare charity for Labradors — something I 'd always wanted to do . |
| 27 | I reckon 'e 's ate new-born babies in 'is time , so I was 'ighly relieved that we parted on friendly terms , as yer might say . ’ |
| 28 | Unless you are given convincing reasons for not doing so , insist on a reduction |
| 29 | When you are appointed a chairman of a nationalised industry , you are given clear objectives by your Secretary of State , and you have to see that your immediate colleagues and indeed the whole team are aware of , and are striving to achieve , these objectives . |
| 30 | If you are offered any work on television or radio you will need to join the union . |