Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [vb pp] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lee , who left the family home in Skelton two years ago , came in from the cold to highlight the plight of the young homeless : the Rural Development Commission says more than 14,000 people in country areas are without a home 12pc of the national total and many of them are forced to leave rural areas altogether . |
| 2 | In support of this view , a number of studies have indicated that language-impaired children make significant improvements if the adults around them are induced to make systematic changes in certain aspects of their language ( Howlin 1984 ; McLean and Snyder 1978 ) . |
| 3 | ‘ I am determined to promote political reforms . ’ |
| 4 | During the DTS I am determined to see these seeds grow ! |
| 5 | Next year Minnie I will be forty and hardly able to believe it but I am resolved to make great changes with the help of a hard winter 's work . |
| 6 | What amazes me is that young families on income support can get almost any accompanying benefit , yet I am expected to meet these bills in full . |
| 7 | In my whole life of collecting and I suppose it 's a little bit to assuage my conscience I 've always been able to say to myself that I 'm allowed to have these things and enjoy them , but eventually they 're all going to museums . |
| 8 | I was invited to observe healing sessions taking place in the College of Psychic Studies in South Kensington . |
| 9 | When I had finished , I was made to wait two hours before being called back into the office for questioning . |
| 10 | In my early days , I had merely assumed , since I knew so little of industry , that I was employed to achieve certain ends . |
| 11 | Watching the editing of the Brahms Second Symphony I must say I forgot I was watching a film , simply because I was fascinated to hear new colours which the eye was suggesting by the way you were using shots of the violas and the trombones at some of the quietest moments in the work . |
| 12 | ‘ I was asked to take two horses from Ireland and this was one of them . |
| 13 | As for the television programme , I was asked to appear 36 hours in advance , having been sent the large number of documents . |
| 14 | I was asked to refit some buttons which has come apart on a settee cushion . |
| 15 | I was told to sign three cards and then they just dumped this bag on the counter , and I could see the rope inside . |
| 16 | I had to race to keep up the momentum but I was forced to rest five minutes in every twenty . |
| 17 | So , with some limitations , I was allowed to choose new Directors whose short training films I 'd seen , or who 'd maybe done a couple of other jobs in serials , and get them to prove their mettle . |
| 18 | I was allowed to wear high heels for beauty contests , however , and when I started work , he always bought me expensive Italian leather . |
| 19 | Career-wise , especially , it seems you are destined to scale new heights and what takes place sometime around October 29 and again on November 3 will put you firmly in the big league and back in the money again . |
| 20 | I 've just got another bit of paper a note saying please note while you are at college you are asked to do four hours overtime and that 's not a contract , it 's just a letter . |
| 21 | You are bound to have many questions you would like to ask , as well as certain anxieties about which you would like your mind set at rest . |
| 22 | You are advised to detach these pages and keep them with your travel documents . |
| 23 | Therefore you are advised to arrange important meetings at times coincident with daytime on your home time and to avoid times coincident with night on home time . |
| 24 | You are advised to consult other texts for full details of these and other surgical operations . |
| 25 | You are expected to take adequate steps to protect yourself . |
| 26 | Is it because you are expected to express good wishes or thanks , or because you are old and wise and expected to give advice , or because you are an extrovert and known for being humorous , because you are closely related to the other members of the family , or because you are a friend who has known the bride and groom for many years ? |
| 27 | When the heat is on at work and you are required to work longer hours , are you unable to maintain your eating pattern ? |
| 28 | Scuba diving is a very complex sport and you are required to learn many aspects of the sport all of which are vital for example , pressure equalization , maintenance of equipment , assembling the equipment , nitrogen narcosis , decompression sickness and use of dive tables misunderstandig or neglecting any of these can result in very serious injuries or paralysis or even death you also learn practical skills like mask clearing to a timed diver low compass navigation must also be mastered and a theory and practical tests are undertaken to show you are competent at scuba diving . |
| 29 | You are forbidden to ask any questions or try to discover who the person is . |
| 30 | ‘ Unless you fight it , you 're bound to absorb all sorts of things , ’ he explains . |