Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [be] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I may be allowed a topical rugby metaphor , we had , so to speak lined up the ball for a conversion . |
| 2 | It was unlikely that I would be offered a safe seat , but I might , with luck , be given a chance in a marginal . |
| 3 | She should be given a generous financial settlement — on condition that she does not sell her memoirs of life among the royals . |
| 4 | If you can find the time amidst the hustle and bustle of modern life to simply sit and enjoy your own company , you 'll be granted a rare insight into what 's vital for your happiness and fulfilment . |
| 5 | If you 're buying a microwave you 'll be offered a whole host of features , but are they all worth having ? |
| 6 | She just hoped she would be spared a pressing invitation to his obsequies . |
| 7 | If you overdraw by more than £50 or exceed the limit of an arranged overdraft , you will be charged a monthly usage fee of £10 ( rather than £3 or £6 for the Flexible or Interest options ) . |
| 8 | There is a lively bar where you will be served a welcome drink , and the hospitable staff will be sure to give you a warm welcome . |
| 9 | There is no need for the City Council to ask you to sign a new instruction whenever the amount is deducted from your bank account , you will be sent a new bill and advised of the new payments to be made . |
| 10 | You will be sent a revised Policy Schedule . |
| 11 | At the beginning of each day 's trading you will be given a small amount of money ( eg £20 ) in small change , to put into the till . |
| 12 | Once there , you will be given a full day to see this incredible display of vibrant colour . |
| 13 | You will be given a guided tour and then return via the Lech valley . |
| 14 | Endowment assurance is a form of saving as your life will be covered for a fixed term and , at the end of it , you will be paid a fixed amount , plus bonuses . |
| 15 | You will be allocated a unique reference number . |
| 16 | We will supply and buy back foreign currency and Thomas Cook US dollar and sterling travellers cheques FREE of our normal commission charges ; and you will be offered a FREE eurocheque card . |
| 17 | Other public rooms include a reception area , lounge , dining room , TV lounge and a bar where you will be offered a welcome cocktail . |
| 18 | We were in no danger , although as first-time visitors to southern Africa we could be forgiven a slight tremble on the camera shutter . |
| 19 | Will Douglas , who as Knight of Liddesdale , and Keeper of that unruly area , looked on all Armstrongs as eminently hangable , was doubtful , to say the least , but recognised that to refuse to take them would be considered a grievous insult and could endanger them all thereafter . |
| 20 | At best , they may be granted a specific validity , as experts in feminine psychology . |
| 21 | But they may be offered a self-certified mortgage instead . |
| 22 | In traffic terms however , these streets are quiet , safe and free from excessive through travel and aggressive driving ; as such they must be judged a great improvement on what went before . |
| 23 | As such they must be accounted a certain independence ( of both the whole group of pavements with interlaced squares and of the more general group of diagonal and rotated linear designs to which this belongs ) . |
| 24 | If the occupier then asks them to leave , they must be allowed a reasonable time to leave , after which they will become trespassers . |
| 25 | They must be accorded a permissive rather than a causal role . |
| 26 | For a few days they should be given a cool , shaded position ; after that as much light as possible . |
| 27 | Mr Prescott said : ‘ If private capital can not produce the goods as it said it could , they should be given a short period of time to clear the mess up , or we will take it over . |
| 28 | And they should be given a helping hand : |
| 29 | They should be given a brief personal experience of the nature of prison life . |
| 30 | They should be offered a little greenstuff in the form of blanched lettuce or spinach on an occasional basis ( ie. once a week ) . |