Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] [be] [vb pp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The beech trees of Yarm 's Beech Tree Court are to stay , says Stockton Borough Council , despite residents ' calls for them to be given the chop . |
| 2 | They belong to the countryside and were they to be evicted the countryside itself would cease to exist . |
| 3 | ‘ It 'd be nice for her to be given the chance to make a suggestion or two . ’ |
| 4 | Where the principle object of a Bill was money , it was formerly the practice for it to be made the subject of a debate in the Commons upon a resolution before the Bill was read a first time . |
| 5 | He wanted it to be called the Chemical Engineering Society but this proved to be too avant-garde , and a great opportunity to be first was lost . |
| 6 | Beryl Smith wishes it to be known the venue will remain open for further training in the future . |
| 7 | Word of his prowess with the chanthu had spread , Alexei knew , and quarrels were seldom more than exchanges of acid words as a result , because were he to be challenged the choice of weapons would be his . |
| 8 | It is used when the food source is so close that the recruits will have no difficulty in finding it without being told the direction . |