Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] be [vb pp] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number of actual evictions was tiny — less than twenty per year — though when they occurred they were given widespread publicity and the fears that they raised went far beyond what their numerical significance might indicate . |
| 2 | All the organizations that worked there were offered alternative accommodation , which they were all sensible enough to accept . |
| 3 | ‘ Hopefully we can stay in the there this time , ’ added Wood , mindful that Britain were forced into qualifying after defeat by unsung Finland meant they were relegated last year from the elite nations . |
| 4 | Jasper knew he was allowed extreme latitude in almost everything he did . |
| 5 | In the whole , as the degree of discrimination increased it was found that reaction time increased at a fairly constant rate . |
| 6 | Yeah , but she said I were called one night I went with her daughter-in-law |
| 7 | Had she been asked that minute what her exact feelings were , she might have said , I have done what I can for Andrée , if she 's going to blow cold again , if she does n't want to see me any more , vogue la galère , I shall have to survive , I shall . |
| 8 | The cold war may be over and dead , but spooks still rule OK — the US Central Intelligence Agency has warned more than 70 US defence , aerospace and financial companies that their industrial secrets are targets of French intelligence agents and diplomats , Defense Week reports , adding that the warning has caused Hughes Aircraft Co to drop plans to exhibit aerospace equipment at the Paris Air Show in June ; a 21-page French government document from about 1990 outlines US aerospace and defence corporate secrets in which French companies are interested , US officials say ; according to the Washington Post , Hughes officials said they were told one item the French memo lists is Hughes ' HS601 communications satellite ; French firms recently outbid Hughes to provide $258m in communications birds to Arab lands . |
| 9 | Neither had they been given extra hay the night before . |
| 10 | Virginia Bottomley , a health minister , said many of the 3,000 people sleeping rough in the city might have stayed at home had they been given enough attention earlier . |
| 11 | The company said it was advised last week by the US Federal Trade Commission that no objection would be raised to the acquisition of up to 15 per cent of Jaguar shares . |
| 12 | Melvyn Kelly , prosecuting , said it was expected that committal proceedings would be able to take place in two weeks . |