Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [pers pn] be [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A similar reaction occurred when he was given sugar , milk and oranges . |
| 2 | ‘ Bess Halidon , your mother , gave me proof of it when she came here on the day prior to her death and asked that you be found employment . ’ |
| 3 | The move is the result of mounting concern after The Northern Echo revealed that it was feared plans to allow districts to form powerful purchasing consortiums could be the first step towards full-scale merger . |
| 4 | She made a deliberate detour past Miguel 's house on her way back to Monte Samana , and , without stopping , noted that it was called Casa Madrid . |
| 5 | One of his proudest moments came when he was appointed provost of the Royal Burgh of Selkirk , a position he was to hold for seven years , He was the town 's last official provost before regionalisation . |
| 6 | ‘ When Paddy Ashdown parachuted me in , I asked him what happened if I was taken prisoner . |
| 7 | The bonus scheme for American Mr Dworkin , who is credited with turning round the company 's fortunes , began when he was appointed chairman and chief executive of BhS in November 1989 . |
| 8 | The journeymen who were employed " to do all the tasks the women did not " , as well as to train the novices , meant that they were mixed offices from the start . |
| 9 | The seventh-century chronicler Fredegar thought that they were given lands by the Gallo-Roman aristocracy , who thereby gained tax exemption in the days of Valentinian I. It may be that this information actually relates to the reign of Valentinian III , and therefore that it is the same as the grant of Sapaudia , but this is by no means certain . |
| 10 | That 's why I laughed when they were said Terry Waite would need counselling . |
| 11 | From the pink frilly garment , Clara would have deduced that the baby must be a girl , but she clearly remembered that it was called James . |
| 12 | But the former Director of Public Prosecutions — who quit after he was caught kerb-crawling in King 's Cross , London — is talking about acting on stage . |
| 13 | He showed me a speck on the map to the left of Hodges and said that it was named Banks Island , after Cook 's naturalist friend . |
| 14 | A man explained that he was called Ibrahim to keep alive the name of his grandfather 's brother , killed without issue perhaps at the battle of Yellow Hill , or at Kawz , or at Hawaria ; and the same patterns appeared in other genealogies : the names of men without descendants , killed in battle , are recalled for use in a collateral line in later generations . |
| 15 | In the belief that all ‘ accessory food factors ’ were likely to be amines , one of the early researchers suggested that they be called vitamins , that is vital amines . |