Example sentences of "[vb pp] in [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After being educated in private schools he was apprenticed to a mechanical engineer , and before the age of twenty-one had attained a position of responsibility in the works . |
| 2 | ‘ They 'd told me that as I was caught in civilian clothes I was going to be treated as a spy , and every time I heard those shots I thought ‘ My turn tomorrow ’ . ' |
| 3 | However , before considering what procedures may be adopted in such circumstances it is necessary to outline the other rules governing the incorporation of terms . |
| 4 | It is said in some quarters she is being vindictive about these matters . |
| 5 | Wherever jade was used in early times it was derived from alluvial sources . |
| 6 | Found in many forms it was de oral tradition |
| 7 | When the stop is realized in these items it is indistinguishable from the hypercorrect stop insertion attested in , for example , gast , ‘ gas ’ ; clift , ‘ cliff ’ ; fold , ‘ foal ’ ( see J. Milroy 1981b : 11n ) . |
| 8 | If jobs are to be created in Welsh-speaking areas it is as well to prepare the ground well beforehand . |
| 9 | Oh yes , yes I 'm covered in white streaks it 's a hazard is n't it ? |