Example sentences of "[vb base] and [pron] [vb mod] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Knock and it shall be opened unto you " . |
| 2 | PLEASE — come to Qualified Teachers ' Day on the 18th June and be prepared to discuss this VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE — you supported our plea when we asked you to help boost membership , come along and listen and you will be given an opportunity to express your opinions . |
| 3 | The failure of this ‘ mechanical speech ’ approach ( which eventually led to the development of speech synthesis by rule ) has many lessons to teach us about pronunciation teaching and learning , and it will be useful , in looking at connected speech , to bear in mind the difference between the way humans speak and what would be found in ‘ mechanical speech ’ . |
| 4 | You have to lie curled up on you side and you will be attached to a drip and a fetal monitor so you wo n't be able to move around . |
| 5 | On the very Sunday that the new church opened we looked in vain for the empty seats in St Luke 's : it seemed that God had given to us at the mother church a new group of people who had either moved into the area or who were to be converted and we saw the truth of the saying : ‘ Give and it will be given to you , pressed down and running over . ’ |
| 6 | This seems to be a law of church planting : give and it will be given to you . |
| 7 | Only I remember and nothing can be done . |
| 8 | The ‘ all or nothing ’ fears do not in this case apply and we may be encouraged to re-examine whether there is some give in the apparently uncompromising need for bit-perfect records of program software . |
| 9 | Ask and it shall be given , seek and you 'll find , knock and it will be opened . |
| 10 | Similarly , if every time one of your subordinates makes suggestions at a meeting you purse your lips then this may send a message to the person that you disapprove and they may be discouraged from coming forward with ideas . |
| 11 | Madeline and I will be kept very busy over the next months as we visit the pilot centres to attend key events in their validation or approval processes . |
| 12 | Unless Serbia obeys the ultimatum its phone lines will be severed , borders shut and it will be shunned ‘ for years to come ’ . |
| 13 | Now let's take a look at talents and abilities you already possess and which can be adapted to new uses in whatever new direction you want your life to take . |