Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [vb pp] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Brown and his team should be given a few days ’ extension to accomplish that . |
2 | He reminded us of our debt to those whose labour supported our studies and I recalled this many years later when , passing through Harvard , I read the inscription commemorating the foundation of its college in order that future generations might be spared an unlettered clergy . |
3 | If she could get to Bart 's before the day staff had begun their routine , she might be allowed a few moments with Amy . |
4 | In other time management systems this sort of thing would be called a key results area , erm , you know , it , it 's that kind of thing . |
5 | Her twice-weekly parliamentary Question Times , where she would be thrown a few soft-balls by her own side , enabled her to shine at the dispatch box . |
6 | ‘ Their deaths shall be avenged a thousand times ! ’ |
7 | You will be asked a few questions about your state of health and a drop of blood will be taken from your finger to make sure that you are not anaemic . |
8 | The parasites will be blasted a hundred times for the indignities they have inflicted on us ! ’ |
9 | A tale , which could and probably will be repeated a thousand times , of the fate of a work of art shaken loose from its context by the tempest of World War II |
10 | She is opinionated , and can confidently predict that William Burroughs , whose books have me aching with boredom , will be read a hundred years from now . |
11 | But in many cases of recording factual information , opinions , attitudes and even physical characteristics ( such as domestic facilities within a house ) , work done by the schedule designer before the questions are asked , or the observations made , can be repaid a dozen times over by the ease with which subsequent analysis can then be carried out . |
12 | They can be taken a few hours before sleep is required in the new time zone . |