Example sentences of "be [adj] and [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The right hon. Member for Cirencester and Tewkesbury ( Mr. Ridley ) , the right hon. Member for Bath ( Mr. Patten ) and now the right hon. Member for Henley ( Mr. Heseltine ) have all been unsuccessful and got it wrong . |
| 2 | I mean , for instance , if you do the the very high grade Norlands nanny training they go on till they 're grey and experienced it all |
| 3 | Nor can Hewlett be dismissed as having been lucky and got it right first time : it did n't . |
| 4 | Indeed , too overt an attempt to so could well be counterproductive and lay them open to the charge of meddling . |
| 5 | Second , failure of supporters of other parties to transfer votes on elimination caused these to be non-transferable and made it possible for VUPP candidates to be elected " without reaching the quota " in the last stage of a count . |
| 6 | I will return and tell Prince Rainbow that the lung 's guard were foolish and gave me such treatment as one might expect from a crowd of flea-bitten louts . " |
| 7 | This enabled him to tell old jokes as if they were new and made him one of the ‘ all time great ’ story tellers . |
| 8 | He was strong and took it all from Huston in a strong way . |
| 9 | He was weak and found it difficult to pick up his feet as he walked . |
| 10 | They declared that she was insatiable and begged them all to participate . |
| 11 | It was despairing and made him uneasy for a long time afterwards . |
| 12 | The man decided Tim was queer and made it clear he did n't tolerate those too easily . |