Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] [pers pn] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having been wounded by her killing eyes , Strephon chooses his course : |
| 2 | By the time I left Heathrow on a cold , miserable January evening , arrangements had been made for me to visit Melbourne and Sydney , in addition to a fortnight in Western Australia . |
| 3 | When challenged to say what was on his mind , he replied that he had been wondering whether it would ever be given to him to make France great again , as it had been in the days of Charlemagne . |
| 4 | In addition we will have with us and I am sure that the opportunity should be given to him to share news on Zimbabwe and the drought situation . |
| 5 | He was to go to a hotel where arrangements would be made for him to meet Meehan . |
| 6 | Something has to be done about it to make parents realise that these are classified as unsuitable for children because they genuinely are unsuitable for children . ’ |
| 7 | If that right is not set out in the expert clause the agreement of the parties ( and , probably , the agreement of the expert as well ) will be needed for it to become part of the reference . |
| 8 | Is the hon. and learned Gentleman aware that not one Member of Parliament from the Scottish National party is present , although I am sure that , in common with everyone else in Scotland , we shall be challenged by it to hear statements about its separatist policies ? |
| 9 | These devices can be set by you to switch lights on and off for determined periods while you are away from home . |
| 10 | We can acquiesce in this thought experiment only because we implicitly assume that enough behavioural complexity will be discovered for us to regard tribe members as having beliefs and intentions , even if , ex hypothesi , their very simple language does not permit them to express these beliefs and intentions . |
| 11 | On the eve of his Budget , the Chancellor is being warned that thousands of jobs will be lost of he puts VAT on books and newspapers . |
| 12 | Greater responsibility has therefore been passed to us to take care of the day-to-day logistics involved with offshore work . |
| 13 | Here 's the next letter , from our local office : ‘ The papers in this case have been passed to us to begin proceedings . |
| 14 | The followers of Ali were defeated after his won death and the deaths of his sons . |
| 15 | She was jealous of her husband 's many romantic liaisons and was a formidable opponent , with many stories being told of her harrying Zeus ' mistresses and persecuting his illegitimate children . |
| 16 | Bronze votive statuettes which were dedicated to him depict Imhotep as a scribe , sitting with an open papyrus roll on his lap . |
| 17 | Sergeant Flavell has been released from me to take notes ; I 'm attached to myself now , wrists cuffed together . |
| 18 | Cuts in subsidy forced the nationalized industries to increase prices more than the going rate of inflation and pressure was put on them to restrain borrowing . |
| 19 | A warrant was issued for her to attend court on a date to be fixed when sentence will be passed . |
| 20 | Originally it was planned for them to eliminate enemies of the Islamic Republic , but this mission was deemed more important . |