Example sentences of "and [be] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A renowned ( albeit not a very successful ) crusader who had been on three expeditions , he had met and been entertained by the ablest monarchs in Europe . |
| 2 | This is exacerbated by the fact that capitalism has developed and been maintained throughout the twentieth century and is a very different system from that when Marx and Engels were writing . |
| 3 | The decision has caused considerable controversy and been criticized as an excessive response to the problem , but Mayor Jean Baylaucq justified it on the grounds that the bears constituted a threat to animals and humans . |
| 4 | I have observed that this species can breed at sizes of little more than 1″ , but I have only seen this happen where a larger adult in my colony has died and been replaced by a young fish . |
| 5 | - You notice that the section of your local supermarket which has stocked picnic and barbecue material since the birth of time has suddenly disappeared and been replaced by a new section stocking wrapping paper , crackers and tinsel decorations . |
| 6 | Now , however , it has suffered a fate common to most of Darlington 's fountains , and been relegated to a forgotten corner . |
| 7 | the structural reform will create 3,650,000 losers ( i.e. their income will be lower than it would have been if the old system had continued and been up-rated in the normal way , and there had been no transitional protection ) compared with 3,190,000 gainers ( the Government claims that 5,000,070 gained ) while 1,680,000 people remain unaffected . |
| 8 | Brightman , 13 years younger , had previously been a dancer in the group Hot Gossip , and been squired by a flashy pop-music composer named Mike Moran . |
| 9 | Someone had undoubtedly been listening , and been caught by the abrupt ending to the conversation . |
| 10 | But something had gone wrong , he had been betrayed , lost a battle with the forces of chaos and been ejected from the real battleground to languish here , in this cesspit they called " life " . |
| 11 | In the short time she had been in the City , she had been propositioned by a well-dressed lush , witnessed a gangland execution and been pursued through a deserted subway station by a bulky killer . |
| 12 | She wondered what had been the outcome of Araminta 's promised confrontation with her mother , whether this Saul Quatt had answered the summons and been drawn into the inevitable altercation . |
| 13 | Nuadu Airgetlam , Nuadu of the Silver Arm , who had lost his left arm in a battle and been driven from the Bright Palace by the fearsome Gruagach . |
| 14 | If Emerson had had the finance to develop a team properly , if his brother had been a better manager and if Emerson himself had not become frustrated as a driver by his car 's constant failures and retirements , if , in short , he had got his act together , he would quite possibly have made a first-class constructor and been hailed as a Brazilian Ferrari or Chapman . |
| 15 | Once she 'd seen Claudia watching her and been encouraged by a broad smile . |
| 16 | He said Thompson had been involved in a traffic accident in which he had suffered a head injury and been concussed for a short time . |
| 17 | Allitt had worked regularly at an old people 's home and been spotted by an auxiliary nurse one night giving an injection to a 73-year-old diabetic , Dorothy Lowe . |
| 18 | Radiation readings are taken every hour at each station and are transmitted to a central computer which analyses the data . |
| 19 | The playing fields are close to the Residences and are serviced by a spacious pavilion . |
| 20 | Details of our reductions for children are given in the price panels , and are applied to the basic holiday price shown , before adding any room , meal or flight supplements . |
| 21 | Nature and God are identified , and are conceived as an infinite reality which exists both as an all comprehensive mind and as an infinitely extended physical system , and in other ways unknown to us , all these being different aspects of one and the same single reality . |
| 22 | They are widely dispersed and are engaged in a wide variety of activities . |
| 23 | The offer price of units ( the price at which they are sold to investors ) and the bid price ( the price at which they are bought by investors ) are worked out day-to-day , and are determined by the daily market value of the net assets of the trust . |
| 24 | Accommodation is in comfortably furnished thatched chalets , all facing the sea and beach , and are joined to the central restaurant and bar by a covered walkway . |
| 25 | The benefits of HDTV are lost unless screens measure at least 36in across the diagonal , and are viewed in a darkened room . |
| 26 | Hybridisation of SstI digested DNA with the 450bp SstI-XhoI probe C ( figure 1 , right ) further resolved the strongest hypersensitive site ( HS5 ) into two subsites , HS5A and HS5B , which are 100bp apart and are situated in the first intron around position +3600bp ( relative to the cap site ) . |
| 27 | Most of these studios have beautiful sea views , and are situated in the main part of the Manor house . |
| 28 | If in our plans we hope for the best and are prepared for the worst then we should be ready for anything in between . |
| 29 | These surveys became a major symbolic ceremonial , and are recalled in the colourful annual Common Ridings of Jedburgh , Langholm , Hawick and other towns . |
| 30 | The following are the main areas the vendor will be asked to warrant and are covered in the main sale agreement ( see Appendix III ) though not in the same order as they appear below . |