Example sentences of "and [pers pn] be [vb pp] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My parents were 21 when they wed , and I was born 10 months later . |
| 2 | It was my lunch hour and I was dressed classic BR Clerk Chic ( beer-stained jacket , tightly knotted skinny tie , crimplene shiny ass pants and shoes with animal tracks and a useful compass in the heel ) . |
| 3 | And I was asked this week if it is possible to make up your own , rather than buy one of these metal affairs on wheels . |
| 4 | I saved on the knitted things by making all his little woollies myself and I was given six baby vests . |
| 5 | My charge was supplying cocaine and I was given two years for that and one year each concurrent for possession of small amounts of cannabis , cannabis resin , amphetamines and LSD . |
| 6 | We knew the Germans were still sentimental about Christmas , and I was given several days leave . |
| 7 | After that , Mr Dance went away and I was given some food . |
| 8 | You must have , you , you must have you keep telling me that you 're doing all these extra hours and you 're owed two weeks ' holiday |
| 9 | well I thought well if it checks me another six months at least when they say have you got any experience , but as I say I 'm still in touch with Mencap and I 'm still in touch with mine and I 've also er put in for , what they call them mobility insistence for the Princess Marina which again an education and you just go in and be , be a friend to somebody and you take them out for an hour , er a couple of hours , you , and you 're paid five pounds eighty for a two hour session |
| 10 | Do that and you 're guaranteed 20-plus goals . |
| 11 | And you were allocated this house in The Chantry ? |
| 12 | She 's going around calling me a murderer and she 's invited this Cobalt in to turn over the place looking for drugs . ’ |
| 13 | Further results showed that her immunoglobulins were low , particularly IgG with a value of 5.11 g/l , and she was given intravenous immunoglobulin ( Gammimmune-N , 25 g ) to aid her recovery . |
| 14 | Lawyers for her husband contested her action in the High Court in London on Wednesday and she was given seven days to hand them back . |
| 15 | ‘ If the process is allowed to achieve a more relaxed rhythm of its own and we are given enough time to handle the international consequences , the Soviet leadership probably could live with the kind of confederal links between the two Germanys which are under discussion now . ’ |
| 16 | And we 're promised more winter weather tonight . |
| 17 | And then , after two years , we were allowed on to the wards in our white coats and we had to erm find out about the patients and initially we were all very slow and we were given two hours to talk to a patient to find out all about them . |
| 18 | A Section was made up of those who had passed the 2ème Bureau interview , and we were given red strips of cloth to wear on our epaulettes to show that we had passed our selection . |
| 19 | which had been occupied by soldiers , this was our first hut , well by then I was working for the Corporation and of course by virtue of my job with the chief architect I got this house and we were offered this house about two years later for two thousand pounds and we said oh we would n't be staying here for more than ten years in any case and we would n't be bothered to buy it , but then my husband started in business you see soon after he came back and we eventually got the shop and , of course it 's very convenient because we 're only a stone 's throw from the shop you see , so we stayed here |
| 20 | and we were informed last week that |
| 21 | They 're anti-social , handicapped people , and they 're kept that way . |
| 22 | We have the stories first usually before you and they 're allowed two stories each and if they have any more then it 's up to you . |
| 23 | And they 're stretched far back you see . |
| 24 | The irises of his eyes were almost large enough to exclude the whites and they were coloured light green like grapes and flecked with gold . |
| 25 | Not surprisingly , he saw the news of the Club and course as a good story and they were given generous coverage for many years . |
| 26 | No , the ones at the front of the store were for seventy P and they were marked firmed tomatoes , the others at the back were sixty P and they did n't say firm on them so I thought well , firm probably means hard , I 'll get the , get the others , so I 'll skinned a couple of them for tea |
| 27 | Maamur showed , when winning a maiden race at Southwell last month by 10 lengths , that he has the potential to develop into a useful stayer and he is napped this afternoon . |
| 28 | But his lifestyle has lead to court appearances on drug and driving offences and he 's served two jail sentences . |
| 29 | ‘ He 's an intelligent boy , very sensitive and he 's seen other players leave Forest and things not go well for them . |
| 30 | his beard and everything to a T. He 'd sit at the top of the table , have his stiff white serviette tucked into his waistcoat , and he 's lifted that carving knife and fork until — you sat there and you never said a word . |