Example sentences of "it be [vb pp] to [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 If it were put to us in this way we might be less prone to think of it as imposing a vastly increased burden on the community .
2 We believe a cup of coffee leaves a nicer taste in your mouth when it 's given to you by name .
3 Law , that is to say , is made valid by my experience of it , and not by the fact that it is presented to me as law .
4 We identify a stretch of language as a text partly because it is presented to us as a text , and we therefore do our utmost to make sense of it as a unit , and partly because we perceive connections within and among its sentences .
5 Many of us laugh at prejudice when it is presented to us in someone else .
6 That prompted judge Robert Watson from the USA to interject : ‘ Judges can only score a foul if it is reported to them by the referee . ’
7 Er it was explained to me on the phone .
8 He accepted it when it was explained to him in the right way .
9 One of us ( D.G. ) developed the model described below before it was explained to him by the second author ( R.S.C. ) that VGPs are plotted in an asymmetrical way that appears natural to the palaeomagnetist but is confusing when considering the theory .
10 I do n't think it was dictated to her by John Wesley .
11 The opening of the Scherzo sounds remarkably like the twittering of birds in the trees , something I first noticed when it was played to me on an 1820s Graaf piano similar to the one owned by Schubert .
12 It was sent to me as a review copy .
13 It was sent to you with the other orders . ’
14 Er it was volunteered to me before that day .
15 It was assigned to me by the press , a breed which in my experience cares little for such irrelevancies as accuracy . ’
16 erm A lot of people gave as a reason for getting a particular piece of furniture the fact that it was given to them by their parents when they got married , or that a neighbour was trying to get rid of it , or that somebody from work had passed it on and they needed one .
17 Henry Calverley , a friend of the family , asked for the arrow to use as a trophy and it was given to him on condition he solemnly promised not to reveal its origin .
18 It was given to me as a present so I 'd feel funny about selling it myself , but you could maybe buy a pair of shoes for Sonja with it or something .
19 When she asks , you must on no account say that it went into the sea , because she will worry that it is a curse on you — or me as well , for it was given to me at my baptism .
20 It was given to me by my grandmother , the lady Jacquetta , and has a curious history .
21 It is not it was given to me by a nice gentleman from Napier College doing
22 It was given to me by someone who feels deeply on the subject , ’ he said .
23 I 'm glad you mentioned that cos it was given to me by the wife of the steeplechase handicap a very important man today cos for more than
24 It was given to you by a certain gentleman , as security against a loan . ’
25 It was given to us by a descendant of Boutcher , who wants to remain anonymous .
26 It was given to us by Amnesty International and used with their full permission .
27 Have some more chutney , it was given to us by our German daughter-in-law .
28 You did not learn that from mortal man ; it was revealed to you by my heavenly Father .
29 ‘ Abraham ‘ believed God , and it was reckoned to him as righteousness ’ ( Galatians 3.6 ) .
30 The office of Earl Marshal was to all intents and purposes the heritable property of the Howard family , although it was lost to them for several decades after the attainder of the fourth Duke of Norfolk in 1572 .
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