Example sentences of "i [vb base] be [vb pp] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 ( These names are somewhat arbitrary ; different names are often used in political philosophy , and sometimes one of the virtues I distinguish is treated as a case of another .
2 The important debate in my opinion that we shall have this Committee stage and it is for that reason and also because for four-and-a-half years which I think is regarded as a very long time , I was answerable for police affairs er with the Home Secretary in another place , as the Noble Lord , Lord Callaghan will remember , many years ago , it goes back to January nineteen fifty-eight when I became Under Secretary and he was political advisor to the Police Federation and we very rarely disagreed I 'm happy to say .
3 No , if they bid for the franchise , then , and get it , obviously that franchise runs for the period , and by the way , a lot of the criticisms in the film , I think were based on a misunderstanding that all the franchises are going to be short , they 're not , those where there 's a substantial investment going in can be quite a bit longer
4 I am , of course , conscious that , as a convert to some important aspects of European integration , I risk being impeached for a lack of consistency ; however , I am always happy to recall the words of Ralph Emerson , who said : ’ A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds , adored by little statemen and philosophers and divines . ’
5 I 've been asked by a market research to do I 've got a tape on it 's for , dictionaries .
6 I still feel I 've been deprived of a natural birth .
7 I 've been flung into a filthy cell with a lot of other poor wretches as if I were sack of coals being emptied into a cellar . "
8 " I 've been invited to a dance . "
9 I 've been invited to a party next weekend .
10 Please recall how I 've been penned in a sanctum on a planet for most of my days .
11 I 've been treated like a pin-cushion , but it seems to be working so far , ’ he said .
12 So I 've been left with a load of tapes , batteries .
13 Car salesman Joe said : ‘ He screamed : ‘ I 've been planted with a bomb by the IRA and I 'm on my way to Downing Street ’ .
14 There 's things that we are doing like I 've been told by a couple of people this evening the autumn programme they think it 's very good very progressive very enjoyable I thi that that to me that reinforces the autumn programme by several people so people who here are people here this evening feel they we say something about what is n't on the agenda or what is on the agenda but I think that 's what the meetings for but I do n't think it 's a bad exercise to talk to the people who actually pay come in the building I mean I think that 's a valid exercise .
15 Gwen will be thinking I 've been put in a dungeon .
16 ‘ It will be the third time I 've been measured for a blazer — but I missed out on the last two ( matches ) , ’ Lane added .
17 ‘ I feel I 've been taken for a fool . ’
18 ANOTHER Budget bites the dust and I am assailed by the sobering realisation that though I 've been subjected to a fair number of them now , I have n't really understood any .
19 I know one or two people had begun to despair of me ever getting better at one point but , basically , I have been blessed with a strong constitution .
20 I do n't think I am taking this line merely because I have been corrupted by a philosophical training and can not come off the fence .
21 I have been limited to a reduced number of pages , but I have tried hard to make them count .
22 Ever since James brought me the clothes of that unfortunate young girl , I have been beset by a conviction that I failed to notice something of importance . ’
23 I have been keeping tropical fish for some twenty years , but for the last two months I have been cursed with a problem which I can not solve .
24 What I am most conscious of is that I have been regarded as a controversial figure : until the age of sixty I was seen either as a subversive or as an enfant terrible .
25 I have been banished to a windy concrete corridor far from everywhere .
26 ‘ A couple of the DJs and I have been invited to a party being given by one of the local music companies .
27 On Sunday I have been invited to a farmhouse-restaurant in the country to sample some rural Brazilian fare .
28 I have been contacted by a number of my constituents , who work for Clwyd County Council , expressing their concerns about the way they will be represented during the period of local government reorganisation .
29 I HAVE been treated for a particular medical condition since childhood .
30 I HAVE been treated for a particular medical condition since childhood .
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