Example sentences of "[pron] be [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The great majority are rural folk , many of whom are denied access to their most basic need and resource — land . |
| 2 | Test factors which are either positively related to both the other variables or negatively related to both of them are called enhancer variables . |
| 3 | Subtext : I will not split the party if I am made chancellor . |
| 4 | I am made Deacon ; I escape by a hairsbreadth being made a priest . |
| 5 | I am called Burun — Burun Khan . |
| 6 | We recognise the face and words of Robert J. Oppenheimer , leader of the Manhattan Project which gave America the atomic bomb : " I remembered a few lines from the Hindu Scripture , the Bhagavad-Gita : " Now I am become death , the destroyer of worlds . " " |
| 7 | My officers will conduct their own enquiry , and I will not hold this district to blame unless I am shown evidence of its involvement . ’ |
| 8 | I can not , therefore , detach myself from the wickedest soul nor may I be denied identity with the most virtuous . ’ |
| 9 | " I 'm called Strawberry . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm called Breeze , but I never told you that . |
| 11 | I 'm called Zach for short . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I presume I 'm allowed breakfast , some of this bacon and egg ? ’ |
| 13 | In my own case it was not that I was considered pastorally unsuitable , or academically unable , which led to my being refused ordination . |
| 14 | There , in someone 's misbegotten idea of an English country house , sits the flagship of a worldwide , 145- store empire worth an estimated $3 billion , and built on America 's nagging class insecurity . |
| 15 | Someone 's forgotten Grandma . |
| 16 | Of all the things I 'd got up to in my time , I never thought I 'd be stitched for trying to return someone 's stolen property . |
| 17 | I had letters after my name so I was called finance director . ’ |
| 18 | So I was elected chairman of the meeting in committee , which is where all the detailed discussion and drafting takes place . |
| 19 | I do n't believe my being a Black lesbian was of any political significance until I was elected chairperson on an EOP platform . |
| 20 | Well I not only got the job , I was made principal ( and that another miracle ) and Douglas not only supports me , He 's going to join me later . |
| 21 | I was made House captain and cross country captain . |
| 22 | Because I was born twin to Grainne … because the Royal Line must never divide … |
| 23 | He said I was born sin . |
| 24 | My parents had hoped to have a large family , but when I was born Mamma needed a Caesarean section . |
| 25 | I was taught scumble glazes , tonality and shadows ’ . |
| 26 | I was taught scumble glazes , tonality and shadows ’ . |
| 27 | When I was taught chemistry at Regent 's Street Polytechnic in the later 1930s , we 16-year-olds were treated as adults , not incompetents , and were expected to achieve titrations accurate to 1 per cent or less from the moment we began quantitative analysis : for were we not addressed by our splendid lecturers as ‘ Mr ’ ? |
| 28 | I was given exercise recommendations to follow as well . |
| 29 | He hung on until I came out and I was given embarkation leave or demob leave rather and I did n't even have a chance to have that , they wanted me down there so quickly , I think I came out of the forces one week and I was working down there the following week because was way past his retiring age . |
| 30 | A place had been set for one and I was given bread and a bowl of goulash . ’ |