Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She had been joined by her two travelling companions . |
| 32 | For much of time he been joined by his wife Joanne , who has worked tirelessly with the country 's zoo to help care for captive chimpanzees and a small collection of other African animals . |
| 33 | The Scottish No1 , Russell Devine , has been joined by his Inverness team-mate , Dave Allan , and both have just set new personal bests . |
| 34 | He should have been in bed , but it was breathlessly hot , and Richard , who was at home , had been irritated by his whining . |
| 35 | The elderly diabetic lady had just been tucked into her bed when the doors were opened for visitors . |
| 36 | The language of special education had long been tucked under my belt , but now I was faced with filling in timetables with terms such as ‘ DD ’ time — departmental duties , to the uninitiated — in other words , time when I was not actually in direct teaching contact with students . |
| 37 | It is , of course , true that such officers in many cases have powers which enable them to do lawfully what a private person might not do , but the question whether their acts are justified by their powers must be decided in proceedings before the ordinary courts . |
| 38 | Those who are called according to its rules are justified by their reward . |
| 39 | All agree that some of our beliefs are justified by their relation to other beliefs . |
| 40 | Clinicians , most notably , have been guarded in their enthusiasm about becoming embroiled in management . |
| 41 | Another group went to talk to the ‘ Educated Youth ’ ( i.e. young people who after leaving school in the city go to work in the commune and learn from the peasants ) — after 2 or more years in the country , a few of them may get the chance for further training or education before they are assigned to their jobs ( there is no such thing as applying for a job here ) . |
| 42 | IN A thoughtful leader , The Feudal Times and Reactionary Herald deals with the issues of the forthcoming General Election : ‘ A considerable number of our readers , we need hardly point out , are debarred by their rank ( and a few for other reasons ) from casting votes for the membership of the new House of Commons . |
| 43 | If we are to proceed in our quest or to search our land we have to accept that we are unlikely to do so , unless we accept some measure of control ourselves . |
| 44 | Recorded last year in Nancy , France and London , England , its nine tracks are invigorated by their environment — especially such worn-in faves as the fierce , questioning ‘ London City ’ and the commandingly swirly ‘ You 're The Judge ’ — but the crowd noises are infuriatingly badly mixed in , making for an imperfect peep into BTTP 's spiritual home . |
| 45 | The girls are placed to their mother 's left against the background of the enclosed garden , the boys to their father 's right . |
| 46 | Casks are placed on their ends in the cellar and a long tube known as an extractor is inserted through the tap hole . |
| 47 | They will retain this tonic immobility even if they are placed on their backs , giving certain human tricksters the chance to claim that they are capable of ‘ hypnotising frogs ’ . |
| 48 | ‘ As lifeboats become faster yet more demands are placed on their crews . |
| 49 | Also from Chicago is promised High Renaissance Art in St Peter 's and the Vatican : an interpretive guide by George Hersey in which the papal commissions from such artists as Michelangelo , Raphael and Bramante are placed in their historical context ( £45.50 , $57 ) . |
| 50 | The positions of the main parasites ( including bacteria and viruses ) responsible for the diseases are placed in their zoological context with the aid of a series of tables which also indicate , in relevant cases , the prevalence of major parasites . |
| 51 | The positions of the main parasites ( including bacteria and viruses ) responsible for the disease , are placed in their zoological context with the aid of a series of tables which also indicate , in relevant cases , the prevalence of major parasites . |
| 52 | The assets are placed in his or her hands under Insolvency Rule 5.21 . |
| 53 | In other words , they demand that he give a lead ; meanwhile , however , countless obstacles are placed in his path to prevent him from actually exercising leadership . |
| 54 | Onerous responsibilities are heaped upon the man in the White House , but many obstacles are placed in his way as he attempts to meet those responsibilities . |
| 55 | ‘ I must not omit to tell you , ’ wrote Gould nonchalantly in a letter to Jardine on 16 January 1837 , ‘ that Mr Darwin 's Collection of Birds ( made during the late survey under Capn FitzRoy ) are exceedingly fine ; they are placed in my hands to describe ; some of the forms are very singular particularly those from the Gallipagos [ sic ] . |
| 56 | In four of the illustrations the defendant appears naked after he has been mugged of his clothes . |
| 57 | The inhabitants are hidden behind their city walls , cowering in fear , if Rahab is to be believed . |
| 58 | Many women from immigrant communities are hidden by their men , who may be entrepreneurs , and they fear offending both their men and the community by complaints about their work . |
| 59 | THE parents of murdered British safari girl Julie Ward , left , have been honoured for their campaign to bring her killers to justice . |
| 60 | A NUMBER of North West names have been honoured for their services to the community or their profession . |