Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [be] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor does the Chancellor demand free elections for East Germans immediately , his aides say , but would first like to see them be given greater personal freedom and basic human rights . |
| 2 | 440 , where an agreement by the father of illegitimate children to pay the mother for maintaining them was held enforceable by Cockburn C.J. and Byles J. on the ground that the liability imposed upon the mother of illegitimate children under the then relevant statute ( 4 & 5 Will . |
| 3 | As you will know we 're given large sums of money by governments , the E E C and others , to work in countries in need , to tackle specific tasks . |
| 4 | The number of actual evictions was tiny — less than twenty per year — though when they occurred they were given widespread publicity and the fears that they raised went far beyond what their numerical significance might indicate . |
| 5 | Local people say they 're kept awake by constant noise . |
| 6 | US officials admit that they knew about the coup plans as early as last Saturday , but say they were given little time to judge its chances of success or to plan any US involvement . |
| 7 | NOT for almost five years has it been thought necessary to preview a meeting of the General Committee of the Yorkshire County Cricket Club but today , at 5.30pm at Headingley , the 22 members will gather knowing that once again they wil be under intense scrutiny by the media . |
| 8 | Has it been thought necessary to make any special provision to protect the position of those minorities ? |
| 9 | Of course he did n't know it was called that . |
| 10 | I did n't know he was called Pink . |
| 11 | ‘ How do you know he was murdered that night ? ’ asked Blanche . |
| 12 | Well I expect he was hurt poor lad . |
| 13 | ‘ Has he been left any money by somebody ? ’ |
| 14 | The killing caused a storm of protest and an emergency meeting was held to demand it be made safe . |
| 15 | He puts down something like eight guitar tracks using numerous WEM Copicats and what have you , and it 's only when you hear them all together that you realise he 's assembled this sound that he had in his head . |
| 16 | ( WES ) But those who 've worked with conductive education say it 's helped hundreds of families , and that the research on which the report is based is flawed . |
| 17 | If some of those who proposed it are proved right in several years ' time , I hope that I will admit as much , but I have grave doubts nevertheless , and they are shared by a large number of heavyweight people in the Scottish universities . |
| 18 | But I 'd like to know what 's brought this on , and I 'll get to know . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't know what 's brought this on all of a sudden … ’ |
| 20 | He extracted the constant characteristics of their work to see which were considered essential to a profession . |
| 21 | Sue says she 's beaten all the players above her in the world rankings and will have to work harder to make up the difference . |
| 22 | But even as eye and ear follow the darting changes here and there , as if they were the only reality , even as that happens we are made aware that the great screen is showing some sharply outlined human scene — the easy or awkward coming together of acquaintances in this pub , that cemetery , this newspaper office , that maternity hospital , library or brothel the making and the unmaking of friendships and hopes — the experience of solitude . |
| 23 | He says we were told one of them was very badly deformed — but we were never told why — I wondered if that was put down to the tests . |
| 24 | When the Conwy tunnel was built we were told that money would then be available , ’ he said . |
| 25 | ‘ When that call was made we were told both players would be coming down and we did n't have to apply any new rules . |
| 26 | Note however , that you must ensure they are installed OPEN and SHARED on re-boot ; refer to Section 1.5.1 , SYSTARTUP.COM , for details . |
| 27 | The man who was injured says he 's lost thousands of pounds and has n't worked since . |
| 28 | Mr Miah says he 's spent four thousand pounds revamping his restaurant . |
| 29 | He says he was made redundant from his storeman job but Mrs Smith says he was sacked for being drunk . |
| 30 | He says he was made redundant from his storeman job but Mrs Smith says he was sacked for being drunk . |