Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [vb pp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A £5-A-RACE flagman was today facing the prospect of disciplinary action over the Grand National fiasco after being made the scapegoat in the official inquiry report . |
| 2 | I was dragged out of bed half asleep after being kidnapped the night before . |
| 3 | A friend of Ken 's had just taken his life after being given the choice of going to prison or a mental hospital . |
| 4 | LITTLE Laura Davies can not wait to start school after being given the all-clear to travel home following her double transplant operation in America five months ago . |
| 5 | Apart from the inherent improbability that the Lockerbie investigators never thought to ask for it , that it was left to a clerk to print out a copy on her own initiative before the computer wiped the record , only to return weeks later from holiday to find that still no one had asked for it , and that the BKA , after being given the list , sat on it for months before passing it along to the Scottish police , there remained the problem of the FBI teletype which left open the possibility that no such bag from Malta was ever loaded on Flight 103 . |
| 6 | With punters across the country totally baffled , the field regrouped and , after being given the go-ahead by course officials after an eight minute break , started again , this time jumping the offending obstacle . |
| 7 | As consolation , he accepted a £1,000 cheque and the additional prize of being named the Institute 's top trainee . |
| 8 | ‘ Far from pretending that wives are in general no better treated than slaves … no slave is a slave to the same lengths and in so full a sense of the word as a wife is [ for her husband ] can claim from her and enforce the lowest degradation of a human being , that of being made the instrument of an animal function contrary to her inclinations . ’ |
| 9 | In fact , its success was such that it was given the ‘ unique honour ’ of being made the secretariat to the Intergroup on Animal Welfare — an all-party committee which discusses welfare issues . |
| 10 | It would have served as a substitute-gratification for their own sadism ( i.e. , ‘ I can not retaliate against my father , but I can against my younger brother ’ ) ; but also as a defence on the part of the ego ( i.e. , ‘ I am spared the anxiety of being made the object of an attack if I can instead become the attacker ’ ) ; finally , it would also have contributed a first , rudimentary focus for the superego ( i.e. , ‘ My father is not now the attacker — I am — hence I am to that extent my father ! ’ ) . |
| 11 | Suppositions built on postcards and photographs might be as ill-founded as his short-lived suspicions of being followed the night before . |
| 12 | Above all , you need to take advantage of being given the chance to put your own point of view . |
| 13 | Within minutes of being given the treatment his walking was much improved , and the following day he was walking around without any sticks and was also able to climb up and down stairs unaided — a thing he had been unable to do for at least two years . |
| 14 | GORDON DURIE was sensationally cleared of feigning injury by a Football Association appeal commission last night , wiping out the stigma of being branded the game 's first official ‘ cheat ’ . |
| 15 | Instead of being handed the life sentence he so richly deserved , Waddell was released from Barlinnie the following year and gave yet another confession to the Ayr murder to the Evening News : ‘ It was me all right . ’ |
| 16 | If you think it is the wrong amount , you have a right of appeal , within three months of being told the amount to an independent Social Security Appeal Tribunal . |
| 17 | Which suggests that both bands would benefit from being afforded the time and backing needed to develop , without being under too much pressure to sign a deal . |
| 18 | But comparison with the disasters which afflicted mid fifteenth-century Spain , and most of fifteenth-century England , immediately puts the Scottish experience into context ; Scotland was undoubtedly fortunate in being spared the experience of a Henry IV of Castile or Henry VI of England . |
| 19 | to 2,501,943 at the end of December , and finally reached 5,201,919 in March 1991 before being renamed the gold cordoba on March 4 and set at 5.0726 to the US dollar . |
| 20 | Unfortunately , he suffered a further relapse and returned to the sanatorium for further treatment before being appointed the curate at St Mary 's Church , Morecambe . |
| 21 | Kerr took Lisburn Rangers to the Division II A Amateur League championship and the semi-final of the Co Antrim Shield during the 1991/92 season before being offered the job at Crewe . |
| 22 | On arrival an initial briefing was given by Ronnie Gallacher to explain details of the tufting process followed by a Q and A session , before being shown the manufacturing method |
| 23 | The assistant finance officer with the Western Board — the first to been hoped the payroll personnel system would be operational in all boards by 1989 , so a three to four year delay has occurred . |
| 24 | Nostalgia aside , this guitar is eminently playable , although it has to be said the balance problem is a pain in the shoulder . |
| 25 | All those who were familiar with the works of Kerschensteiner knew that the task of the schools was to educate their pupils to serve their fellow citizens ; they were to be taught the value of joy in work as service . |
| 26 | Women , because of the nurturing and caring roles allocated to them , the responsibility they are given for the well-being and happiness of children and of men , are much more likely to be taught the value of submitting to one 's fate and considering the needs of others before their own . |
| 27 | If the contractual measure of damage was the only measure to be applied the Vendor could argue that the value of the Business was not necessarily reduced by the full amount of the undisclosed liability . |
| 28 | If capital expenditure were to be ignored the surplus in April would be [ 53,340 + 52,560 ] £105,900 , in May [ 81,980 + 52,560 ] £134,540 and in June [ 150,000 - 27,200 ] £122,800 . |
| 29 | The first British single release for this month is still being debated , but whichever track is picked , Me Phi Me is confident his message is strong enough to be heard the world over . |
| 30 | Similarly if haematite or siderite is to be detected the Litho Density Tool ( LDT ) must be run . |