Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [vb pp] [verb] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was invited to chair one session last week . |
| 2 | I first saw her when I was called to see one of Mrs Ainsworth 's dogs , and I looked in some surprise at the furry black creature sitting before the fire . |
| 3 | When I had finished , I was made to wait two hours before being called back into the office for questioning . |
| 4 | ‘ I was asked to take two horses from Ireland and this was one of them . |
| 5 | As for the television programme , I was asked to appear 36 hours in advance , having been sent the large number of documents . |
| 6 | I was told to sign three cards and then they just dumped this bag on the counter , and I could see the rope inside . |
| 7 | I had to race to keep up the momentum but I was forced to rest five minutes in every twenty . |
| 8 | They had already packed a small suitcase and I was allowed to collect three of my favourite toys , a red handbag , a doll called Arthur and a leather-bound Bible in Pictures . |
| 9 | I was allowed to do one concert after being kept waiting most of the day by the Russians . |
| 10 | I 've just got another bit of paper a note saying please note while you are at college you are asked to do four hours overtime and that 's not a contract , it 's just a letter . |
| 11 | Well if , you 're allowed to earn forty nine ninety nine , before you pay tax and national insurance |
| 12 | Let me er just oh incidentally you 're allowed to have ten pou er ten percent on the spot discount if you need it . |
| 13 | I think you 're allowed you 're allowed to make thirty pound a week profit fifteen hundred pound a year , anything over fifteen hundred pound on your business they got ta pay tax . |
| 14 | And it well you 're meant to get fifteen pound are n't you , he 's meant to pay you for the work ? |
| 15 | Ah yes it could be that you 're expected to do thirty hours a week . |
| 16 | Now , clearly if you were paid say six hundred pounds for that and you only did twelve hundred miles , you 're getting fifty P a mile anyway ! |
| 17 | Being his girl and all she 's gotten to know one or two things about my business . |
| 18 | And , as Harriet Ryley reports , Shirley Bassey was so impressed she 's asked to record one of the show 's songs . |
| 19 | She is said to possess 10,000 photogenic expressions but , for the time being , she simply sips thoughtfully at her iced Perrier and reflects for possibly the thousandth time on what it actually means to be described as The Most Beautiful Woman in the World . |
| 20 | To help her , she is allowed to ask three people to turn round , which they do as far as possible without revealing whether or not they have the ball . |
| 21 | Building on the TV success that rocketed her to overnight fame , she is set to make TWO movies and is launching a promising pop career . |
| 22 | She confirmed that she had resigned because she was expected to work five days a week instead of the three initially agreed . |
| 23 | Although no sentence was imposed on Schoop she was ordered to pay 10 per cent of the costs , while Kopp was to pay 40 per cent . |
| 24 | We are required to love one another , love our neighbour and to love our marriage partner . |
| 25 | We were required to get four stamps on a form , German customs and passport control plus Austrian customs and passport control . |
| 26 | ‘ We were taken to see one other Home , it was quite nice but it was more claustrophobic — each room was like a little closed unit . ’ |
| 27 | In fact , Albany and Schwartz tell us , the Davy lamp enabled the managers of the mines to extend operations into seams with dangerous atmospheres , so when accidents did occur , the chances of being killed were far higher , This example sets the tone of the remainder of the book , which discusses more topical issues in science and how they are manipulated to serve one vested interest or another . |
| 28 | They are intended to complement one another and provide an element of variety for the note-maker . |
| 29 | They are asked to visit one of the 17 windfarms operating in England and Wales and assess whether they enhance or disturb the beauty of the countryside . |
| 30 | Often they are seen to have three ingredients : a cognitive ingredient ( what I believe , say , about pollution ) ; an affective ingredient ( how I feel about pollution ) ; and a behavioural ingredient ( what I am prepared to do about pollution ) . |