Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | But angry guests at the Britannia Hotel in Manchester claimed they were kept awake by the loud music until 5am . |
| 4 | It is doubtful whether at this stage even John Barratt envisaged it being driven all the way to the veins at Paddy End — as indeed it was in years to come . |
| 5 | Gilbert White was proud of his early cucumbers , cutting the first of 1753 on 5th April to take to his brother in London and when he discovered they were priced two shillings apiece in Town , arranged for a further thirteen to be conveyed on the coach from Selborne . |
| 6 | On Sept. 23 Paz Zamora signed what was considered some of the most important legislation in Bolivia 's history , decrees conferring land rights on Indians in Beni and the central Chimanes forest area . |
| 7 | All the organizations that worked there were offered alternative accommodation , which they were all sensible enough to accept . |
| 8 | Later Justices of the Peace were appointed and as time passed they were given administrative as well as judicial duties to perform . |
| 9 | Lot number twenty six Lot number twenty six , the grey jade pendant there 's the grey jade pendant showing Lot twenty six for thirty pounds at thirty , thirty five , forty , forty five , fifty for you sir , thank you , five sixty , sixty five seventy offered I 'm bid seventy in the centre now and selling for seventy , seventy five to my right eighty pounds eighty five eighty five , the lady 's offer , sir at eighty five pounds , any more at eight five pounds . |
| 10 | Lot number thirty nine thirty nine is the coal holder there it is seventy pounds for this , at seventy , seventy five , eighty pounds at eighty pounds at eighty pounds any more at eighty only , at eighty , eighty five , ninety pounds , ninety five , a hundred pounds , and ten , twenty , one thirty offered I 'm offered one thirty on my left and selling for one hundred and thirty pou one forty standing one fifty one sixty one seventy going on sir ? |
| 11 | Five hundred , five fifty six hundred offered I 'm offered six hundred against you , six fifty seven hundred seven hundred to my left , at seven hundred pounds . |
| 12 | Lot number forty five is the scribe scribe 's set , there it is for three hundred pounds , at three hundred , three twenty , three fifty , three eighty , four hundred , four twenty , four fifty four eighty offered I 'm offered four eighty to my left , five hundred seated , five fifty six hundred six fifty going to you sitting six hundred and fifty , going on ? |
| 13 | Four twenty , four fifty four eighty offered I 'm offered four hundred and eighty pounds , anybody else at four hundred and eighty pounds , have you all finished at four eighty ? |
| 14 | Lot number one two six Lot number one two six is a silver bowl there 's the silver bowl fifty for this , at fifty , fifty five pounds at sixty , five , seventy offered I 'm offered seventy to my left , at seventy , seventy five eighty pounds eighty five ninety ninety five ninety fi one hundred offered one ten one ten to my right seated , at one ten , all done at one hundred and ten ? |
| 15 | Thank you , Lot number eighty four Lot number eighty four a square seal there 's the seal showing eighty for this one , at eighty pounds at eighty pounds , eighty five , ninety , ninety five , a hundred pounds and ten one twenty thirty one forty fifty one hundred and fifty at the back against one sixty one seventy eighty one ninety two hundred two hundred to my right , at two hundred pounds , any more at two hundred , two twenty , a new bidder two fifty , at two hundred and fifty , two eighty three hundred offered I 'm offered three hundred to my right and selling for three hundred pounds . |
| 16 | Lot number two Lot two is a Japanese ivory carving we 've got that showing for you for seventy five pounds at seventy five pounds , eighty , eighty five , ninety offered I 'm offered ninety pounds and I 'm selling it for ninety , ninety five , a hundred pounds and ten one twenty thirty a hundred and thirty for you sir , coming in at one thirty in the back row , one thirty and selling for a hundred and thirty pounds . |
| 17 | Dot felt herself being nudged awake , saw Gloria seize their two paper carriers , and they scrambled off the train at a dark station in the countryside . |
| 18 | ‘ Hopefully we can stay in the there this time , ’ added Wood , mindful that Britain were forced into qualifying after defeat by unsung Finland meant they were relegated last year from the elite nations . |
| 19 | Jasper knew he was allowed extreme latitude in almost everything he did . |
| 20 | I thought it was called that . |
| 21 | I thought it was suggested that |
| 22 | She realised it was crammed full of television sets , and sedately moved to the next , to examine dresses , until she could walk into the Supermarket without anyone remarking her breathing . |
| 23 | In the whole , as the degree of discrimination increased it was found that reaction time increased at a fairly constant rate . |
| 24 | Yeah , but she said I were called one night I went with her daughter-in-law |
| 25 | He said you were born old , and that you needed to have a wife to soften you up a bit . ’ |
| 26 | A referendum , held in March 1992 , confirmed this position by a large majority although it had itself been declared unconstitutional . |
| 27 | HAD SHE been born 10 years ago , baby Jessica Kelly would by now have spent most of her life in hospital . |
| 28 | Had she been asked that minute what her exact feelings were , she might have said , I have done what I can for Andrée , if she 's going to blow cold again , if she does n't want to see me any more , vogue la galère , I shall have to survive , I shall . |
| 29 | And erm he he said it 's stupid , he said they were given all this and it 's the homework it 's nothing to do with the revision you 've got to do in his the exams ! |
| 30 | The cold war may be over and dead , but spooks still rule OK — the US Central Intelligence Agency has warned more than 70 US defence , aerospace and financial companies that their industrial secrets are targets of French intelligence agents and diplomats , Defense Week reports , adding that the warning has caused Hughes Aircraft Co to drop plans to exhibit aerospace equipment at the Paris Air Show in June ; a 21-page French government document from about 1990 outlines US aerospace and defence corporate secrets in which French companies are interested , US officials say ; according to the Washington Post , Hughes officials said they were told one item the French memo lists is Hughes ' HS601 communications satellite ; French firms recently outbid Hughes to provide $258m in communications birds to Arab lands . |