Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Almost every part of my infuriating body seemed to be nagging at me for some sort of attention . |
| 2 | I 'd been caddying for Ralph Moffatt on the pro circuit and got him through the pre-qualifier at Fairhaven , so I told him I 'd be caddying for him in the Open as I 'd heard nothing from Jack . |
| 3 | Now at that time the Scottish National Party was the only other party in Scotland advocating what we were advocating ( though obviously going much further ) and it seemed to me crazy to be competing with them for devolutionary votes . |
| 4 | Lots of people like the poster too , so we 'll be sticking with it for now , and as for the scores … we 'll be done some more reader challenges soon , so liars who can hardly play a game they claim to have mastered will have me to deal with ! |
| 5 | There are rules for deciding how much is taxable , and these should be explained to her by the insurance company with which she is dealing . |
| 6 | In a case where the driver 's option is to be explained to him under section 8(2) , the driver should be told that if he exercises the right to have a replacement specimen taken under section 7(4) , it will be for the constable to decide whether that specimen is to be of blood or urine and , if the constable intends to require a specimen of blood to be taken by a medical practitioner , the driver should be told that his only right to object to giving blood and to give urine instead will be for medical reasons to be determined by the medical practitioner . |
| 7 | And the ones that did are completely bewildered at the siege of journalists outside and everything has to be explained to them in words of one syllable . |
| 8 | But he said the people must be well educated on this and everything must be explained to them before any steps are taken . |
| 9 | But he said the people must be well educated on this and everything must be explained to them before any steps are taken . ’ |
| 10 | The full details of the scheme and eligibility can be explained to you by your Manager or Personnel Department . |
| 11 | It also has to be explained to us by a woman , who will examine us if necessary and keep it a secret . |
| 12 | The Danish and French votes and the financial crisis of September 1992 will probably cause this timetable to be delayed by something like two years ; they have also cast doubt as to the continuing will of all the applicant states to become full EC members . |
| 13 | ENO , I am glad to say , is proud to be dismissed by him to the purgatory reserved for this despicable activity , and more than 450,000 people pass through our doors each year to prove it . |
| 14 | My theories with it , my er great cynical look at it is , they they need a hundred offenders and a hundred non offenders to be referred to them for these tests . |
| 15 | The Secretary of State may receive representations in the light of which he may decide to require a particular application to be referred to him for decision . |
| 16 | The quantification of the amount they are entitled to retain must be carried out by the Chancery master and can not be referred by him to a taxing master . |
| 17 | To sum up , in positing an item as an ontological existent we are at the same time by implication positing this item as a potential subject of a non-arbitrary subset of predicates from among an indefinite number of meaningful predicates , and hence as completely determinate with regard to possible descriptions that may be given of it at any given time . |
| 18 | If the application is made on the grounds that debts have been paid or secured and it is known that there are creditors who have not proved their debts , the court may direct that notice be given to them of the application and order the trustee ( or official receiver ) to advertise the application and , in the meantime , adjourn the application for not less than thirty-five days ( r 6.209 ) . |
| 19 | Seek not after new light for the searching into the private records of God … the event is registered in heaven , and we can expect no other certain notice of it , but that it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared by the Father of mercies . ’ |
| 20 | There are fewer generally accepted criteria about what environmental adaptations are necessary or desirable for pupils with problems in seeing and some debate as to whether any special attention needs to be given to them at all . |
| 21 | It could either provide that all married women should hold their property as their separate property — thus giving to all married women the right to dispose of their property and to make contracts binding it which formerly could only be given to them by a will or a settlement ; or it could adopt the more straightforward course of making the capacity of a married woman to own property , make contracts , and incur liability for torts the same as that of a man . |
| 22 | Less consciously , their desire was for a baby to be given to them by a symbolic mother ( the female doctor ) . |
| 23 | Looking back into the past , people are eager for an explanation to be given to them by Thames and I do think that people do n't feel that 's what they 've had so far . |
| 24 | We do n't know for certain but it was probably to be given to you on your arrival . ’ |
| 25 | You pay out twenty pounds a week the officer of the court is agreed and the address will be given to you by the court usher before you leave it is your responsibility to make sure that money is paid each and every week , the first payment is due by next Tuesday . |
| 26 | The officer of the court is agreed the address will be given to you by the court official before you leave . |
| 27 | You may be lucky and that necessary little twist may be given to you by the workings of intuition . |
| 28 | He thought that precisely because it was impossible for the human mind to construct an idea of God from its inherent mental resources , such an idea could only be given to it by revelation — in other words directly implanted by God Himself . |
| 29 | The same sentiment appears in Lagunas Nitrate Company v Lagunas Syndicate , where it is suggested , somewhat eccentrically , that effect might be given to it by allowing the directors to plead the defence of volenti non fit iniuria . |
| 30 | It was held that the agreement was void and that effect could not be given to it by rejecting the general restraint which appeared in it and limiting the agreement for the purposes of the action to carrying on the business of a tailor . |