Example sentences of "and be [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the man had had his face washed ( by stella ) and been given a drink , and one of the barmen had called for a taxi , Mother got right up and got on the stage and told Gary she was ready for her song now . |
| 2 | ‘ On the contrary , he said advertisements had their good points ; he had written a poem about Steyr automobiles and been given a car for it . |
| 3 | She was warm , deliciously warm , all over , for the first time since leaving Scotland , and when she had arrived , but an hour before , she had come straight up to Aunt Emily 's room with no injunctions to change her boots or smooth her hair , and been given a tray of tea and toast cut into little fingers and tiny biscuits flavoured with almond . |
| 4 | Having impetuously killed the English sheriff at Lanark — perhaps , according to a fifteenth-century minstrel , in revenge for the killing of his own wife by the English — and been proclaimed an outlaw , he fled into Ettrick forest to assemble a force of rebels against the domination of English governors and garrisons . |
| 5 | Dora had asked about sporting facilities in the region and been promised an interview with the manager of a leisure complex in Alès ; Rose , who belonged to an amateur drama group in Carshalton , was to meet the director of a forthcoming performance of ‘ son et lumière ’ whose office was in Anduze . |
| 6 | ( Since then I have been in touch with Texas four times and been promised an answer for which I am still waiting after nearly two years ) . |
| 7 | Our regulars come in , nod , put down a pound and are given a tumbler of the fizzing pick-me-up with no words being spoken . |
| 8 | Secondly , ensuring the disadvantaged and less powerful are not excluded and are given a chance to express views by such methods as public inquiry techniques , workshops , seminars , and local opinion polls . |
| 9 | Final-year students undertake design projects using CAD , prepare a research thesis in a topic of their choice , and are given a choice of specialisations including Geotechnics , Structures , Hydraulics , Environmental Engineering , Transportation , Fire Safety Engineering , Pollution Control , Fire Hazards to the Environment and Energy Resources . |
| 10 | They come in suspicious and uncertain and are given an adjustment period of up to 3 months . |
| 11 | Breakfast is buffet style , and at dinner our guests will have a choice of three different menus , and are offered a choice of a salad and a ‘ starters ’ buffet . |
| 12 | Employees are paid at normal rates for the first 40 hours and are guaranteed a minimum of 35 hours . |
| 13 | They live in barracks … and are allowed a shilling a day upkeep . |
| 14 | Trainees are given the opportunity to work towards a recognised vocational qualification ( 15% of those leaving ET in 1989–90 had acquired one ) , and are paid an allowance of 10 a week more than their benefit entitlement ( HM Treasury , 1990 , Table 6.6 ) . |
| 15 | However , the tradesperson would surely be a ‘ neighbour ’ under the neighbour principle in Donoghue v. Stevenson and be owed a duty of care in line with that principle . |
| 16 | But if an application is made to patent a computer-controlled furnace it may well succeed and be granted a patent . |
| 17 | How is it possible not only that children are not listened to when they complain , but that the man against whom they are complaining can leave one employment for another and be given a reference by the very people who have already received complaints about him ? |
| 18 | GLEB would be paid back with shares in the company when it was floated , and be given a say in the structure of the company . |
| 19 | The Japanese team will also attend a lunch reception at the British Gas Bristol North offices in Eastgate Road on 23 March , where they will meet the Lord Mayor and be given a tour of this operational control centre . |
| 20 | ‘ All I will say is that you could wake up one day and be told a threat had been lifted , and it could be enforced again the next day . |
| 21 | The direct-manipulation interface allows users to select a link object and be shown a paragraph or conversely . |
| 22 | Has the Minister considered whether it would make more sense if young men and women from working-class families who leave school at 16 or 17 and are thrown into slave labour schemes where they earn a little over £20 a week , but who want to stay on at school , could stay on and be paid a sum equivalent to what they would get on training schemes ? |
| 23 | I mean , the only way you could do that would be if you had a till at one end and people bought whatever they wanted and were given a voucher and you walked down the other end and exchanged |
| 24 | They joined the German retreat in early 1943 , and were given a place of settlement in the Novogrodek area of Belorussia . |
| 25 | Before starting treatment patients were talked to and were given an information sheet on the basic concepts of the pathophysiology of H pylori infection . |
| 26 | The means was to restrict the legal provision of credit to those who applied for it and were granted a licence . |
| 27 | Although worried about the consequences of their boycott , they went ahead and were offered a pay rise as a result . |
| 28 | Morpeth raised more than £500 and were offered a slot on three local radio stations to publicise Amnesty International 's concerns . |
| 29 | He is no advocate of finishing a test match and being handed a £2,000 cheque for his efforts , et he has no qualms about wishing all the best to the rugby gypsies playing in Italy , France and South Africa . |
| 30 | After going to the ticket office and being refused a refund , he finally got into the ground at 3.35pm . |