Example sentences of "and [be] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Having committed one offence and been given a criminal recordfor innocent hacking , they may feel that they might as well get in a bit deeper . ’ |
| 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 | As it is , having escaped this poisoned chalice and been given a good excuse to get rid of a woefully implausible leader , it is still very much in business to fight another day . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She had previously won the Oloman-Ellis Award ( see page : 109 ) and been elected a Grand Councillor both for her work for the BDA in her own branch — Leeds — and region — North Regional Council — , on the national executive , As editor of a Newsletter and of hundreds of " Congress Bulletins " , and as fund-raiser extraordinary for deaf sporting activities . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | So we do n't know much about it yet , but on Thursdays we get , we 've got taught how to play erm a keyboard and been taught a little bit about reading music . |
| 9 | Although he has agreed personal terms with Rovers manager Kenny Dalglish and been offered a lucrative four-year contract , Arsenal and Manchester United are also chasing the young star . |
| 10 | ( 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 ) . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Monitoring of people moved from Friern Hospital in north London and Claybury Hospital in Essex shows that they are not slipping out of the system and are enjoying a better quality of life with greater independence and a more varied social life . |
| 13 | They put on new acts if they are called direct and are sent a rough demo tape . |
| 14 | The association 's 170 members will have to bear the brunt of new fees for proposed discharge licences and are demanding a strong inspectorate to enforce the legislation . |
| 15 | The knitted gauze products for the nitric acid industry which were introduced by Johnson Matthey last year , have been well received by customers and are capturing a growing share of the European market . |
| 16 | Yes it was , and I think it also er really put paid to the journalists that came along expecting to write our political obituary , because what did come over in all the workshops er and in the main plenary sessions , was that , that local , local parties are doing very well indeed and are getting a very good reception on the doorstep , in fact some other polls on , on er the Green strategy to the environment show that people actually do still trust the Greens far more than any other party . |
| 17 | For new recruits who are selling their old property and are buying a new home , Hambro Life pays : the cost of moving to the new area ; a disturbance allowance of one month 's salary ( half paid when the employee joins the firm , the balance when the sale and purchase are completed ) ; two weekends at the company 's expense to look for accommodation ; estate agents ' , surveyors ' , building society and legal fees , including stamp duty and an allowance of £150 per month towards the cost of accommodation and/or fares for a maximum period of three months . |
| 18 | If at any point you come into contact with it you lose a life immediately and are moved a few steps back . |
| 19 | The couple have spent the past six months buying furniture for their rooms within the Godfrey Ermen Home and are considering a belated honeymoon . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | They come in suspicious and uncertain and are given an adjustment period of up to 3 months . |
| 24 | I 've heard that KING KURT have reformed and are to do a London gig . |
| 25 | It is quite common for specialist music solicitors to offer their services free of charge to a band who approach them , who are broke and are creating a ‘ buzz ’ . |
| 26 | The women train by themselves , tackle issues which are women based and are developing a voice that is her own creation . |
| 27 | They retain a common language and are developing a political awareness that may ultimately unite them into a distinct western Arctic nation . |
| 28 | Over a period of time , therefore , pupil exposed to different aspects of the microcomputer as an inform ; retrieval tool and are developing an awareness of the crucial between purpose and information . |
| 29 | Social services staff have been negotiating with the Department of Health and are expecting a decision to be made in the next couple of weeks . |
| 30 | They have a lot of good players and are putting a lot of money into their ground . |