Example sentences of "and [be] [verb] [art] " 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 | Both Price Waterhouse and now Touche Ross have dallied with the Deloitte domestic partnership and been given the cold shoulder . |
| 7 | If this is the case , and he has then asked about Cantona and been given the nod , he has still done well . |
| 8 | … he might be young , lonely and not a little bewildered , but the way was clear before him at last ; he had taken his orders and been given the pass word , he could win through . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | On seventeenth of August nineteen sixty seven object of defeating the option and having discovered through the result of his solicitors that the option had not been registered , sold and been paid the farm five hundred pounds and after the sale by registering the option under the land chartered act and on the sixth of October nineteen sixty seventeen could have exercised the option and neither or his wife complied with the notice and on March twenty eighth nineteen sixty eight wife died and on the twenty seventh of January nineteen seventy commenced proceedings against his father against his mother 's executors the declaration of the option was . |
| 13 | It would n't be the first time that a man has been seduced by female beauty and been left the poorer for his pleasure , nor the first time Lotta has attempted by stealth to deprive me of something which I value . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ( 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 ) . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | As a result , more than 70 per cent of the population now have a Current Account and are enjoying the many advantages it gives them — cheques , instant cash , Standing Orders and Direct Debits . |
| 19 | As carpet imports are minimal in our market segment , we are optimistic and are maintaining the substantially increased promotion investment which we consider vital for the Group 's future . |
| 20 | They put on new acts if they are called direct and are sent a rough demo tape . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Separatist Muslim militants kidnapped the daughter of an Indian minister yesterday and are demanding the release of five jailed colleagues as ransom , police said . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The board was supplied by the organising committee and team manager Cliff Norbury said : ‘ We regard this decision as unsatisfactory and are taking the matter further . |
| 25 | Responding to what they say are inaccurate press stories — which we have not seen — Micro Focus Plc has issued a statement with Microsoft Corp 's concurrence , saying that their current agreement between will expire on September 30 , but that both want to continue their business relationship into the future and are exploring the terms for the new agreement ; as if to emphasise the point , Microsoft yesterday announced shipment of Microsoft Cobol professional development system version 5.0 for Windows , with support for the Visual Basic programming system for Windows and embedded structure query language ; it says the new release incorporates the latest version of the Micro Focus compiler , and creates executable files faster and smaller than previous releases ; it is $900 , now . |
| 26 | The management of the Suffolk Water Company have admitted that the borehole is damaging the fen , and are exploring the possibility of opening an alternative . |
| 27 | Thousands of students in Thailand have built barricades against soldiers and are defying the curfew . |
| 28 | So I must say I entirely agree with Heather on this , it seems to me inevitable logic of Freud 's theory and erm my own view is that group psychoanalysis is a contradiction in terms , you can not do psychoanalysis in a group of this and those who say they can I think have n never understood what psychoanalysis is all about and are misleading the public and people pay good money for it . |
| 29 | Finally , assuming that you have made it to the right starting line in plenty of time , wearing the right kit and your race number , and are facing the correct way when the cannon sounds , there is just one last piece of essential advice : do n't panic ! |
| 30 | Hunters are cashing in on this shortage and expense of whale meat , and are providing the Japanese market with a more affordable substitute of dolphin flesh . |