Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [adj] [noun] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE dramatic arrival of Dean Saunders has given Dalian Atkinson a new lease of life at Aston Villa . |
| 2 | Television coverage has won American football a big following in Britain . |
| 3 | There is a long tradition of by-employment , much of it non-agricultural in nature , in Japanese farming families , and the extension of this practice since 1945 — accentuated by the sharp decline of the previously all-important silkworm cultivation — has made part-time farming a dominant feature of the rural sector . |
| 4 | Volatility in aid flows is notoriously difficult from the recipient 's point of view , and the US Congress has made American aid a dangerously-poisoned chalice to the recipients . |
| 5 | Built in Test ( BITE ) where available has helped diagnostic procedures a great deal , but problems still remain . |
| 6 | ‘ It has taken many geologists a long time to accept plate tectonics ’ , Dr Blake told New Scientist at the survey 's west coast headquarters in Menlo Park , south of San Francisco . |
| 7 | We 'd known each other a long time . |
| 8 | An independent share valuation would have given these shares a total value of about £50,000 . |
| 9 | He had heard this request a thousand times . |
| 10 | Adrian Littlejohn had given United side a 61st minute lead to make up for two earlier misses from Brian Deane as the home side took a grip on the game . |
| 11 | I had come this way a hundred times , always varying my route so as to avoid making more of a track than a rabbit might do . |
| 12 | You may agree with honours or not , we 've done this programme a few year ago , Bill , but classless is erm , as I understand it , is to give anyone in this country erm the opportunity to get to the top . |
| 13 | Police piecing together the events of Tuesday night have discovered that the killer had robbed another couple a few minutes before . |
| 14 | According to one modern historian , their " systematic destruction of all that had made western Europe a going concern economically " marked the definitive break between the sub-Roman and medieval worlds . |
| 15 | Zen had watched this cycle a dozen times or more when he felt a touch on his shoulder and turned to find Gilberto grinning up at him . |
| 16 | ‘ We 've known each other a long time . |
| 17 | We 've known each other a long time . |
| 18 | We 're growing familiar , like we 've known each other a long time . |
| 19 | They have given each guest a limited-edition Disney sweatshirt and insisted that they wear it to gain entry to the gala performance . |
| 20 | And it 's quite clear that the decorative touches have made this house a warm and welcoming home in which to spend Christmas . |
| 21 | Just as well they have something else in common : they have known each other a long time , and are all good friends . |
| 22 | You and I have known each other a long time . |