Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pron] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was also substantial cross-group agreement on the selection of this feature , with most groups arguing that the 'summarising " nature of this sentence made it a strong candidate for an opening to the story . |
| 2 | Saints boss Ian Branfoot made it a double raid on London when he also signed Chelsea 's Dutch defender Ken Monkou for a similar figure . |
| 3 | Straightaway , he made a niche for himself as our left-back , and his fearless diving headers made him a tremendous favourite with the Palace fans , who dubbed him ‘ Chopper ’ in recognition of his decisive interceptions with his unruly fair hair . |
| 4 | Faldo took his 1992 winnings to a world record £1.5m , while Norman 's only consolation was that the £190,234 runner's-up cheque made him the first player in history to breech the $10 million barrier in career earnings . |
| 5 | His dribbly nose , crooked teeth and cheeky Cockney accent made him an obvious classroom victim . |
| 6 | Geraldine read us a short story and , as I had each contraction , I 'd kneel over a bean bag . |
| 7 | He told Johnson that Warburton ( the combative English divine and man of letters , whose generally controversial national presence made him a common topic of Johnsonian conversation ) had a close relationship with an unnamed ‘ eminent printer ’ . |
| 8 | Eleven years later the World Federation of the Deaf at the seventh Congress in Washington awarded him an International Solidarity Merit Award , and Gallaudet College , taking advantage of his presence made him the first recipient of a medallion for " outstanding international service to the deaf " , which he received at a special convention attended by the Vice-President of the United States . |
| 9 | Bishop soon abandoned the ‘ exalted ’ demeanour that troubled his brethren , and his organizational skills made him an invaluable member of the emerging movement . |
| 10 | Young 's Scottish background , Calvinist convictions , and diplomatic skills made him an ideal emissary , and he was praised by the archbishop of St Andrews , among others , for his persuasive performance . |
| 11 | So his political background and other skills made him the logical candidate ’ . |
| 12 | Jeff Winter of Middlesbrough found himself the first guinea pig . |
| 13 | But Pascoe found her a great deal of help in restoring his rather worn manly pride . |
| 14 | and we 'll be joining all the Irish folk at Cheltenham … do n't think Carmody 's mare will be running … but we 'll be following those that are with special reports from the festival all next week … for football fans the big one is tomorrow … at the Manor Ground its the Central South second division derby Oxford against Swindon … |
| 15 | Her appetite for life , boundless energy and numerous gifts and graces made her an all-round person . |
| 16 | If some of Hoppé 's portraits and genre pictures have not stood the test of time , his influence on his contemporaries , his restless experimentation , his role in helping to found the London Salon of Photography , and his nineteen books made him an important figure in the history of twentieth-century photography . |
| 17 | The city 's site on the Isthmus made her a natural centre for trade , and the aryballos seems to have been created to meet a new need : to bottle scented oils , imported from the East , for re-export east and west . |
| 18 | Meredith flung him an eager glance , enthralled by the noise , the snow , the funereal gondolas bobbing in the water . |
| 19 | Round him , she was talkative in order to provoke him into replying , and the attempt made her a habitual confessor , though she would have been amazed if she had been charged with talking about herself all the time . |
| 20 | Landor 's want of training and his impatience to press on with all speed made him an unreliable surveyor , and there were those who impugned the veracity of his hair-raising escapes ; but in energy and resourcefulness , in courage and power of endurance , he was the equal of any of the previous generation of great explorers . |
| 21 | He was immediately dispatched to the scene , where his energy , intelligence and presence of mind made him the chief decision-taker in the first days after the explosion of reactor number four . |
| 22 | Sir Michael Angus made it a double whammy for Unilever as the outgoing plc chairman , soon to take up the cudgels on behalf of the CBI , entered the International Marketing Hall of Fame . |
| 23 | It was only when the high priest asked him the direct question : |
| 24 | His self-promotional skills combined with his love of sport and the arts made him a popular choice in his new fields . |
| 25 | When the show finally ended and the house lights came up , Lucy found herself a backstage corner and waited for a while longer . |
| 26 | Caroline found herself saying impulsively , regretting the impulse immediately as Anneliese cast her a surprised look . |
| 27 | ‘ Pete 's brother-in-law built him a massive speaker cabinet with 12 speakers in it . |
| 28 | Christina cringed as Susanna pronounced it the American way . |
| 29 | ‘ The vice-minister of the atomic energy industry told me a nuclear plant was being built to cope with the power shortage , ’ said the defector . |
| 30 | Shiona darted him a quick look , her heart still pounding . |