Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb past] [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only when the high priest asked him the direct question : |
| 2 | When he was at school another boy told him the Chinese see a rabbit in the moon . |
| 3 | The impressive hardware , the ( rather primitive ) motion-control techniques , and the startling light effects made it the biggest single breakthrough . |
| 4 | At Corbett 's bidding an old man showed them the blood-spattered piece of ground where their priest had been found . |
| 5 | IN THE beginning there was John Mortimer QC , waxing lyrical about the great ideals of the 1945 Labour government and judging that its commitment to the welfare state and social equality made it the greatest this century . |
| 6 | By the time we met I had almost reached The Old Castle Inn at Old Sarum and good old Dad bought me the largest ginger beer I 've ever had . |
| 7 | ‘ That lady tamed him the first time he set eyes on her . |
| 8 | In Soho , hell-bent on a good time , her tremendous vitality made her the female counterpart of Minton . |
| 9 | Erm so we then moved back towards the doorway erm and then P C requested the persons in the bed to tell him where the light switch was , which a male voice told him the approximate area where the light switch was . |
| 10 | We considered gas , electricity and oil , and natural gas offered us the best benefits , ’ said Mike MacCormack , Administrator at Dunster Castle . |
| 11 | Sawle acknowledged this on the eve of the final Test when , asked to defend the dumping of Marsh , he made the point that it had been the bowlers — Craig McDermott ( whose 31 wickets made him the highest Australian wicket-taker in a series against India ) , Bruce Reid ( a wrecker in the second Test before breaking down again ) and Merv Hughes — who had been the key figures throughout the series . |
| 12 | If he is n't , it does n't matter what he knows and he can go over my head any day he likes and make the Assistant Commissioner read him the whole report if he wants to . |
| 13 | In a follow-up survey , the great majority rated it the best AIDS resource they had seen . |
| 14 | The pose of the bald egg-shaped heads , the jointed arms stiffly flexed in a parody of benediction , the staring eyes and curved arrow-like lips gave them the hieratic look of a couple of painted deities . |
| 15 | To her relief , she was back to full fitness in time for the British Stroke-Play at Southerness where a 78 and 77 carved out of near gale-force winds gave her the half-way lead . |
| 16 | His extrovert personality made him the ideal host at the company 's restaurants . |
| 17 | Then good fortune brought me the very man that I needed . |
| 18 | However , although Leese 's virulent anti-semitism and racial fascist beliefs made him the nearest equivalent in outlook to an English Hitler , his personality and attitude to leadership were very different . |
| 19 | She had to smile when the busy reality met her the following day . |
| 20 | Jamie Spence 's win in the Canon European Masters made him the sixth first-time winner on this season 's Volvo Tour . |
| 21 | When asked which of all their various roles gave them the greatest satisfaction , 47% opted for being a mother , 22% simply being themselves , 15% being a partner/lover and just 10% being a working woman . |
| 22 | The British Association of Industrial Editors awarded me the 1992/93 Chairman 's Award about ten days ago , which was a real surprise and honour — in respect of voluntary input over five years , most notably efforts re Education & Professional Development . |
| 23 | CORK 'S superior craft and greater practical awareness earned them the Royal Liver National Hurling League title after a marathon contest with Wexford in Thurles yesterday . |
| 24 | Her population , geographical position , army and industrial strength made her the leading continental nation . |
| 25 | Unhappy with the quality of local films , Van Leer began to produce his own : his first effort won him the Golden Bear award at the Berlin film festival in 1964 . |
| 26 | The Bulgarian Communist Party renamed itself the Bulgarian Socialist Party on April 3 , calling the decision a clean break with " the dictatorship of the time before Nov. 10 , 1989 , which was a dictatorship not only over the people , but over the party as well " . |
| 27 | The band 's aggregate scores gave them the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association championship for their grade . |
| 28 | MAURICE Core 's battering-ram right hand won him the vacant British light-heavyweight title at Manchester 's New Century Hall last night . |
| 29 | The Brazilian agent saw me the next morning . |
| 30 | The thought of the delicious lunch gave me the extra boost I needed to reach the summit . |