Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [noun prp] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That made McIllvanney a gold-plated pimp , though he preferred to describe himself as a ‘ leisure-agent ’ ; however , he usually had the grace to smile when he used that label . |
| 2 | I owe them the worst : they all but destroyed me " ) , all this made Nizan an obvious candidate for a highly sectarian , aggressive , isolationist communist party . |
| 3 | All this made Zeinab an interesting woman but a rather unusual one . |
| 4 | This caused Rajiv a great deal of turmoil , particularly as others of his friends had been baptised by immersion in the local Baptist church . |
| 5 | Andy McDowell 's 43 gave Liverpool a good base . |
| 6 | Perhaps , too , in army terms — and some considered Egypt an occupied country — Head of Political Intelligence . |
| 7 | EM Forster was delighted to find Hardy the perfect host , commenting later that he ‘ always made sure one had plenty of cream in one 's tea ’ . |
| 8 | Solihull referee Vic Callow showed Pascucci the red card and booked Aspinall and Oliver Bierhoff during an 80th-minute clash . |
| 9 | His elbow scraping antics on the YZR250 in ‘ 89 made Ruggia an instant GP legend and Aprilia were keen to win his talents . |
| 10 | The Millmoor club were due to give Ford a free transfer but have now indicated that they may have a change of heart following the keeper 's fine run at Scarborough . |
| 11 | 11 ) called Corinth and Chalkis the handcuffs of Greece , and the importance of Corinth to Macedon , which this comparison indicates , goes back to 338 when Philip II made Corinth the physical centre of his new Greek league ( though whether the meeting-chamber has been identified on the ground is disputed ) . |
| 12 | Hand in hand went successful economic policies , wise cooperation between management and workers resulting in productive years of economic peace , and an enlightened appreciation of the arts , all making Zurich a rich city , not just in terms of finance , but in the variety of its life . |
| 13 | This all makes London a cultured city of England . |
| 14 | Along with the hundred copies Hannah dealt with the following day for those who had been unable to reach Skipton the staggering figure of five hundred books were signed . |
| 15 | Within a decade , Fothergill was able to give Marshall a descriptive account of the flourishing Upton garden acknowledged , he said , ‘ by the ablest botanists we have , that there is not a richer bit of ground in curious American plants in Great Britain ; and for many of the most curious I am obliged to thy diligence and care . ’ |
| 16 | It would make a pleasant diversion in a rather low social life , and in the company of other people she would be able to give Luke a wide berth during the evening . |
| 17 | Unable to offer Rossini a bicentenary gift of Il viaggio a Reims ( Ferrara finally inherited that project ) the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées presented in the space of a week a display of Rossini singing that barely scratched the surface . |
| 18 | He received military training in the Soviet Union and Egypt in the 1970s , fought the Israelis in Lebanon in 1982 and first entered Sweden the following year after obtaining a visa through its Damascus embassy . |
| 19 | The high travel costs added onto everyday expenses were causing John distress and so LAB were pleased to award John an annual grant to help him keep in touch with his brother and retain his independence . |
| 20 | Suzanne first gave Santa an exfoliating body scrub , then seaweed gel was applied to the Claus tum , hips and legs . |
| 21 | 474 set England a stiff target but the pitch was less malicious than the earlier ones and Gooch and Slack put on 127 for the first wicket . |
| 22 | And it was me , and I was due to have Nicola the next month , at the beginning of May that the and I said no , I said ! |
| 23 | Rounding up from 0.3871 , the more exact figure , to 0.39 gave Craig an unearned bonus of I 1.07 votes . |
| 24 | Breaks of 59 and 92 gave McManus a perfect start , and he had stretched his lead to 6-2 by the end of the first session . |
| 25 | Opposing captain Peter Winterbottom , one of six England internationals due to face Ireland the following weekend , disagreed . |
| 26 | That gave Webb an easy catch and it gave him the time to see that Bath would have a man over if he ran the ball to the left . |
| 27 | Montgomerie was kept waiting 30 minutes for Lyle to finish and he said : ‘ That gave Sandy a big advantage . |
| 28 | Harry too rose from his chair , determined to allow Kingdom no further advantage . |
| 29 | It seems only fair to allow Wordsworth the last word . |
| 30 | That makes America the ultimate target for The Regent , he says . |