Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [verb] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Skipper Alan Kernaghan said : ‘ Pallister has been very consistent and has played a major part in Manchester United 's success . |
| 2 | If you make it to the end of Chapter 7 and have registered a significant number of Yeses , I shall have done pretty well . |
| 3 | ‘ He was depressed and has suffered a great deal of mental anguish . ’ |
| 4 | Born in 1841 , Robert 's origins were bona fide proletarian ; he worked in a glass factory and as a house painter , taking evening classes in art which proved such a successful venture that he was able to set up a studio by 1869 and had developed a substantial reputation by the 1880s . |
| 5 | The accused , who now lives in the neighbouring village of Bridge of Earn , pleads not guilty and has entered a special defence of self defence . |
| 6 | The quickly erected boarded external finish of the former storage shed and the predominantly ‘ dry ’ construction of the internal wall linings made this a practical policy once reconstruction , during the spring and summer months , of the decayed lower-storey brickwork was complete and had produced a habitable shell . |
| 7 | Clare looked incredibly fit and had had a wonderful time . |
| 8 | This is the stuff from which good beer is made as it is hard and has absorbed a tangy flavour . |
| 9 | Sheridan , universally unpopular and having made a boorish fool of himself yet again , looked predictably furious . |
| 10 | The junior transport minister , Mr Robert Atkins , proposed yesterday that drivers supervising a learner must be at least 21 and have had a full licence for at least three years . |
| 11 | ‘ That was unfortunate and has remained a huge sadness to me . |
| 12 | KITCHENS OF DISTINCTION ( above ) release their second One Little Indian LP on March 18 and have announced a massive UK tour through March and April . |
| 13 | The generosity of the offer had surprised them all and had prompted a whole spate of spontaneous offers . |
| 14 | The Columbia Plateau , which covers 130 000 km 2 of the states of Washington and Oregon in the north-west USA , is composed of hundreds of separate basalt flows of Miocene age which in places reach a total thickness of 2000 m and have buried a pre-existing relief of more than 1500 m . |
| 15 | The opposition parties and the FMLN had held talks in Mexico City on May 5 and had established a permanent consultative mechanism . |
| 16 | How should one estimate the faults of those who offered incense without any torture , those who gave way only after cruel torture by rack and fire , and those who had not actually offered incense at all but had bribed a friendly official to sell them a certificate to say they had done so ? |
| 17 | Two goals from Butt and one from Beckham , with McCall pulling one back for Palace , were enough to silence an enthusiastic crowd of 7,825 and give United a two-goal advantage for their return leg at Old Trafford as they challenge for a record seventh Youth Cup win . |
| 18 | Because the person being regressed may have to face something which was either traumatic at the time or which seemed trivial but has had a long-lasting subconscious effect , the whole subject needs careful and skilful handling . |
| 19 | Spending of convertible currencies on imported cars had reached $200,000,000 in the first 11 months of 1989 and had caused a considerable drain on currency reserves . |
| 20 | Starting with Camco , the newly appointed Chief Executive er , has been very , very active and has made a great impact already . |
| 21 | She has been with us since 1988 and has played a significant role in the development of CCG 's in-house marketing strategies . |
| 22 | Jobs himself still holds 46% of Next and has invested a reported $200m in the company . |