Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each owned a weird splotch of colour in a white and silver frame , painted and framed by a local artist . |
| 2 | That got a rapturous round of applause too . |
| 3 | The unfortunate Capel Junior made a terrible hash of things and belted the ball yards over the bar . |
| 4 | Each produced a significant shift in course and within a short space of time wrought a substantial transformation in the direction of national policy and popular attitudes . |
| 5 | He looked at the other screens : each provided a different perspective of the same scene . |
| 6 | That drew a fiery glare from her and more resonant chuckles from the golden man , until — flushed and annoyed as well as uneasy — I got the floater away from there . |
| 7 | That created a private right in Mrs. Keyte . |
| 8 | That involved a fair amount of travel . |
| 9 | Mr Welt and Mr Walpit each built a special cage for the Bookman . |
| 10 | The British produced a remarkable variety of stations in West Africa , all faithfully recorded in the photographic collection of the Crown Agents who were closely involved in their building . |
| 11 | In the summer of the same year ( 1356 ) the English planned a threefold attack on France . |
| 12 | The British became a dominant influence in Persian life during the nineteenth century ; but to this day many Persians believe that Britain merely exploited Persia for the sake of India throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries . |
| 13 | This became a forward base for the NPFL , and reports told of ships being diverted to Buchanan and their cargoes used to replenish the rebel supplies . |
| 14 | Green also made much of Claude 's ‘ Air ’ and this became a paramount feature in the Ambleside painter 's work . |
| 15 | This became a strong reason to him for the practice of private confession . |
| 16 | Since this became a standard feature of trusts it is not helpful to treat it as if it were dependent solely on an especially close regard for the testator 's intention . |
| 17 | Lethal Weapon 2 got a U certificate in France , but the British censor would n't even pass it for over-18s without some of the violence being cut . |
| 18 | This channelled a complete stream of water — and quite cold it was — on to my stomach and woke me up . |
| 19 | Coming from an administration whose leader laid claim to effective action on global issues such as the hole in the ozone layer and the greenhouse effect ( see Chapter 11 ) , this revealed a remarkable weakness in the position of the DoE . |
| 20 | The USSR Supreme Soviet on June 12 passed a long-awaited law on the press and mass media , featuring detailed guarantees of press freedom and the rules for journalistic practice , and the abolition of censorship . |
| 21 | Some made a good job of the sandwich element , but many paid it lip service . |
| 22 | This produced a spectacular decline in the number of birds successfully reared and eventually in the total population of adult birds . |
| 23 | This produced a rich seam of tips , much of it from the artists at the Theatre Royal during rehearsals . |
| 24 | This produced a defensive posture at the gateway to the system : admission was to be avoided if at all possible , and only used as a ‘ last resort ’ . |
| 25 | This produced a successful outcome for Suchard , in preference to the much larger Nestlé . |
| 26 | This produced a deep sense of betrayal amongst workers ; and the ‘ civil war , between rank-and-file workers and the official union was essentially what turned the strike into a protracted struggle . |
| 27 | This produced a lively discussion about customer perceptions of AEA and staff 's own thoughts about our future development . |
| 28 | All this produced a growing demand for printed collections of the treaties between the European states on which so many claims and counter-claims were based . |
| 29 | This made a promising start in preparing a report for publication during 1993 . |
| 30 | United States President Bush on Dec. 12 announced a temporary waiver until mid-1991 of the Jackson-Vanik Amendment restricting US trade with the Soviet Union [ see also p. 37921 ] . |