Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] a [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At last , a streak of orange light appeared to the east ; and gradually the white sea in front of them became an immense expanse of fertile green , while the purple ocean behind turned shimmering white . |
| 2 | When we arrived I was introduced to the medium , Helen , a quite ordinary , sandy-haired woman in her mid-thirties , and the rest of the group , Dora and Leo and Katy and Humphrey , and everyone made a great fuss of me . |
| 3 | On our first visit I was left standing by these youngsters as one of them unearthed a good bag of finds ranging from Roman through to Georgian . |
| 4 | Foreigners always find that a difficult process — in fact only one of them made a real success of it — and Disraeli possessed what Ezra had been denied — the elasticity and toughness of a good Jew . |
| 5 | After a few half-hearted sips , one of them made a great show of looking at his watch , and put his glass down . |
| 6 | None of them made a special selection of materials suitable for the peasantry , so the few books that were dispatched were often too dry or too expensive . |
| 7 | A Radio 5 spokesperson said : ‘ The internal report made a number of suggestions for restructuring network radio and only one of them involved a major change to Radio 5 . |
| 8 | After the election , I became a frequent visitor to Downing Street . |
| 9 | I needed to earn a bit of extra money when I went on the tour and so I became a professional wrestler in my spare time . |
| 10 | I I became a great friend of hers actually , er she looked out of place on the bench . |
| 11 | ‘ When Boon began , I felt guilty about earning a lot of money so I became a soft touch for begging letters and charity appeals , ’ he said . |
| 12 | I became a high-ranking officer under the chief archangel , Vauban . ’ |
| 13 | When I became a permanent presenter in Bristol , the main newsreader was Ken Rees , more recently to establish himself as a top foreign correspondent for ITN . |
| 14 | This was one reason why I became a postnatal supporter for a year and why I trained as a breastfeeding counsellor . |
| 15 | ‘ I became an involuntary expert on Christabel LaMotte . |
| 16 | Seeking enlightenment , I asked a recent graduate of the college . |
| 17 | When I asked a Pakistani woman in her forties about this interpretation , she said : |
| 18 | Vicars bribed with halfpennies and were known to pressure parents about what was expected before someone became an appropriate recipient of charity . |
| 19 | There was no doubting that this young relative of his made a fine figure of a man , he thought , as he announced that he was going upstairs to change for dinner . |
| 20 | For my part , I endured a long disquisition on the Tractarians from a young and opinionated university liberal . |
| 21 | I also like to give credit where it is due , and would , therefore , like to thank members of the Great Central Railway who were very helpful and friendly when I made a recent visit to Rothley and Loughborough as an ordinary visitor . |
| 22 | He added : ‘ I made a tremendous start to the year and badly wanted that No 1 spot for the first time but it made me become negative . |
| 23 | I made a real fool of myself , crying and sobbing , but Luke held me and comforted me and he was so kind … ’ |
| 24 | I made a great nuisance of myself and , in the end , they resorted to the traditional method of dealing with trouble-makers : they asked me to stand for my own ward at the next local government elections . |
| 25 | I made a great bonfire of it and stood and watched it burn until every trace of him was wiped off the face of the earth . ’ |
| 26 | I made a facial question-mark at Melanie but she just shrugged and edged closer . |
| 27 | I made a mental note to myself that if the doctor on her case set that beautiful leg anything other than back the way it should be , then he had better start looking for a good dentist . |
| 28 | I made a convincing show of joining in all this horse-play and appeared to enjoy it hugely for a week or so while I thought about what I could do to our cousin . |
| 29 | I made a similar argument in chapter 1 about practical support in contemporary society . |
| 30 | In fact , I made a major decision in '84 , and followed it through in '86 . |