Example sentences of "[adv] he [be] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it was over he was given a Military Cross by the British , and the Croix de Guerre by the French . |
| 2 | The father-of-three became chairman of the Bar Council in 1972 and three years later he was made a High Court Judge and was immediately appointed to the Chancery Division . |
| 3 | Two months later he was fined a further £100 and banned from the touchline until the end of that season for remarks to a linesman during a game at Dundee United . |
| 4 | Whenever he was shown a new sexual technique , he would use it the very next night on his new partner . |
| 5 | Two weeks ago he was given a seven-year sentence for two rapes and two serious sexual assaults . |
| 6 | But since then he 's won a Second Division promotion medal and is near the top of the Premier League . |
| 7 | Since then he 's acquired a growing reputation as a landscape photographer . |
| 8 | Sometimes you see someone painting a door or something and get that little bit done there and then they step back to make sure they have n't missed something cos they could be it could be so obvious to anyone who 's just standing , What 's he doing there he 's left a big piece in the corner there that |
| 9 | Reformed junkie Davies , who has served two prison sentences , met stunning Fiona Brown , 28 , when he was given a two-year probation order for theft . |
| 10 | • After serving 18 months in the wilderness as punishment for running Michael Heseltine 's leadership challenge , East Hampshire MP Michael Mates was welcomed in from the cold this week when he was given a ministerial post by the Prime Minister . |
| 11 | The turning point was Denis Law 's infamous transfer debacle in 1973 when he was given a free transfer by United and crossed Manchester to Maine Road to join Manchester City . |
| 12 | Prime Minister Major , who has learned much about smiling through adversity , beamed pleasantly through adversity , beamed pleasantly through most of the play from his comfortable position next to the Pressbox on the ground where he was spent a large portion of his life . |
| 13 | Between his wanderings he sat in the farmhouse at St. Cleer , where he was considered a definite eccentric by his Cornish relatives . |