Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was selling houses and apartments on a commission basis , and I think that my English accent stood me in good stead . |
| 2 | His observation of the way in which after 1942 Churchill took on the role of Roosevelt 's faithful second left him with long-lasting suspicions of Britain 's priorities . |
| 3 | Discovered in 1953 by Hong Kong herpetologist John Romer , the frog 's exceedingly primitive nature makes it of special interest . |
| 4 | Chain , exasperated by the British failure to provide him with adequate research facilities , migrated to Rome , but was retained as a consultant by Beecham 's at a time when the firm was rapidly developing its research facilities . |
| 5 | The hon. Gentleman asked me about future numbers . |
| 6 | Yet I found that the breadth of my Scottish education stood me in good stead in the work of assessing and editing material from the whole agenda of a serious newspaper . |
| 7 | Enchanted , she too watched the sweet-faced boy who was chattering excitedly while his fond father plied him with Carnival cakes . |
| 8 | I suppose that simple precept from that old foreman stood me in good stead for thirty odd years , until now . ’ |
| 9 | So his Hebrew schooling thereby climaxed ; his public participation galvanising him to accelerated study . |
| 10 | Ceauşescu 's distancing himself from his fellow countrymen , whether for reasons of security or hygiene , meant that his daily life involved him in regular contact with relatively few people . |
| 11 | If Margaret Thatcher stands down before the next election , as most voters appear to believe she should , Michael Heseltine is the popular choice to succeed her as Conservative leader , according to the opinion polls . |
| 12 | Beattie 's outstanding record as a dedicated social worker stood him in good stead at the ‘ Diplock ’ tribunal and partly explained the presence of a total of twenty-four persons who came to testify on his behalf . |
| 13 | When we have a £6 million food and drink deficit , it is no use reducing Scottish production to replace it with cheap imports form eastern Europe . |
| 14 | The idea that a free India would remain loyal to the British empire filled him with brilliant scorn . |
| 15 | Paper-thin circumstance separates us from other lives and alliances . |
| 16 | The offline manager must specify for each media item whether it is to be used for primary or secondary purposes , although there is no absolute requirement to make them of different media types . |
| 17 | Not only do we need to strengthen up the entire body to keep it in good working order but there are certain areas that need extra exercise to give the area more definition ; areas that accumulate unwanted flab . |
| 18 | That they were also all subject to periods of psychotic breakdown makes them of additional interest and in the next chapter we shall examine precisely what that means and how it might help us to understand their particular form of creativity . |
| 19 | During this period of voluntary ostracism from social contact with those around him , Mr Thesiger 's fondness for out-of-doors sports and predilection for the simple life stood him in good stead . |
| 20 | The superior numbers of the Imperial army stood them in good stead : within a few minutes , Dara 's forces had broken through the rebels ' artillery and put to flight the infantry . |
| 21 | Is the purpose of a single European currency and the central bank to assist us in improving living standards by providing a level playing field or are they steps towards some kind of federal Europe ? |
| 22 | However , for patients in their forties it is usually a simple matter to establish them on similar insulin regimens to the Type I patients . |
| 23 | But to press into service , as though it were no more than a compendium of useful organs , the body of a servant , a friend — and a friend , at that , who died for a crime attributable to one 's own negligence — well , this moral madness placed him beyond human consideration . |
| 24 | His wrathful imagination led him to grotesque ideas … |
| 25 | In April 1988 the Secretaries of State for Education and Science and for Wales appointed a Working Group to advise them on appropriate attainment targets and programmes of study for English . |
| 26 | His previous experience stood him in good stead . |
| 27 | Tamar found the side-saddle strange at first , but her previous experience stood her in good stead . |
| 28 | I think they will , but I can not be sure , and I would not want the National Curriculum to force him on unwilling teachers . |
| 29 | Almost a year after his ‘ There 's Nothing Like This ’ hit single and reactivated album put him on first-name terms with the British public , Omar Lye-Kook is still based in north London , operating out of his father 's tiny Kongo Dance offices and recording down the road in Willesden . |
| 30 | ‘ Some ghastly little girl accused her of lesbian advances . ’ |