Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The combination of the sophisticated impresario with his driving ambition and the outspoken Newcastle woman with her earthy language and manner to match , made them appear a strange couple . |
| 2 | Until the Annan Committee knocked BBC and ITV heads together and made them run a joint system of audience measurement , ITV relied mainly on counting the number of sets switched on and the BBC used sample surveys and audience ‘ diaries ’ . |
| 3 | It was then that I knew I could have a fight on my hands : If the manager sided with him and asked me to move a few feet away then I 'd have no choice but to join in the squabble . |
| 4 | When she started flying her parents asked me to keep a watchful eye on her . |
| 5 | I went into the kitchen as she asked me to have a few words with the ‘ factotum ’ ( 'She seems to be rather taken with your looks ' ) . |
| 6 | ‘ When Terry was coaching Barcelona and I went over to visit him , he asked me to bring a few pounds of good old English pork sausages because he was missing his bangers and mash for tea , ’ he explained . |
| 7 | ‘ She made me walk straight and tall again , made me feel a complete man with her excellently designed footwear , ’ he had boomed . |
| 8 | It made me take a good look at what I really wanted out of men and dating . |
| 9 | ‘ They made me look a risky proposition until Terry Butcher gave me a chance at Coventry . |
| 10 | Apparently the cleaner overheard them having a tremendous row . |
| 11 | On 18 August it met with the Health Authority 's officials and asked them to conduct a public health survey which it would pay for , mainly to reassure the public that , although the EC limits for aluminium had been exceeded over 500 times , and those for sulphate , copper , zinc and lead had also been broken , there was no long-term harm . |
| 12 | One hundred ladies kindly volunteered and eight weeks later I asked them to complete a lengthy questionnaire . |
| 13 | They realised I told a better story when I was composed . |
| 14 | Most will have started yoga after watching it on television or because a friend invited them to join a local group . |
| 15 | But it helped me to gain a deeper appreciation of what is involved . |
| 16 | ‘ It stopped me having a normal childhood . |
| 17 | So we followed the sign , and with some amusement found ourselves confronting a huge mirror ! |
| 18 | When the Cabinet met at noon , Baldwin found himself sharing a defensive corner with Birkenhead . |
| 19 | He had Letty and now found himself dreading a new face to love . |
| 20 | An isolated curate who wanted knowledge found himself living a few yards from a man who at first sight was an explosive popular preacher , but who happened also to be one of the coming academic theologians of England , and an inciter of younger minds . |
| 21 | When Culley did the same , he found himself holding a cold roach . |
| 22 | Somewhat to his own surprise , Harry found himself booking a single room , despite the exorbitant tariff , and following the prim receptionist as she led him to the door . |
| 23 | Yet he found himself treading a familiar road when he played a junkie in Drugstore Cowboy ( 1989 ) . |
| 24 | So it was that Riven found himself attacking a wooden post with a wooden sword that was slippery with mud , and being lectured by the unsmiling Myrcans . |
| 25 | Never having been aboard a ship before , she found she had a natural liking for the sea life : she suffered no seasickness at all , and as João had sent an excellent chef to cook her meals , she dined well and developed a taste for the green wine of Portugal . |
| 26 | Dr Nick Walters , exercise physiologist at the University of Westminster , tested Margaret on his Futrex 5000 computer , which analyses body muscle , fat and water , and found she had a fat proportion of 28 per cent — well above her recommended level of 22 per cent . |
| 27 | He retired from active service at the end of the war but was recalled in the early summer of 1648 when Parliament found itself facing a serious mutiny in the fleet . |
| 28 | By a process which almost seemed inevitable the State found itself directing a major part of the country 's industries , and controlling or licensing most of the remainder . |
| 29 | Kevin Murray , administration manager of the hostel , said ‘ The idea came from Carolyn who proposed we adopt a special school and Warren School was the most local . |
| 30 | Middlesbrough tried everything to complete a grand slam of derby wins , but the midfield prompting of Peake and the dangerous flank attacks of John Hendrie , failed to wrest victory from Sunderland 's unyielding grasp . |