Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [art] [adj] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The French struggled for nearly sixty minutes against a generous but raw Romania , ran riot against a Fijian side well below par and short of the menacing inspiration that made them a fearsome proposal in 1987 , while the game against Canada exposed the shortcomings that England later exploited with relish . |
| 2 | But so far neither has shown the tremendous flair with top-spin attacking that made them a major force in the world championships in Dortmund only seven months ago . |
| 3 | Although in fact ultra vires , taxing many men worth less than £2 on goods must have been considered justified by circumstances , for their numbers alone made them an important element in the local community . |
| 4 | It was De Gaulle who asked me the dumb question in the van-his condescension brought him down to what he imagined was my level . |
| 5 | He made me a fair offer in the circumstances and I even picked up another two pounds from one of the street traders for Charlie 's huge barrow ; but hard though I tried I could n't find a buyer for Granpa Charlie 's dreadful old nineteenth-century relic . |
| 6 | Rather than have his son and his wife Anne endure the desert country , he found them a rented villa in Malta . |
| 7 | She found him a new toothbrush in its unbroken wrap , and said , ‘ It 's a pity about Sir George . |
| 8 | When the Chilaw kachcheri queried a sale voucher counterfoil submitted by a headman , it was explained that the seller had branded the animal with his grandfather 's name , Nicholas , because he believed it a lucky name in cattle breeding . |
| 9 | She showed them the small lake in its ring of reeds , took them to the first slopes of the mountain , rigged up a fishing rod for Michael and took him to the part of the lake she used to fish as a girl , and soon he was shouting out in glee as he missed the ravenous little perch or swung them out over his head on to the bank . |
| 10 | He showed me the cunning way in which Jim Wilson , the ship 's chandler , had hinged the top of the fuselage so that a patient could be lowered into the plane on a stretcher once the second seat had been removed to give the extra length . |
| 11 | When Rachel was asked to spell ‘ ba-na-na ’ Margaret took over and said , ‘ It 's all right Rachel , she means ‘ baa-naa-naa ’ ! '' Then the nice teacher taught you a little rhyme in American and English — ‘ The little calf ( căf ) went down the path ( păth ) in a minute and a half ( hăf ) to take a bath ( băth ) . ’ |
| 12 | When he reached twelve his father cut short his education and procured him a naval cadetship in March 1800 . |
| 13 | He also developed a close association with Loughborough University ( which awarded him an honorary degree in 1972 ) and his annual lecture there was one of the highlights of the academic year . |
| 14 | Her background made her an early starter in the love stakes . |
| 15 | Yet Politics among Nations is the book which made him a major figure in the discipline and its message is as we have described it . |
| 16 | Is it my fault if the King has spoilt his son and made him a laughing stock in Europe ? |
| 17 | Cardus ' determination in his battle with the American made him a big hero in Spain last year . |
| 18 | Charles I was equally well disposed towards Salisbury and made him a privy councillor in 1626 . |
| 19 | Both the scale of his operations and the degree of his specialization in financial business made him a unique figure in early Stuart England , though he did have a few other economic irons in the fire : among them , a share in the tobacco monopoly and the export of iron ordnance in the 1620s and huge purchases of East India Company pepper in 1623 and 1628 . |
| 20 | His self-promotional skills combined with his love of sport and the arts made him a popular choice in his new fields . |
| 21 | However , his innate charm and style , together with his availability for fashionable luncheon and dinner parties , made him a popular guest in London society in the Twenties . |
| 22 | His experience and loyalty made him an important figure in the remodelled navy . |
| 23 | If some of Hoppé 's portraits and genre pictures have not stood the test of time , his influence on his contemporaries , his restless experimentation , his role in helping to found the London Salon of Photography , and his nineteen books made him an important figure in the history of twentieth-century photography . |
| 24 | From 1951 to 1953 he was president of the Royal Meteorological Society , which made him an honorary fellow in 1976 . |
| 25 | He was immediately dispatched to the scene , where his energy , intelligence and presence of mind made him the chief decision-taker in the first days after the explosion of reactor number four . |
| 26 | Mrs Green also sent me the cardboard box in which the gift had come and , curious to find out more about the cake 's origins , I rang the Yorkshire Farm Bakery . |
| 27 | THE decision by Scotland 's Stephen McAllister 's to concentrate on rhythm and feel rather than technique brought him a rich dividend in the Balearic Open here yesterday . |
| 28 | brought him an extra day in some beer ad . |
| 29 | He looked at Lissa as though it was all her doing , and she sent him a poisonous stare in return . |
| 30 | ‘ We felt it an appropriate gesture in the circumstances , ’ said meeting secretary Roy Swinbank . |