Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pos pn] [adj] [noun sg] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The head strategist of Nomura International has earned his Japanese firm a fortune with his brilliant dealing .
2 She had seen her general practitioner a week after the separation and he had prescribed a tranquillizer .
3 My ‘ old ’ boat was well known to the local seals , and they would allow a really close approach , but I have only had my present boat a couple of years and they are still suspicious .
4 Shift work could also make attendance at ATB courses difficult though in one case a part-time farmer had given his local organiser a copy of his shift programme for the next six months !
5 The Chief-Corporal to whom I had given my sisters ' addresses at Canjuers was there , and he told me that he had sent my oldest sister a photograph of himself in a tank and one of his apartment in La Rochelle .
6 She has also predicted her own death a week before my return to Achnacarry .
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