Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lord Justice McCowan said he found it quite impossible to hold that Mr Hurd 's political judgment — that the appearance of terrorists on programmes increased their standing and lent them political legitimacy — was one that no reasonable home secretary could make . |
| 2 | Good shoes , made by the right house , were beyond any whim of fashion — a mellowing lifetime lent them extreme quality . |
| 3 | There had been others lacking in imagination , who stuck to the basic facts but lent them theatrical weight . |
| 4 | Marion asked me other day what we were saving them for , I said well we saved them oh I remember ! |
| 5 | Just take a look got me little list knocking round . |
| 6 | That made me manic depressive . |
| 7 | trousers , boots , fucking the leggings , the gloves , the mask anything , he made me fucking walk into the sea . |
| 8 | When you became a Minister you appointed me Managing Director . |
| 9 | It was much later that I realized my subconscious tendency towards preferring complicated solutions , merely to demonstrate my clever mental logic . |
| 10 | I was gardening and he said er er I bent over to do something and he said I just went dizzy , he said , and I fell over he said and then I realized my right side was paralysed . |
| 11 | She became my legal guardian . |
| 12 | So Anna became my legal guardian . |
| 13 | became my intimate terror . |
| 14 | Our local library , Macdonald Road , Edinburgh , produced a book on fishing that became my firm favourite . |
| 15 | I meant the hon. Gentleman , but he almost became my hon. Friend because of his grudging acceptance of the principle of testing . |
| 16 | I got my personal weapon and kit together , checked under the car , and headed for Angelo . |
| 17 | Finally I got my long-awaited appointment to see Dr John Randell , the ‘ patron saint of transsexuals ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ I struggled and twisted and got my right hand free . |
| 19 | As the day of rehearsals approached I got my usual attack of the ‘ I 'll never do its ’ . |
| 20 | I got my current job in 1990 . |
| 21 | ‘ Yes , and I got my other hearing-aid , and some notes — ’ |
| 22 | After I got my free plaster and sticky tape to keep the cotton wool swab on I found not just a cup of tea and rich tea on offer but a wide choice of beverages and crisps and chocolate biscuits all individually wrapped — from looking at that feast you would n't believe the NHS is strapped for cash . |
| 23 | Soon after I got my English A-level , mum learned that she had to go into hospital for quite a long time . |
| 24 | But I made sure I got my fair share . |
| 25 | I even got my old room back in the Goethestrasse . ’ |
| 26 | I nearly got my red book out the window . |
| 27 | ‘ I got my Little Problem before you became involved in our side . |
| 28 | Yeah , and he bought bought bits and that , and I got my little book , you know , my pictures in have n't I ? |
| 29 | ‘ You got my missing knife ? ’ |
| 30 | Yeah I got my favourite colour , yellow . |