Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] a [adj] " 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 | Made them a sure part of your plan |
| 4 | In one act at the exhibition hangar gave NAM ‘ back ’ its workshop , enabling the restoration of Anson C.19 VL348 to come on apace ; it allowed several of their exhibits the luxury of a controlled environment ; gave the Museum an ‘ all weather ’ visitor capability and made them a suitable location for the RAF Museum to loan them their Airspeed Oxford and North American Harvard — see the August issue . |
| 5 | The offer made them a special case but by the same token was condemned by other groups such as the ancillary workers , who protested that they were offered only 4 per cent . |
| 6 | Their ‘ Vicinity to the Dockyards ’ made them a vital source of timber for the Royal Navy ; therefore it was ‘ a National Object to keep and to improve ’ them . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | And Mrs Fawcett came rushing up to the hospital with the perfect solution : she lent me a battery-operated portable radio . |
| 9 | Then the King asked me a large number of questions . |
| 10 | He immediately took to his heels with is case of cigarettes and led me a merry dance away from the docks , through a council estate , finally finishing up on the perimeter track of Ipswich Airport where I was rescued in the nick of time by a squad car full of policemen just as I was about to be filled in by the burly seaman . |
| 11 | I was certain he did n't know I was following him , but he led me a pretty dance almost as if he was trying to lose me . |
| 12 | ‘ Someone recently got me a small Vox practice amp which is okay , but when I 'm recording at home I go straight through a JHS Rock Box . |
| 13 | For one thing the lamp , the light 's gone and Tony got me a new one but it was n't |
| 14 | GENEVIEVE CAUDEN ( STUDENT ) : A bullet just grazed me a little bit . |
| 15 | Finally , J. got tired of my everlasting complaints , took pity on me and made me a small electric fire . |
| 16 | She also made me a small bed , which was placed on a shelf too high for rats to reach . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ I thought he was laughing at me , that he did n't want to see me , but then he stopped me and he made me a little bow , just like a real gentleman , and gave me a present , as if he did care . |
| 19 | Anyway , that made me a scarlet woman . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ A girlfriend made me a wonderful big , bright red jumper which I liked so much that I asked her to knit me another . |
| 21 | ‘ A week ago he sold me a second-hand car that he said was almost new . |
| 22 | The taxi driver leaned through his window at one point and passed me a small scrap of paper . |
| 23 | ‘ We got ourselves a new ball park , ’ said the man from Detroit . |
| 24 | Before the first series went out we got ourselves an established and admired distributor and waited for the programme sales cash to roll in . |
| 25 | Then Sir Alfred pulled in in his Bentley and promised me a free hand to design a car that worked . |
| 26 | Promised me a free ticket for the opening . |
| 27 | Just drew them a whacking great circle round it and |
| 28 | Why , he even once built me a tiny crystal set in an empty match box saying , ‘ Here , Kit . |
| 29 | He drew me a small but accurate map . ’ |
| 30 | He drew me a little plan of how to get to W H Smiths and that . |