Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] high [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Betjeman asked Lewis to a number of his parties , and Lewis found their High Church pansyism fairly difficult to stomach . |
| 2 | This rather cooled their high spirits , because Missenden 's failure to do what was required of him about some case of ecclesiastical preferment was criticized . |
| 3 | He also conducted extensive tests on his engines , which demonstrated their high efficiency and gained him a reputation as a highly scientific engineer . |
| 4 | John had made a few 1st Division appearances with Charlton , but undoubtedly the climax of his career came when he captained Palace to promotion to that premier division of world soccer at the end of 1968–69 — and then maintained his high level of performance by helping to keep the Palace in the top flight for the two remaining seasons in which he stayed with the club . |
| 5 | But that sudden reminder of ‘ thoughts full of bitterness ’ and images too dearly loved ’ , as he expressed himself theatrically to Southey , subdued his high spirits only briefly . |
| 6 | Morrissey deliberately used his high profile to construct a public figure of some importance . |
| 7 | The Japanese reaction to these ambushes often showed their high standard in the martial arts . |
| 8 | ALAN Sugar celebrated his High Court victory last night , saying : ‘ Terry Venables has put me through hell . ’ |
| 9 | Miss Murdock , who appears to have had a sense of humour , expressed her high regard for the autochrome process , the delights of which she said , were mainly due to the high number of failures that made the occasional success all the more thrilling . |
| 10 | Miss Murdock , who appears to have had a sense of humour , expressed her high regard for the autochrome process , the delights of which she said , were mainly due to the high number of failures that made the occasional successes all the more thrilling . |
| 11 | Once the Cabinet purges of 1980 and 1981 had been completed , a large proportion of the Cabinet were what Nye Bevan would have called ‘ staircase ’ men , who owed their high office entirely to her patronage rather than any independent standing in the Conservative Party . |
| 12 | Shopkeepers there were staggered when a particular brand of noodles sold out within days — until they discovered its high score in the barcode points stakes . |
| 13 | He maintains he achieved his high pass rate by year-long cramming with similar papers . |
| 14 | She saw the arm lifting and falling , heard the crack of twigs , felt again the thorns cutting her fingers , heard his high commands . |
| 15 | The great landowners , such as the Bedfords , Derbys and Sutherlands kept their high position in the realms of the landed rich , despite the decline of inter-war agriculture , and the Rothschilds and the Sterns consolidated their financial position through their work in the City of London . |
| 16 | Sometimes when the afternoon tide of heat reached its high mark , we would go over to the hotel . |
| 17 | One distinction is the French ideology of the fresh start and the ‘ plan ’ — which goes beyond the vogue for state planning that reached its high plateau under de Gaulle . |
| 18 | The preceding decades had been dominated by the old-style realism of the regionalist novel , which reached its high point in the 1920s with the publication of José Eustasio Rivera 's The Vortex ( 1924 ) , Ricardo Güiraldes 's Don Segundo Sombra ( 1926 ) and Rómulo Gallegos 's Doña Barbara ( 1929 ) and produced its last major work , Ciro Alegría 's Broad and Alien is the World , in 1941 . |
| 19 | His dignified person and agreeable countenance , with the most unaffected affability gave me high satisfaction . |
| 20 | The grandparents completely dominated the boy and gave him high levels of attention for his difficult behaviour . |
| 21 | Although , Antony 's technique in speaking was much greater and he won his high position through his cunning ‘ tactics ’ in one speech . |
| 22 | But Mr Florio , a former boxer who earned his high school diploma in the navy , was undaunted by the opposition . |
| 23 | And he concluded proceedings by almost screaming at an astonished Mrs Ann Clwyd who had been teasing him ; it was a burst of rage that rocked his high chair . |
| 24 | The World Cup illustrated what high standards our aspiring outside-halves must achieve . |
| 25 | Framed by the silver fur her face took on a glow that emphasized her high cheekbones . |
| 26 | Bargain basement Newry matched their high price rivals stride for stride . |
| 27 | Eckford started up in business again as a shipbuilder and soon re-established his high reputation . |
| 28 | Bernard the chamberlain held his high office for only a few months , in 829 – 30 . |