Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [art] [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 | Sussex , though , are unlikely to be among the cynical chorus , not after their slip-up against the Minor Counties on a Marlow marsh made them the 14th first-class county in 55– or 6–overs play to have their colours lowered by junior opposition . |
| 9 | The third John Booth provided much of the capital for his partners , Samuel and Aaron Walker , when they established the business that eventually made them the leading ironmasters in the North of England . |
| 10 | The assurance with which Gothic schemes were presented made them the obvious alternative to Second Empire , but large secular Gothic buildings of this type were an unknown quantity . |
| 11 | And Mrs Fawcett came rushing up to the hospital with the perfect solution : she lent me a battery-operated portable radio . |
| 12 | They asked me a few questions and they said , ‘ You 'd better come along to the police station . ’ |
| 13 | They asked me a few questions and withdrew to grunt amongst themselves , then came back and welcomed me as one of them . |
| 14 | Then the King asked me a large number of questions . |
| 15 | My grandson asked me the other morning , when was I gon na die ? |
| 16 | Then they had their way and asked me the usual series of childish but charmingly eager questions about myself , about London , about England . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It was of course my mother , and she asked me the same questions as my neighbour . |
| 19 | The Sheriff asked me the same question and I gave him the same answer as I have you . ’ |
| 20 | Conchis led me a little way to a deep fissure between two boulders , and there suspended a piece of white cloth on the end of a line . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ 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 . |
| 24 | For one thing the lamp , the light 's gone and Tony got me a new one but it was n't |
| 25 | Yeah I only put in for three thousand , he got me a nine . |
| 26 | ‘ So he got me a few gigs round the Irish pubs , and I had to learn off some traditional Irish ballads quickly for the sort of audiences you got there certainly did n't want to hear me singing songs by James Taylor or Simon and Garfunkel . |
| 27 | That 's what got me the two years inside , pal . |
| 28 | They told me to stay there until they came and got me the following day — which I did n't . |
| 29 | GENEVIEVE CAUDEN ( STUDENT ) : A bullet just grazed me a little bit . |
| 30 | Finally , J. got tired of my everlasting complaints , took pity on me and made me a small electric fire . |