Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But the jolt to his players ' system kick-started them back into life and Monday 's 1-0 victory over Arsenal has lifted them level with United and three points behind leaders Norwich .
2 She had no identity now , because sensation had torn her adrift from such restraints as intellect , emotion and an awareness of reality .
3 ‘ I had n't considered you ready for the council yet , ’ said Frick , when Schiller had finished .
4 They have solved something important for themselves in the turn and turn about of a twosome .
5 It is difficult to tell how much of Dustin 's discomfiture during the making of the film seeped through into his portrayal , but it might have added something uneasy to the character of Benjamin .
6 If they can become less blamed , they will then have resolved something important for themselves .
7 Already he has looked something special in our 125cc races and has notched doubles at Bishopscourt and Aghadowey but more than that he was third in the 125cc Euro round at Mondello so he is heading the right way .
8 Friendships have been sundered , mothers have heckled one other in the street and schoolfriends have been separated in the row which has involved the withdrawal of scores of children from the Lady Jane Grey School in Groby , a commuter village near Leicester .
9 His ecclesiastical superiors had deemed him unfit to be a priest .
10 Although I recognise that for obvious reasons the Secretary of State will not want to be locked or painted into a figure of 512 as the maximum , which is what it would be , will he tell the House whether , in the light of last week 's discussions with President Yeltsin and the changes that have taken place since Christmas , the Government are now considering the minimum deterrent to be somewhat lower than they had previously considered it necessary to be ?
11 But no , I suppose he would have considered it disloyal to the old man .
12 Indeed , Mr Wolski rarely looked anyone full in the face , seeming meek and quiet as if in a strong wind he might almost have been blown away .
13 A business that you may never have considered yourself involved in ; publishing .
14 Once they 'd come out of the house , he 'd shaken himself free of the women and had now adopted a surly silence .
15 Although she did not look at Jake , she could feel he was watching her and that he knew what had stopped her dead in her tracks .
16 A spokeswoman for SGS-Thomson said the company discusses investment only on a global , company-wide basis , and has said nothing specific about investing in Malaysia .
17 Suit 's pumped me full of painkillers , but nothing else .
18 ‘ You have made me great with your love , though I am but one among the many , drifting in the common tide , rocking in the fluctuant favour of the world .
19 Living with somebody depressive has made me depressed on frequent occasions and th th the feelings of helplessness that you have in dealing with the person 's depression .
20 The result of trying to be a valid person has made me prone to depression , agoraphobia , and reclusiveness — for I 'm tired to have to constantly explain my ‘ differentness ’ .
21 She 's made me angry with her anger , and then turned it around so that I 'm eaten up with guilt because she 's been ill and I have n't noticed , and now she 's taking the blame on herself and making me feel worse than ever .
22 My experience with glider pilots has made me aware of many aspects of low ‘ g ’ sensitivity .
23 My close friendship with Pearn had made me aware of the work that he had put into that assistance .
24 It 's also made me aware of the responsibilities involved in leading other people in bad situations — but I will tackle mountains again and I will go to camp again .
25 Years abroad had made me wary of what I said on the telephone .
26 ‘ Maybe I fully intended to tell you , but you 'd made me furious by lunching with my secretary — jealousy again of course , ’ he inserted ‘ and then spent some of the mealtime telling me of it .
27 Oscars can be quite aggressive , I have seen them jaw-lock with quite a few other species of fish , as well as other Oscars .
28 He and Ford had a cannon on the roof loaded with everything that they had been able to lay their hands on : stones , penknives , pieces of lightning-conductor , chains , nails , the embossed silver cutlery from the dining-room , and even some ivory false teeth , picked up by Ford who had seen them gleaming in the undergrowth ; but the greater part of the improvised canister was filled with fragments of marble chipped from The Spirit of Science Conquers Ignorance and Prejudice .
29 But Quigley , if he 'd noticed it , would have seen nothing unusual in a spirit getting outside of a pint of Young 's Special .
30 Karen was all at once extremely pleased that she 'd done nothing terrible with Mallachy .
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