Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pos pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary is sitting beside me and has heard my hon. Friend 's question . |
| 2 | I have heard my own favourite , Alchemilla mollis a useful hardy gap-filler , described as just that by a fellow gardener . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , I ca n't say that I 've really earned this , ’ said John , taking a cup , ‘ but perhaps I can be forgiven my first day . |
| 4 | I have whittled my own shortlist down to four models : the Thorens TD166VI / UK with Rega arm ( £269 ) , Systemdeck IIX ( £248 ) , the Rational Audio Aura 01 ( around £195 including a Linn K5 cartridge ) and the Rega Planar 3 ( £250 ) . |
| 5 | However , by this time I had outgrown my adolescent appetite for being shocked and had acquired some knowledge of parapsychology . |
| 6 | ‘ I found that within the first two years I more than trebled my external income simply because I was entertaining at a large conference-style table in a nicely furnished area . |
| 7 | The chapters that follow seek to outline the ways in which I have pursued and developed my own management skills , and the lessons that I have learnt on the way . |
| 8 | Robin and Patsy Dunbar ( 1975 ) have developed my pioneering studies of gelada baboons in Ethiopia ( 1966 ) through detailed analyses of interactions within harems in the natural habitat . |
| 9 | I had just received my first commission from the world 's greatest rock read and I had less than 24 hours to deliver the goods . |
| 10 | When Clement Attlee became Prime Minister in 1945 I had just completed my Higher School Certificate in the traditional three subjects , with a year to spare before being called up for National Service . |
| 11 | For instance , when I first started writing , and had completed my first novels , I was not allowed to sign a contract for it . |
| 12 | I have only recently completed my open water diver training , so I am still a novice at the sport . |
| 13 | ‘ Old enough to have completed my medical training and a year as junior houseman . ’ |
| 14 | Perhaps I might have recognized my own hypocrisy , if it had not been for Richard 's behaviour in the next months . |
| 15 | Does Mike have some er Georgian Hotel , look at that Christmas jokes , Daddy , Eddie 's broken my new dog how did he do that I hit him on the head with it Why is Father Christmas unemployed ? |
| 16 | He was so loving and in a moment I had bared my few troubles , and felt it almost criminal to worry him with one 's little difficulties . |
| 17 | Anyone who has witnessed my hon. Friend and his especially outstanding and noticeable ties will see that Redditch has many lively things on which it can be commended to the nation . |
| 18 | I bloody well hope it 's on Monday night cos I 've just arranged my entire work schedule around it . |
| 19 | I have capriciously given my second preference to a candidate of the Communist Party . |
| 20 | I just felt like I would have given my right arm to be there with a camera — and that stayed in my mind for a long time . ’ |
| 21 | Back then , I 'd have given my right arm to have had the opportunity you 've collared . |
| 22 | I would have given my right arm to have achieved such an agreement when I was Minister for Aviation between 1984 and 1987 . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's true that I 've given my personal backing to Kevin Keegan in our search for players , but we have to be realistic . |
| 24 | Whatever may be said about his lordship these days — and the great majority of it is , as I say , utter nonsense — I can declare that he was a truly good man at heart , a gentleman through and through , and one I am today proud to have given my best years of service to . |
| 25 | I have given my filth-preference vote to one of them , and together with other much-transferred votes it may determine his election . |
| 26 | I have irresponsibly given my first preference to a candidate of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party . |
| 27 | I shower quickly , spend some time painting my eyes , and select an attractive outfit to the best of my ability , given my makeshift twist of clothing . |
| 28 | I was still at the time in a relationship with a man I had lived with for four years and was emotionally dependent on , in more ways than one given my immigrant status in this country . |
| 29 | ‘ I was not saluted , I was not given my proper form of address . |
| 30 | This was just as well , given my abysmal lack of knowledge about the department 's range of services . |