Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [noun] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most important of these were Abergavenny and Glamorgan , which together gave Gloucester a significant interest in the south of the country . |
| 2 | The most important of these were Abergavenny and Glamorgan , which together gave Gloucester a significant interest in the south of the country . |
| 3 | I just bought Alan a new pair of jeans . |
| 4 | The mines inspectorate have admitted to Public Eye , the roof bolting method next to old workings underground made Bilsthorpe a different case from normal , but they stress the system was carefully examined before it was allowed . |
| 5 | He untangles his father 's early life — tangled chiefly by Brynner himself who always told interviewers a different story — from Switzerland to the farthest reaches of Russia and then to Paris as a teenager in the Thirties , where he joined a Romany gypsy troupe . |
| 6 | North once offered Calero a bullet-proof vest — ‘ the same sort the President wears ’ — Only to find Calero shocked at the implication that he ought to be looking danger in the face . |
| 7 | In a separate incident , Ferguson also showed Irvine a clean pair of heels . |
| 8 | Crawford also gave Frank a funny voice and walk , as well as a black beret and Army raincoat , which became his trademarks . |
| 9 | It also gave Sara a sympathetic outlet when she was feeling low : |
| 10 | It was the TV show Saturday Night Live which originally made Martin a huge hit in the States . |
| 11 | The wife of Senator Arlen Specter even baked Ali a double chocolate-mousse pie . |
| 12 | The British were determined to consolidate their own control over the country and in 1919 they imposed an Anglo-Persian treaty that virtually made Iran a British protectorate . |
| 13 | ‘ We play here every day , ’ Jean-Paul replied , then gave Marcel a playful shove before running away towards the fence . |
| 14 | McIllvanney flicked a non-existent scrap of dust from the varnished rail , then gave Thessy a sly glance . |
| 15 | Having fleshed out the frames of the characters , Whitaker virtually gave Coburn a free hand in his teleplay , needing to concentrate instead on the vast amount of work involved in reshaping the series with the loss or deferment of so many storylines . |
| 16 | When the 1966 imprisonment again gave Paisley a high profile , he attended meetings being led by Beattie in Hillsborough and became a founding member of the Free Presbyterian congregation there . |
| 17 | ‘ He certainly did Patrick a good turn . ’ |