Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] [pers pn] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This made him an acceptable candidate as protector and , once he held that office , helped to ensure that he could call on the backing of the Yorkist establishment . |
| 2 | This made him an acceptable candidate as protector and , once he held that office , helped to ensure that he could call on the backing of the Yorkist establishment . |
| 3 | This made it an easy room to clean , no one would want to come in while she was working . |
| 4 | This gave him an endless shopping list of radical causes which had no apparent connection , but were bound together by the radical-chic lifestyle of their supporters . |
| 5 | This gave him an invaluable insight into the boardroom and helped to bridge the gap between financial controller and finance director . |
| 6 | This left him an enormous amount of scope for demonstrating the kind of narrative energy that most English fiction-writers would have given a great deal to acquire . |
| 7 | He also practised medicine and magic , and the latter brought him an unsavoury reputation . |
| 8 | That gave me an extra day off , since Jack had decided that one practice round was enough for him . |
| 9 | He made eight consecutive pars , missing putts of 6ft and 4ft for birdies at the second and sixth respectively , before a bogey at the ninth gave him an outward half of 37 and took him back to level par overall . |
| 10 | His death at the age of twenty-four made him an instant legend . |
| 11 | The Great Exhibition of 1851 brought him an excellent opportunity to expand his business and he seized it with relish . |