Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] [noun prp] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The French gave Bismarck the opportunity for this . |
| 2 | Hill , who survived a late collision with Berger 's Ferrari lost a lot of time in the traffic and this gave Gerhard the opportunity to close up in the closing stages . |
| 3 | This gave Ian the idea of setting up a similar , small-scale , homely establishment in the Highlands . |
| 4 | This gave Conner the chance , when the breeze was light , to build up a sufficient cushion to protect him from Kanza 's better moderate air speed as the sea breeze grew . |
| 5 | A birdie two at the 32nd gave Rafferty the lead and he went two up at the 34th where Lyle , disturbed mid-swing by the clicking of a camera , pulled his tee shot into the trees on the left . |
| 6 | All the cancer patients had adenocarcinomas : two had Dukes 's stage A , eight had B , and six had C. The polyps varied in size from 0.5 cm to 1.0 cm and five showed dysplastic changes ( one mild and four moderate dysplasia ) . |
| 7 | The events of 1934 showed Joyce the propagandist in a different and more chilling role . |
| 8 | When in 1574 , Rudolf II made Prague the capital of the Holy Roman Empire , he gave the Jews yet greater security . |
| 9 | Gourlay opened the second set with a double , but two ends later found himself two sets down after a maximum 4 and a 3 gave Corsie the set 7-2 . |
| 10 | That gave Arsenal the initiative and within seven minutes they went further ahead . |
| 11 | That gave Fallon the overlap and he scored in the corner . |
| 12 | Berbizier 's new look garçons , short on height but strong in the arm , dominated the close-quarter forward combat , but a steady stream of set-piece gave Wales the lifeline they craved . |
| 13 | More specifically , it was suggested that a scene in a video nasty gave Fairley the idea of forcing the brother and boyfriend of a 17-year-old girl to perform group sex acts with her at gunpoint . |