Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His view of a robust plebeian culture embraces more than recreation , although the forms this took played an important and integrated role in a popular culture which represented a whole way of life . |
| 2 | This had necessitated a large number of meetings , particularly for the Socialisation of Industries Committee and the Social Services Committee : ministers had tended to bring too many items to committee ; senior ministers had wanted to keep an eye on their more junior colleagues , and as a result a heavy burden fell on a handful . |
| 3 | Suddenly , this had become a special event and Lewis knew it , for his playing took on a new intensity as he began to alternate between rock ‘ n ’ roll classics from his early career back in the Fifties Sun era to later country material . |
| 4 | This had become a common occurrence . |
| 5 | There was growing public concern at the high toll of deaths and injuries among servicemen in peacetime , and this had become a significant factor in the worsening problem of draft-dodging . |
| 6 | This had become a degenerative condition due to a fall early in his career . |
| 7 | This had become an automatic response to most of his wife 's suggestions , and Scarlet had learned to have a few answers ready . |
| 8 | Her cheeks were already aglow from a combination of the heat and the exhilaration of being the centre of attention , and this had lent an extra , youthful radiance to her beauty . |
| 9 | Too much emphasis had been placed upon the strengthening of security by military rather than political means , and this had placed an undue burden on the domestic economy . |
| 10 | Over the centuries officers had had to nurse their wooden ships for structural reasons and this had provided a certain measure of protection against excessive sail-carrying . |
| 11 | We went along the river bank : two smugglers were being hanged near Billingsgate and this had attracted a large crowd to watch their last dance . |
| 12 | As though all this had happened a long time ago . |
| 13 | Joseph had accompanied her willingly , but she had soon noticed that his manner was subdued and cool towards her , and this had added a vague new dimension to her unease . |
| 14 | To everyone 's astonishment , this had opened a whole well spring of bitterness against his regiment and precipitated a cycle of protests , killings , mournings , more protests , more killings , throughout the spring and summer . |
| 15 | The British had launched a powerful attack , and first Mersa Matruh ( which Mussolini had planned to enter in triumph ) fell , then Bardia and Tobruk . |
| 16 | Some had travelled a considerable distance for example from Australia , Germany , Belgium and the USA and were not disappointed by either the welcome or the expertise offered them . |
| 17 | Of these only 2 had regained a significant amount of their lost weight . |
| 18 | A German Foreign Ministry spokesperson reported that a meeting of EC representatives in Lisbon on April 2 had approved a German proposal for a formal EC protest to the Turkish government over the recent military action against civilians [ see pp. 38833-34 ; for resignation of German Defence Minister over sale of vehicles to Turkey see p. 38822 ] . |
| 19 | Another had kept a continual eye on the grain trade by serving in a Red Army supply regiment and then managing a state grain-collecting centre . |
| 20 | In the Queens Head one drinker murmured about seeing a man in a green and black tracksuit , another had spied a red car they had never noticed before . |
| 21 | Government revenues for the financial year ending in November 1991 had shown a considerable reduction compared with the previous financial year . |
| 22 | The accused had fixed a new glass fibre wing on his car the day after the accident , and he said he could n't remember what he 'd done with the old one . |
| 23 | The death of their mother , Ann Wordsworth , in 1778 , when William was seven and Dorothy six had cast a long shadow over their early lives , and had left them and their three brothers effectively orphaned . |
| 24 | But in the longer perspective the events of 1963 had demonstrated a profound dialogue of the deaf between the strikers , who had chanted " Charlot , des sous ! " |
| 25 | In 1888 Fellows began buying shares in the old Grand Union and by 1904 had gained a considerable holding . |
| 26 | He took over Denham from Korda in 1938 and by 1941 had acquired a controlling interest in Oscar Deutsch 's Odeon cinema chain and the Gaumont-British set-up — both its cinemas and its filmmaking companies . |
| 27 | Of these , only three had had a continuous hospital admission lasting more than five years . |
| 28 | Once these had made a balanced C-shape , I then filled in any remaining gaps with some hybrid musk roses ‘ Ballerina ’ , which are a lovely shade of pink and are very useful flowers . |
| 29 | One of these had married an Indian Christian doctor , and together they worked for the sick and wounded , although badly handicapped by the lack of medicines . |
| 30 | Some workers turned to Palestinian unions , although these had had a chequered career . |