Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [verb] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if ever there is a chance , send us a sign that you are free and have made a place . |
| 2 | Skipper Alan Kernaghan said : ‘ Pallister has been very consistent and has played a major part in Manchester United 's success . |
| 3 | It has been mostly left to outsiders to remark that knowledge of the structure of DNA has made possible and has enforced a change of thinking about the nature of living things . |
| 4 | In the end I thought it was a good job that I 'd cut her dead because I began to pick up the gossip about her and found out that she 'd left home when she did because she was pregnant and had had a baby . |
| 5 | ‘ He was depressed and has suffered a great deal of mental anguish . ’ |
| 6 | There is often a tendency for pilots to think that , because they are solo and have managed a few soaring flights and their Bronze C , they should be allowed to go cross-country . |
| 7 | By the time I reached her signature I was half-packed and had called a taxi for Paddington station . |
| 8 | The accused , who now lives in the neighbouring village of Bridge of Earn , pleads not guilty and has entered a special defence of self defence . |
| 9 | Frank was Cantonese and had become a highly successful business man . |
| 10 | The quickly erected boarded external finish of the former storage shed and the predominantly ‘ dry ’ construction of the internal wall linings made this a practical policy once reconstruction , during the spring and summer months , of the decayed lower-storey brickwork was complete and had produced a habitable shell . |
| 11 | Denis Smith says that Phil is a good professional and has signed a two and half year contract and hopefully will be at the club a lot longer |
| 12 | Clare looked incredibly fit and had had a wonderful time . |
| 13 | This is the stuff from which good beer is made as it is hard and has absorbed a tangy flavour . |
| 14 | She had resigned from her ambulance unit because her own mother was ill and had rented a house outside Glasgow so that she could look after her and still be near the port when their father 's ship came in . |
| 15 | Sheridan , universally unpopular and having made a boorish fool of himself yet again , looked predictably furious . |
| 16 | ‘ That was unfortunate and has remained a huge sadness to me . |
| 17 | Was it however so paradoxical as to have dealt a death blow to the theory ? |
| 18 | Looking at it logically , it is not particularly unusual for any man , particularly if he is tired or has had a little too much to drink , to be temporarily unable to achieve an erection on a single occasion . |
| 19 | This is totally different from the state of affairs when we are awake and have taken an hallucinatory drug , when , however compelling the hallucination , we are well aware that the experience is drug-induced , and not " real " . |
| 20 | The Forestry Commission also are most helpful and have produced a set of pamphlets on their Woodland Grant Scheme , which can be obtained from the Forestry Commission , Private Woodlands Branch , 231 Costorphine Road , Edinburgh EH12 7AT . |
| 21 | If anything , they have subsequently been more important and have played a more central role in theological debate than the earlier orthodox/rationalist debating points . |
| 22 | The glass of the door to the patio was bumpy , mottled and had deflected a ray of sunlight on to Hosanna as he basked on the step , making him golden , religious . |
| 23 | The Commissioner had gone too far and had given a ruling that would have had the effect of preventing the Crown from leading evidence which , as a matter of law , was admissible . |
| 24 | Since about 1979 , the plaintiff had been keen to sell Caliban and had employed a number of estate agents for that purpose , including apparently the defendants . |
| 25 | Here and in the United States , most experts now agree that a doctor is not obliged either ethically or legally to continue treatment when it 's refused or is useless or has become a burden to the patient . |
| 26 | so can you can you get one that 's twice as big that 's called a john ? |
| 27 | Tom had swept the room clean and had fixed a lamp to a hook on the white plaster ceiling . |
| 28 | Jordan plays fresh and clean and has developed a thoroughly modern , uncluttered sound . |
| 29 | Because the person being regressed may have to face something which was either traumatic at the time or which seemed trivial but has had a long-lasting subconscious effect , the whole subject needs careful and skilful handling . |
| 30 | Meeting for the first time in Bonn in January ( see Nature 361 , 576 ; 1993 ) , the councils are trying to make EC-supported international research programmes more efficient and have scheduled a meeting in London in October to discuss the issue . |