Example sentences of "[adj] and [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I will return and tell Prince Rainbow that the lung 's guard were foolish and gave me such treatment as one might expect from a crowd of flea-bitten louts . " |
| 2 | ‘ Mark has done well in pre-season and made it difficult for me because Dublin has also done quite well . |
| 3 | The right hon. Member for Cirencester and Tewkesbury ( Mr. Ridley ) , the right hon. Member for Bath ( Mr. Patten ) and now the right hon. Member for Henley ( Mr. Heseltine ) have all been unsuccessful and got it wrong . |
| 4 | ‘ He was very friendly and told us other people , but no couples , had come forward claiming to be in his picture . ’ |
| 5 | Reference to Freemantle 's letter shows that although Philip and Anne Leapor both attempted to break their daughter of the habit of writing verses , toward the end of the poet 's life some accommodation was reached : ‘ But finding it impossible to alter her natural Inclination , [ her father ] had of late desisted and left her more at Liberty ’ [ vol. 2 , p. xxx ] . |
| 6 | He was weak and found it difficult to pick up his feet as he walked . |
| 7 | They declared that she was insatiable and begged them all to participate . |
| 8 | Sedate and relaxed it all is , but for the warning : ‘ crocodiles inhabit these estuarine waters ’ . |
| 9 | He was strong and took it all from Huston in a strong way . |
| 10 | But they said that it was a different matter over in the west , around Appleby way , where they generally paid more money but worked you very hard and gave you little meat . |
| 11 | chuck me in there , chuck me in the closet hit me with your rhythm stick , hit me hard and hit me quick |
| 12 | Hit me hard and hit me quick . |
| 13 | The first attempt was abandoned in perfect weather when Davison fell ill and found it difficult to see . |
| 14 | It was despairing and made him uneasy for a long time afterwards . |
| 15 | Nor can Hewlett be dismissed as having been lucky and got it right first time : it did n't . |
| 16 | It was old-fashioned and comfortable and suited me fine . |
| 17 | Around the latter group were many who had tried the traditional Marxist left and found it wanting . |
| 18 | He was very tired and found it hard to concentrate for long periods of time . |
| 19 | The living room scheme — inspired by the 1986 design for the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank in Hong Kong — is the most complex and took him two months to complete . |
| 20 | ‘ After a few days I was n't half as hungry and found it easier to cut down . |
| 21 | I mean , for instance , if you do the the very high grade Norlands nanny training they go on till they 're grey and experienced it all |
| 22 | The man decided Tim was queer and made it clear he did n't tolerate those too easily . |
| 23 | The walk back from that moment had been silent but the closeness between them shocked and frightened them both . |
| 24 | He could have felt superior and thought them all fools for pitying him for getting what he wanted . |
| 25 | Indeed , too overt an attempt to so could well be counterproductive and lay them open to the charge of meddling . |
| 26 | This enabled him to tell old jokes as if they were new and made him one of the ‘ all time great ’ story tellers . |
| 27 | It was nice and positive and suited me fine . |
| 28 | Second , failure of supporters of other parties to transfer votes on elimination caused these to be non-transferable and made it possible for VUPP candidates to be elected " without reaching the quota " in the last stage of a count . |