Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [subord] [adv] a " in BNC.

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1 Aluminium had recently been prepared in bulk by the eminent Parisian Professor Henri Ste-Claire Deville , who became famous as both a teacher and researcher .
2 From this point moral indignation became more than simply a grassroots phenomenon .
3 She died childless when still a minor in 1651 and he never remarried .
4 There were lots more , there were even one or two who , like Albert ‘ Bertie ’ Gomes , had more than just a tentative grasp of the deadly art of Trinidadian politics and finally there was Uriah Butler , who in 1946 — ten years after he had instigated the oil field demonstrations — led the most successful campaign in the first elections under universal suffrage .
5 But STV drama boss Nigel Pickard said he wanted more than just a lookalike .
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