Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [adj] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Toulouse also , the steadily falling value of comital coins in the second half of the century made them relevant at last to the needs of the merchant classes . |
| 2 | I met them both at that Paris conference on sexuality and textuality I went to . |
| 3 | eighty pound if it 's not one thing you know it 's fortnight ago from Co-Op it 's forty one P a packet , went last week it was forty six P a packet , so Richard and Angela went the other day for nan and they got me some at same time , she leant me the money , yeah , cos I was absolutely broke , gone back down again to forty one |
| 4 | Great Britain went 2–1 up in the four-match Test series against the United States when they defeated them 8–3 at Old Dominian , Virginia , on Saturday . |
| 5 | Like Sarah he found it strange at first having to change roles from competitor to coach . |
| 6 | I found it unbelievable at that time that boys would genuinely want to ask me out and found me attractive . |
| 7 | She says , ‘ I found it difficult at first having to relinquish the coaching responsibilities , but it was great working with Rob . |
| 8 | Celia hoped they were still loyal enough to be decently enthusiastic , even if they found it difficult at first to appreciate the new subtlety of Yorick 's music . |
| 9 | As a mature student I found it difficult at first to work on my own or in groups but now that the course is settling down , I feel that I will be able to tackle most tasks in business because we have had to learn to look for information and assimilate it so that we make it work for us . |
| 10 | I had four attacks altogether , the most recent only a few weeks ago after I had watched Everton beat us 3-0 at Old Trafford . |
| 11 | These enormous questions beset us all at various stages of life , but as we have seen they can be particularly problematical for older people . |
| 12 | She was not at all narrowly fixed on a rigidly academic education ; her warm and vigorous personality made her excellent at public relations and the promotion of her school in the outside world . |
| 13 | I think I even told you that at one point . |
| 14 | He saw nothing unusual at that time . ’ |
| 15 | City went ahead with a Paul McGoay try , converted by Steve Kirkup , before Mike Robson 's penalty made it 6–3 at half time . |
| 16 | City went ahead with a Paul McGoay try , converted by Steve Kirkup , before Mike Robson 's penalty made it 6–3 at half time . |
| 17 | To the employers , the entry of women made it possible at last to nibble away at — or do away with — such " restrictive practices " . |
| 18 | Her temper made it inadvisable at other times . |
| 19 | But the complication involved in writing the program and allowing for the high number of physical variables made it impracticable at that time . |
| 20 | Dennis Hopper , then a mere passing acquaintance of Nicholson 's had , in comparison , made it big at nineteen , appearing with Dean in Rebel Without a Cause and Giant . |
| 21 | As a composer he proved himself adept at large dramatic forms laced with fantasy and irony , epitomised by his opera ‘ The Love of Three Oranges ’ , which had its premiere in Chicago in 1921 . |
| 22 | However , we did our best at that stage , and perhaps Christian poets in Burmese literature will arise and help our people to produce hymns more satisfying to the Burmese spirit and understandable to our Buddhist friends . |
| 23 | As I said Tillo ran him ragged at some stages in the game . |
| 24 | Jimenez took the verdict on two cards , while German judge Norbert Krosch had it level at 115 points each . |
| 25 | Through the haze of steam she contemplated nothing much at all , and gradually felt some of her tension and wariness disperse . |
| 26 | Mrs Gawthrop 's first Rottweiler was Adda of Mallion , who held her own at All Breed Shows in the UK ; she was placed , which was difficult for a minority breed at the time , in variety classes . |