Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | He became eventually a conscientious objector . |
2 | ‘ Well , ’ Fritz went red , which , Erika thought , made rather a nice change from her own blushing , and looked at his shoes . |
3 | Aunt Janice was clothed ( shirt and jeans ) , which made rather a refreshing change , and standing in the hallway . |
4 | But subsequent inquiries revealed rather a different story . |
5 | It was not itself a centre of manufacturing , but it outstripped all other ports as a point of transit for English exports and became thereby a major entrepot of international trade . |
6 | In particular , we need to know far more about those numerous families which moved from the countryside but which experienced only a hum-drum life in the towns or at best only a modest prosperity . |
7 | Geelong forward Gary Ablett led his team with a record-breaking nine goals and became only the second person to win the most valuable player award while playing on a losing side . |
8 | Richard Littlejohn of The Sun became only the second winner of the Irritant of the Year award since Private Eye won in 1968 . |
9 | In the same year that Accrington Stanley became only the second team to leave the league through bankruptcy — Aldershot F.C . |
10 | The outside-half thereby became only the second player , after Neil Bennett in the 1970s , to score 300 points in a season for Bedford . |
11 | The Senate 's decision meant that Durenberger became only the ninth member to be so censured , and the first since 1979 . |
12 | He became only the seventh Briton of all time to wear the champion 's laurels and will go down in history alongside Mike Hawthorn , Graham Hill , Jim Clark , John Surtees , Jackie Stewart and James Hunt . |
13 | He became only the seventh Briton of all time to wear the champion 's laurels and will go down in history alongside the other greats . |
14 | He became only the seventh Briton of all time to wear the champion 's laurels and will go down in history alongside Mike Hawthorn , Graham Hill , Jim Clark , John Surtees , Jackie Stewart and James Hunt . |
15 | He became only the seventh Briton of all time to wear the champion 's laurels and will go down in history alongside Mike Hawthorn , Graham Hill , Jim Clark , John Surtees , Jackie Stewart and James Hunt . |
16 | He became only the seventh Briton to wear the champion 's laurels . |
17 | You now have a complete record of the super season in which Mansell became only the seventh Briton of all time to wear the champion 's laurels . |
18 | Couples not only finished top of the US rankings but became only the eighth player in history to win the Vardon Trophy , awarded for the lowest stroke average , and the PGA Player of the Year . |
19 | Malcolm became only the third Brit to gain any World Cup points this year and is definitely a name to watch for the future . |
20 | The 28-year-old Dutchman , winner in 1988 and 1989 , became only the third player to be crowned three times after compatriot and mentor Johan Cruyff and Frenchman Michel Platini . |
21 | PETER EBDON yesterday became only the third player to compile two 147 breaks in professional snooker tournaments . |
22 | The 28-year-old from Liverpool became only the third player to simultaneously hold both the world and UK titles when he triumphed at Preston a year ago . |
23 | PROFESSOR David Wilkie last night became only the fourth person to receive a gold medal from the Faculty of Actuaries in its 137-year existence for his contribution to the development of actuarial science . |
24 | The Great Britain scrum-half became only the fourth player in history to score ten tries in a match — equalling team-mate Martin Offiah 's club record set against Leeds in the Premiership semi-final last May . |
25 | THE 101st anniversary of the birth of Ho Chi Minh on May 19th got only a muted celebration in Hanoi . |
26 | ‘ Once , Ndah was clean through and he was blatantly brought down by Mike Marsh , who got only a yellow card . |
27 | Soon the tannoy system announced all the lower school messages : Mrs Joiner and I were deafened and it was sufficiently painful for me to feel relief when it stopped . |
28 | But her family owned only the upper floor of Damiani 's old house . |
29 | This laid down a future programme in which , among the many proposals , they called for Burma 's recognition within the family of nations and admission to the UN , and finally ‘ the establishment of a sovereign state in the very near future ’ . |
30 | 4.17 In Roberts v Johnstone [ 1988 ] 3 WLR 1247 the Court of Appeal laid down a general rule for assessing damages where a plaintiff has to purchase special accommodation . |