Example sentences of "[vb past] [indef pn] of [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Michael came to mountaineering through its literature and found someone of a like mind who was also keen to start . |
| 2 | Maclagan — jogged silently down the lock 's east wall but found none of the expected demolitions at its gates . |
| 3 | I found none of the double entendres in Whiplash Whispers funny , and the illustrations were a bit tasteless . |
| 4 | The state now provided something of a protective safety net from the cradle to the grave . |
| 5 | Although hailed by the leaders of the Catholic revival as their patron , ‘ the good Earl John ’ ( as he was known by them ) retained something of the recusant Catholic families ' suspicion of ‘ enthusiasm ’ , religious fervour , and triumphalism . |
| 6 | At first the freemen of both town and country had an organization and a type of property which still retained something of the communal as well as something of the private , but in the town a radical transformation was taking place . |
| 7 | This convention retained something of the laconic style of drafting of its Latin American predecessors , and like them applied in principle to both the service of documents and the taking of evidence . |
| 8 | This created something of a diplomatic flurry between London and Washington , as the Americans sought assurances that the British were not trying to sabotage their plans . |
| 9 | In most respects it was human in shape , but gigantic in stature , and there seemed nothing of the human being in the way it suddenly paced forward from the trees . |
| 10 | But from the tall , hawk-faced man beside her came nothing of the subtle serenity she hoped for , only a sense of controlled power that dispersed when he said prosaically , ‘ I 'm sorry , did I kick your ankle ? |
| 11 | The fact is that many Liberals , and especially those in the local constituencies , adopted something of a larger mentality towards change . |
| 12 | As your daughter met none of the published criteria the panel , in balancing the stipulation of the above-stated section of the Act against your parental preferences felt unable to uphold your appeal . |
| 13 | As your daughter met none of the published criteria the panel felt unable to override the stipulation of the Act . |
| 14 | It appeared to be feeding normally and showed none of the obvious signs of illness . |
| 15 | Analysis of the anterior wall biopsy specimens showed none of the characteristic histopathological features of mucosal prolapse . |
| 16 | Despite the fact that Dement performed experiments after this one in which his subjects showed none of the psychiatric symptoms with REM sleep deprivation , and that he himself made clear how his early observations were probably misleading about the effects of REM sleep deprivation , the idea that dreaming preserved sanity had been strongly reinforced . |
| 17 | During field-work there was only one incident related to sexual abuse , and this was dealt with by policemen , and while they showed something of a blasé attitude towards it in feeling that the victim was ‘ hardly touched ’ and the offender ‘ did n't do anything anyway ’ ( FN 2/11/87 , pp. 5–6 ) , they pursued the case thoroughly . |
| 18 | They preserved something of the golden age when , as Seneca says , " penes sapientes fuisse regnum Posidonius indicat " ( Ep . |
| 19 | Yet despite the vibrant colours Modigliani captured something of the wistful yearning of his nature . |
| 20 | He made something of a jovial name for downright failure : a big , heavy man ( probably seventeen stone ) , he barely averaged more than four runs an innings and he took only eight wickets in his long but profoundly uneventful playing career . |
| 21 | After valuable experience with the Fred Karno [ q.v. ] troupe , he concentrated on his character of ‘ the Schoolmaster Comedian ’ , and his main sketch , ‘ the Fourth Form at St Michael 's ’ , soon became something of a national institution . |
| 22 | Funakoshi 's son , Yoshitaka , became something of a driving force behind his father 's club , and it is to him that the famous ‘ mawashi geri ’ , or roundhouse kick , is accredited . |
| 23 | The story told by German propaganda , however , betrayed nothing of the mounting hopelessness of the 6th Army 's position . |
| 24 | After thirty years of British rule , observed the distinguished scholar-administrator Henry Fosbrooke , they displayed none of the distressing symptoms of that ‘ soul erosion ’ , defined by him as a ‘ deterioration in obedience to existing moral standards , a falling off in observance of organized religion , a lack of purpose in life ’ , which seemed so often to be the result of British efforts to bring civilization to the African . |
| 25 | ‘ And yet to have been there and heard none of the holy words which we should naturally have listened for from those lips at such a time — how distressing ! ’ |
| 26 | In doing so , he achieved something of the economic uplift associated with a move to the West , with little of the attendant culture shock , a fact which Glasgow can take as a kick in the groin or a pat on the back . |
| 27 | The boy repeated none of the simple errors he had made first time round . |
| 28 | She saw nothing of the pale green clusters of new leaves adorning the elm trees , nor did she see the arum lilies glowing with white purity beneath them . |
| 29 | She said she knew nothing of a sectarian feud in the old days of Stormy Hill but if she did it was not the kind of thing you discussed with strangers , I sensed . |
| 30 | He knew nothing of the other facts and , as he continued relentlessly , Jenna was pleased she had not told him . |