Example sentences of "[vb pp] a [adj] [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | To celebrate the launch of the new AES we have designed a new logo and a new style for the AES publications . |
| 2 | THE MINORIES Gallery in Colchester has won a temporary reprieve and will re-open this spring . |
| 3 | Both the Prime Minister and the caterer , Clare Latimer , have won a public apology and undisclosed damages in the first round of their libel battle . |
| 4 | Hence , it will always be necessary to understand how a client has approached a proposed acquisition and to consider the possible flaws or gaps in its method . |
| 5 | Three young men in cutoffs had colonized a triangular space and were flipping a Frisbee . |
| 6 | To make matters worse , DeFreitas also dropped a vital catch and had his bowling plundered as any cause for England optimism evaporated . |
| 7 | Another writes , cryptically : ‘ I also realise , looking back , how a few relationships with the opposite sex have added a golden thread and tinged my life with deep regret ’ . |
| 8 | We were renting the cottage from a retired businessman who had recently added a lean-to scullery and installed water but there was no bathroom . |
| 9 | She had come a long way and as far as she could see it would take much longer even to reach the foothills . |
| 10 | But I 've come a long way and er so I 'll go back next er Wednesday to the department and er er if people will bear with me and put up with it er I 'll take it er fairly slowly to start with but I dare say there will come a time when er erm you wo n't notice much difference . |
| 11 | Er psychiatry has come a long way and er certain diagnostic st studies and diagnostic tests are taken of the individual erm and the doctors conclude whether or not the the work contributed to the problem or not . |
| 12 | Before the end of the Interregnum he had amassed a modest fortune and had begun styling himself gentleman . |
| 13 | They had enjoyed a happy day and it seemed to Carrie that Seb had noticed her , really noticed her , as a young woman for the very first time . |
| 14 | Shares in News Corp and its UK arm News International have enjoyed a dramatic recovery and more than doubled in the last year . |
| 15 | Possibly one reason for the author 's attitude was his ignorance of the geography of the country ; a striking instance of this is his statement that in 1461 the earl of March , whom he had rightly described as being in Wales , arrived in England having enjoyed a prosperous voyage and favoured by the west wind ( 14 , p.532 ) . |
| 16 | ‘ Randolph , you must help us quickly ’ he gasped , ‘ Rudolph , you dad has caught a bad cold and will not be able to pull the sleigh tonight . |
| 17 | He could fish with Mr Burkett — they had caught a fine pike and two trout on the lazy trawl up-lake — he could let go all those minaretted plans , those fantastical ambitions , and be what he was born to be , a jovial , lazy , loved and loving man , getting by . |
| 18 | Roasted Cave Squig is considered a great delicacy and captive Cave Squigs are kept as pets by Night Goblin Chieftains . |
| 19 | ‘ I was considered a suitable bride and — well , that was that ! |
| 20 | He is considered a good listener and a effective operator . |
| 21 | He was considered a promising runner and there was a cross-country race at the end of the week . |
| 22 | Will Douglas , who as Knight of Liddesdale , and Keeper of that unruly area , looked on all Armstrongs as eminently hangable , was doubtful , to say the least , but recognised that to refuse to take them would be considered a grievous insult and could endanger them all thereafter . |
| 23 | If the Secretary of State has considered a proposed merger and made a decision as to clearance or otherwise in respect of it a fee will also be payable even if no application for clearance has been made . |
| 24 | The conception of the family as a ‘ refuge ’ , which apparently echoed middle-class views , therefore carried a different weight and intensity in the working class when the world from which the family formed a retreat was the daily experience of class exploitation and potential poverty . |
| 25 | What he had not bargained for was that the ‘ fusion ’ cell would be deemed a radioactive hazard and so be prevented from getting the urgent clearance for transport across international borders . |
| 26 | Detectives say a hundred and ninety officers , many of them armed , were involved in Operation Lucy which has smashed a nationwide drugs and guns racket . |
| 27 | Because when Wendy and Laura had returned they 'd brought a verbal message from Suzie to the effect that she 'd met a Danish boy and had no intention of returning to England to complete her studies . |
| 28 | Now though she had met a young man and felt strange feelings which she could not quite understand . |
| 29 | There he had met a distraught Isobel and her broken-hearted schoolgirl sister , Dorothy . |
| 30 | When I was writing an essay on Bernard Shaw , I read in one biography that he had attended a Wesleyan school and had always been at the bottom of his form . |