Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] a [adj] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | McLaren boss Teddy Mayer as much as admitted at the end of 1975 that he thought Emerson wanted to move — or that he was in personal trouble of one kind and another — but the official news reached Hunt before it got to the team , and got to Hunt through Domingos Piedade , an eccentric figure close to the cheerful groupie Googie Zanon , a wealthy ( textiles ) Italian aristocrat whose support has been crucial to many drivers at critical points in their career , then ‘ manager ’ to Emerson and now to Ayrton Senna — a fringe career from which Domingos , hugely personable , but also often more a talker than a doer , has made a more than reasonable living . |
| 2 | The Gold Cup has had a greater than usual bearing in the Grand National build-up this year , with Cool Ground , the winner , and Docklands Express , the close third , renewing rivalry . |
| 3 | And one of the two new caps , the Australian Brian Smith who takes over at fly-half from the injured Paul Dean , has had a less than spectacular season with Leinster . |
| 4 | He has played a significant though unsung part in the primary school revolution which has taken place in this country over the last ten to fifteen years . |
| 5 | It is at this point that the nation state begins to acquire a psychological as well as a purely administrative significance . |