Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | A brief greatness was now conferred on the place , when the Popes found it an island refuge in their struggle against the Empire : Count Pierre of Melgueil bestowed the county and bishopric on SS Peter and Paul and Pop Gregory VII in 1085 , Pope Urban II graciously granted it back as a fief for a mere annual ounce of gold , and in 1096 , on a visit , astonishingly declared the church ‘ second after that of Rome ’ , with arms of the two |
| 32 | When her attention returned to Wycliffe it was almost as though she found it an effort to recall what they were talking about . |
| 33 | There is a story that two painters had been drinking until dawn and , on hearing the news of the occupation on the radio , went out and found themselves an inspector of police . |
| 34 | Lloyd even promised us an interview with Andrew Ball but we heard nothing . |
| 35 | But he went and got himself an apprenticeship and then his parents saw that he |
| 36 | His employers offered to pay him in full until the 12-month period expired and the High Court granted them an injunction , preventing Mr Henderson from leaving prematurely . |
| 37 | They used the language of murder about the slave trade and Fox proclaimed himself an enthusiast for ‘ that zeal and warmth which arose from a sense of justice and was that kind which made men act with energy in a noble cause ’ . |
| 38 | You came to Kinghorn and the Queen graciously granted you an audience during which you disturbed her . |
| 39 | ‘ He granted you an interview ? ’ |
| 40 | But it was easier to believe in the impossible when you were tucked up in bed and half-asleep , than when you were walking the wet , comfortless streets , and the bloke you loved was on a bus going in the opposite direction , staring hopelessly out of the window , and wondering how on earth he was ever going to marry you , with no savings and going into the Army next week and a widowed mother who imagined herself an invalid and hated you for taking away her son . |
| 41 | I told him an hour ago Quinn had secured further proof that Simon was alive and apparently well — the sixth time Quinn 's got the kidnappers to prove that . |
| 42 | Finally , to avoid a scene , his wife granted him an audience and Alice returned to her room upstairs to allow them some privacy . |
| 43 | The Spectator article secured him an invitation to Hampton Court and , having offered his specification for the repair work , he was duly hired . |
| 44 | ‘ And Newley made you an offer you could n't refuse ? ’ |
| 45 | Oh here look , and I got you an envelope to put it in . |
| 46 | ‘ I simply rang him up and got you an evening off . ’ |
| 47 | What , Europe wondered , were they looking for on their whirlwind tour which allowed them an average of twenty-eight hours at every city they investigated ? |
| 48 | He handed me an eyepiece attached to a long lead and there , through a series of prisms , were my lower intestines in glorious technicolour . |
| 49 | He handed me an ouzo . |
| 50 | The Frenchman handed me an aluminium tin , similar to the one my mother used when she was baking scones and shaking flour onto her baking board . |
| 51 | The idea of the vats of the mind reminds me of an occasion when I was walking on the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania with some friends , who showed me an oak gall . |
| 52 | Despite his postscript , in which he condemned free enterprise systems and declared himself an apologist for socialism in Europe , I am pleased to be able to take up the remarks of the hon. Member for Liverpool , West Derby ( Mr. Wareing ) . |
| 53 | Almost a month went by before she allowed herself an evening to realise that there was at the very least and latest , an unfinished conversation between them . |
| 54 | Later that afternoon the duty sergeant allowed him an hour off to dig the grave in which they would bury Private Prescott . |
| 55 | A waiter came up to him and handed him an airmail copy of some newspaper . |
| 56 | ‘ I am too young for this , ’ she said and handed him an article in return on the male menopause . |
| 57 | Creed walked towards him and handed him an envelope . |
| 58 | At the last moment , when the engine blew steam , she let down the window and handed him an envelope addressed to St Ives ; she looked at him with the eyes of one waking from a dangerous dream . |
| 59 | " They talked for a few moments , and then he handed her an envelope and walked away . |
| 60 | When Baldwin returned to London , Tom Jones showed him an article in the Political Quarterly , suggesting that the new Monarch should mix with a wider range of people . |