Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But because this ruled out all danger or adventure , Eternity became destructive to the spirit , and the bureaucrats had themselves to be destroyed . |
| 2 | Duvall crept nearer to the glass frontage . |
| 3 | It included a house in the tiny seaside village of Cramer , which clung low to the land in an attempt to avoid the rough seas and wild winds that buffeted the coast for what seemed to Nora most of the year . |
| 4 | Towards the end of the era , in fact , the attendants in the salons of homage became alert to the fact that among their few Western visitors , the majority were not as in awe of the Conducator as they might be and photographing the exhibits or taking notes of the sycophantic citations attached to the awards by their Western donors was discouraged . |
| 5 | Ace pressed the remote-control button and the room became alive to the sound of highly tuned engines revving up . |
| 6 | When their eyes became used to the gloom they could see the hut was tidily arranged with all manner of traps and tools . |
| 7 | Her main work was centred at a refuge for prostitutes and the women under her charge became used to the sight of her arriving with the latest member of her growing family in her arms . |
| 8 | Second attempt to lay an Atlantic cable also failed due to the cable stretching during the operation |
| 9 | As her eyes got used to the darkness she began to see a tunnel-the interior of a tunnel . |
| 10 | A few TV companies came and went ; it seemed very dark when their harsh lights had gone , but gradually my eyes got used to the gloom and I knew if I looked round I would see comforting , familiar faces , as people took their seats in the rows of chairs in front of the altar . |
| 11 | Instead of him being a mate , I loathed him after that until I got used to the idea . |
| 12 | ‘ Gradually she got used to the idea . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ The discussions have been taking place for such a long time that I rather got used to the idea that I should be leaving . |
| 14 | He got used to the station staff coming on to his land to check radiation monitors they had installed and to take away milk samples . |
| 15 | But he got used to the noise , and soon he forgot everything except his work . |
| 16 | About quarter to eleven we got to bed , but they were going on I fell asleep during the middle of it cos I just got used to the noise |
| 17 | Even later on , when he understood the geese nomes better , he never quite got used to the way they cheerfully parted from one another . |
| 18 | Gradually my eyes got used to the glare and I was able to make sense of my surroundings . |
| 19 | Once I got used to the screen , I found that it was OK to use , but I suspect that it would n't suit everybody . |
| 20 | But we soon got used to the place . |
| 21 | When I got used to the light I could see two men sitting grinning at me . |
| 22 | Of course they got used to it , just as they got used to the closing of the railway , the death of the last squire , the demolition of the hall , the theft of the common land . |
| 23 | With the field applied normal to the inversion layer , we thus have two quantisations to contend with : ‘ spatial ’ ( due to the thinness of the inversion layer ) along the field 's direction . |
| 24 | I made clear to the Committee considering the Bill , when we considered a similar amendment , that I do not consider that enlarging the size of boards would ensure that they are more effective . |
| 25 | Nor , of course , did the church always disapprove of war — the English coronation service made clear to the king that he must protect his people , and symbolised this with the gift of a sword . |
| 26 | As I made clear to the House when I answered the main question , the know-how fund has been heavily used in the Baltic republics , on which about £900,000 has been spent . |
| 27 | As I made clear to the House on 2 July , the numbers of people seeking asylum pose major problems both in Britain and throughout the world . |
| 28 | But the only thing there was a fragile gecko , which clung splay-footed to the wall and watched me with cloudy eyes . |
| 29 | At that time the hours of insolation became adequate to the need , and the skeletal lesions healed . |
| 30 | He saw her shoulders shift , and she unconsciously raised a hand to undo the buttons of the bodice of the dark pelisse she still wore over an equally dark gown , the top of which was now revealed , made high to the throat . |