Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bachelard 's work on the formation of scientific disciplines led him to argue that the proper form of historical analysis should focus not upon an empirical history but upon the cognitive or epistemological status of concepts that distinguish a new science from an old one . |
| 2 | The hostile reception of Alford 's views led him to reflect that he was being denied the parliamentary right of free speech . |
| 3 | Having gained that second term , Lange appointed himself Minister of Education , swapping his foreign affairs portfolio with Russell Marshall , thus signalling a major initiative in education reform . |
| 4 | Fairbank 's contribution to handwriting made him known to a larger public . |
| 5 | The Archdeacon realised he had been carried away , cleared his throat and gulped the last of the sherry . |
| 6 | One day Mr Brownlow asked him to come to his study for a little talk . |
| 7 | He was a man whose approachability made him seem so very affable , but no one , however wealthy , becomes a Presidential hopeful without some steel in the soul , and it was that sudden steel that I now saw in the senator 's eyes . |
| 8 | With the decision made she felt a kind of temporary peace . |
| 9 | This partially revived me after the £1,314 price tag made me feel faint . |
| 10 | The price tag made her wince . |
| 11 | Till the Union made them acquainted with English manners , the culture of their lands was unskilful , and their domestic life unformed ; their tables were coarse as the feasts of Eskimeaux , and their houses as filthy as the cottages of Hottentots . ’ |
| 12 | As inevitably occurs when abstract semantic properties are posited independently of form and then forms sought which express these properties , however , the binding hierarchy explanation , while offering some significant observations , does not square very well with the full range of data from actual language use . |
| 13 | That was impossible , because the heat and the champagne made her feel dizzy , till she felt she could hardly concentrate . |
| 14 | She was tired , emotionally and physically tired , and the champagne made her cease to worry about whether she was right to allow the Burgermeister to cosset her with flowers and champagne . |
| 15 | Houghton asked her to instruct Gregson to call him as soon as he could . |
| 16 | The Nobel had afforded only a temporary alleviation of this condition : indeed , the abbreviated stay in Princeton , the rush back to England , and the trip to Stockholm made him feel worse rather than better . |
| 17 | The other major discovery that Magnus made he called the ‘ righting reflex ’ . |
| 18 | Perhaps the presence of her young mistress made her desist from talk ; Emily would address her in high tones as a servant , no more , although the woman was her only companion . |
| 19 | But the lingering memory of the ghostly horse and a nervousness which could n't be denied at the thought of meeting the Danbys made her feel more than a little awkward . |
| 20 | On this occasion , Anthony d'Offay made one bid of $100,000 but the reserve had been set at a higher level . |
| 21 | Howe 's reputation as an animal painter was made when Sir John Sinclair of the Board of Agriculture commissioned him to draw details of various breeds of cattle , and he went on to paint hundreds more pictures , mostly of horses . |
| 22 | I am not sure why this quarter was called ‘ Chinese ’ except that perhaps its apartness from the regular secular and religious life of Salamanca made it seem like another country , and a far-off , exotic one at that . |
| 23 | I did n't see the new dog till it was nearly six months old and its mistress asked me to call to treat it for a slight attack of eczema . |
| 24 | The IMF 's satisfaction with Jordan 's continued implementation of economic restructuring programmes led it to approve on July 14 , 1989 , a financial package of 76,600,000 special drawing rights ( approximately US$96,000,000 ) . |
| 25 | I felt as if half of Sheffield expected us to get to Wembley so it is a relief that we 've actually done it . ’ |
| 26 | The first hint that Hills might be interested in a group pensions plan came when the company 's Board asked him to arrange a formal briefing . |
| 27 | You know me , Danny , I do n't go roun' askin' fer trouble but this geezer got me goin' . |
| 28 | The fact that my innocent inquiry had provoked such a defensive , almost hostile response got me thinking about what has been happening to the labour force since the mid-1970s . |
| 29 | Travelling at a speed of a hundred miles an hour made him worry that he would leave the safety of God 's Earth . |
| 30 | The man who , up to then , had experienced 18 years as a player at the highest level revealed how the sack made him determined to prove he had not suddenly become second rate . |