Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He adds : ‘ In the last year , most restaurants have brought their prices down or kept them the same as last year . |
| 2 | Depending on how influential people were , Mickey either nodded at them or gave them a hearty greeting . |
| 3 | Sarah had produced a child by another man , and that made her a loose woman . |
| 4 | Anyway , that made me a scarlet woman . ’ |
| 5 | He employed the wry , self-deprecation that made him a refreshing presence on the campaign trail . |
| 6 | Peter Powell 's adventures with kites had already put him into the headlines when he ‘ flew ’ his grandmother , long before he perfected the diamond-shaped stunter that made him a worldwide name from 1974 . |
| 7 | It was the verbal savagery of his pre-war outbursts in the streets of Shoreditch and Pimlico that made him a public danger for the only time in his life . |
| 8 | But it was n't his deeds that made him a Christian , it was his trust in Jesus Christ . |
| 9 | It was an association that made him an appropriate keeper at Loseley of Montague 's imprisoned son-in-law Henry Wriothesley , second Earl of Southampton [ q.v. ] in 1570 . |
| 10 | It was that experience , allied to his next job as arts minister , that made him an obvious choice to become Major 's first Heritage Secretary . |
| 11 | The French struggled for nearly sixty minutes against a generous but raw Romania , ran riot against a Fijian side well below par and short of the menacing inspiration that made them a fearsome proposal in 1987 , while the game against Canada exposed the shortcomings that England later exploited with relish . |
| 12 | But so far neither has shown the tremendous flair with top-spin attacking that made them a major force in the world championships in Dortmund only seven months ago . |
| 13 | It is necessary to examine the idea of coalitionism and the political forces that made it a powerful alternative before considering its direct impact on the Unionist party . |
| 14 | The fact that a scheme could be contrived that made it a working possibility for the majority of the disabled to acquire a motor car of their choice and to finance the purchase , including insurance and repair , from the allowance , was a staggering revelation to economists and particularly to the socialists of the time who regarded private enterprise as the kiss of death . |
| 15 | AND ALL THAT made it a busy year for Autocar & Motor . |
| 16 | She said please in a way that made it a special request of her own . |
| 17 | I 'd like to put forward the argument that it was by trying to accomodate Cuntona , Wallace and Chappie together at the start of last season that made us a soft touch away from home . |
| 18 | It was often said that her new-found reputation was a bubble that would burst once people realized it was just the raunchiness of her work that got her a wide readership . |
| 19 | There was something raw about him ; his body sweated to its essence , his face betraying a hunger behind its symmetry that lent him a bedevilled look . |
| 20 | Not surprisingly , considerable pressure was put on the Conservative government to take some action to cope with the problem , though it was neither clear nor agreed what the basic problem was . |
| 21 | Unable to help herself , she looked up , and knew at once that her movement was seen , as in the instant gloom that succeeded it the lesser light of the lantern swept an arc and found her face . |
| 22 | make the point you know I 'm sure you found this useful , what particular area was the one that excited you the most , yeah ? |
| 23 | It must have been the change in engine tone that woke her a long time later . |
| 24 | It was the sound of voices shouting that woke me the next morning . |
| 25 | ‘ I had time in the wilderness when my form was not good and that taught me a few lessons . |
| 26 | During Worswick 's time there , Harwell — as part of the AEA — made the transition to a trading fund ( effectively a nationalised company rather than a government department ) , an experience that taught him a great deal about finance . |
| 27 | It was an impressive sight , and one that frightened me a little at first , just because it was such a huge change and I was worried that it might happen to the island sometime . |
| 28 | They were looking into each other 's eyes with a tenderness that brought her a cruel , twisting anguish . |
| 29 | Five talented misfits from Camden form a band playing the most ridiculed form of music in the world , are picked up by the chief of the record label that brought you the Manic Street Preachers — and ZAP ! country is sincerely rehabilitated . |
| 30 | It is interesting to note that they come from the same stable that brought us the national insurance surcharge . |