Example sentences of "[pron] made a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Boycott led the way with 86 and everyone made a contribution of sorts , but soon after lunch on the final day they were 290 for 6 and defeat was still possible . |
| 2 | When we arrived I was introduced to the medium , Helen , a quite ordinary , sandy-haired woman in her mid-thirties , and the rest of the group , Dora and Leo and Katy and Humphrey , and everyone made a great fuss of me . |
| 3 | Foreigners always find that a difficult process — in fact only one of them made a real success of it — and Disraeli possessed what Ezra had been denied — the elasticity and toughness of a good Jew . |
| 4 | None of them made a special selection of materials suitable for the peasantry , so the few books that were dispatched were often too dry or too expensive . |
| 5 | The Minster had the gruffest basso but the others were undeterred and the whole tribe of them made a tremendous clangour . |
| 6 | One of them made a farewell address : |
| 7 | A couple of them made a break for it . |
| 8 | One of them made a stand for repeal of the Corn Laws , which must have taken some guts in this neck of the woods . ’ |
| 9 | After a few half-hearted sips , one of them made a great show of looking at his watch , and put his glass down . |
| 10 | When neither of them made a move she turned to her things on the bed . |
| 11 | There was no doubting that this young relative of his made a fine figure of a man , he thought , as he announced that he was going upstairs to change for dinner . |
| 12 | Someone made a joke Anne did not get , ‘ … only the best , because graded grains make finer flour … ’ |
| 13 | Then he edged a ball into his pad and someone made a stifled appeal . |
| 14 | Then someone made a funny remark . |
| 15 | ‘ I made a grab for her and she then slapped me . ’ |
| 16 | Would you mind if I made a few housing enquiries for you ? |
| 17 | ‘ I thought I 'd wait until I made a go of it before I told you . |
| 18 | I made a simple drilling jig from a piece of 25x25x3mm angle iron which covered all the correct distances and spaces . |
| 19 | I stood in the middle of the room growling and showing my teeth , then I made a puddle ! |
| 20 | Referring to his decision to resign from the Cabinet over the Westland affair in January 1986 , he says : ‘ I made a statement that day making it clear that I was going to continue in active politics in any role the Conservative Party wanted . |
| 21 | Elsewhere I made a point of discussing historians , such as Taylor and Elton , whom students would actually be reading . |
| 22 | While on a tour of Normandy earlier this year , I made a point of visiting and photographing the grave of Battle of Britain pilot Seageant H R J Barrow . |
| 23 | As I was leaving I made a big show of asking to see the guitar one more time . |
| 24 | ‘ As soon as Sam came along I made a vow never to smoke near him . |
| 25 | I made a mistake , and I 'm so stupid . |
| 26 | I 'd like to stay lying down for a bit to make my headache go away , but I made a puddle on the pavement and I got to move . |
| 27 | I made a great bonfire of it and stood and watched it burn until every trace of him was wiped off the face of the earth . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Oh yes ’ she said , ‘ I made a lot of money in dogs . |
| 29 | ‘ I made a decision . |
| 30 | I made a crook of my left elbow on the back of the boat and laid the pole across it , the shorter end in my right hand , the longer end trailing behind in the water . |