Example sentences of "[adv] made one " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until yesterday the favourite to partner McMahon had been the 22-year-old Michael Thomas of Arsenal , who has only made one appearance for England : a disappointing debut in Saudi Arabia late last year . |
| 2 | He really was brought up in his tracks , and said , when he brought her home , well if that only made one person think , it 's been worth it . |
| 3 | BP has already made one unsuccessful attempt to make use of its £500m in surplus advanced corporation tax with a North Sea-based scheme that was vetoed by the Treasury . |
| 4 | It was a risk , and she 'd already made one monumental error of character judgement . |
| 5 | I had already made one friend who I met on the induction day . |
| 6 | I 've already made one mistake by booking in a crowd on Ling 's day off . ’ |
| 7 | When Sally-Anne , dolled up in ostrich feathers and pearls , had gravely made her elaborate curtsy to him at Court , he had put out his hand to lift her , and after she had replied , ‘ My thanks , Your Majesty , ’ he had twinkled at her , using the famous charm which had somehow made one ignore his years and his obesity , and said , |
| 8 | Wary of the advantages the Kiwi teams had had on home ground , Fusil refused to name the route , but still made one vital error ( and gave away a crucial piece of information for the Costa Rican teams ) by saying it would be a coast-to-coast race across the Central American country . |
| 9 | I 've only ever made one record , a Christmas song called ‘ Tonight for Santa Claus ’ . |
| 10 | Can it be true that , master of an essentially observational science , he has only ever made one observation in his life ( that is to say down the mines in Lancashire ) ? |
| 11 | She had also made one or two favourable remarks on the occasions she 'd seen him working out , and had assured him that , once he 'd attained the standards she 'd set for him , he could look forward to being given a fairly prominent role in the next major presentation . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've had varying success with the women I 've made love to in the past , but I 've never made one throw up before ! ’ |