Example sentences of "made a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even better followed when the intelligent Coleman , always capable of rising above the mundane , made a marvellous break that was followed by a superb inside pass to Divorty . |
| 2 | United made a marvellous start , scoring after six minutes , but the goal was costly as well as precious . |
| 3 | ROBERT Dunlop made a marvellous start to today 's North West 200 when he scored an easy win in the 250cc race , even though the contest was spoiled somewhat when two of the favourites Jim Courtney and especially Phillip McCallen fell off . |
| 4 | Although he made a partial recovery in 1926 , he could only conduct the One-Year course at Wells , where he lived . |
| 5 | This was followed by an attempt to thwart the deal by Scandinavian Airlines System ( SAS ) , which made a partial bid for 26 per cent of British Caledonian 's shares in a proposed deal which also involved a complex financial restructuring package . |
| 6 | Smartly closing the regulator , he made a partial application of the steam brake , paused , released it , paused once again , then when he heard the wagon buffers face up , he made a full brake application . |
| 7 | England made a decent 217 , with 68 from Boycott and 59 from Gower ; but after Greenidge and Haynes had got half-way to the target , Richards , who had missed the first match , played as only he can . |
| 8 | ‘ Then you made a decent profit , Alistair , ’ Adam reminded him . |
| 9 | But one of the reasons the jowl-wobbling old curmudgeon will certainly be missed at the microphone this season is that he , above all , made a decent , straightforward reporter 's fist of identifying the tourists on the field . |
| 10 | Ruby 's forte was getting her own photograph in the newspapers as she ‘ arrived at the police station to advise officers working on the such-and-such case ’ ; she was a popular television chat show guest ; and she made a decent living from writing about psychometry . |
| 11 | He even made a decent back pass when under some pressure ! |
| 12 | Today he made a humiliating climb down in the Commons and demonstrated that he 'd lost his political touch — that he did n't realise how upset the voters would be if he put 30,000 — going on 100,000 — people out of work . |
| 13 | Knighton , a small man with a ready smile , crisp , cool and articulate , flanked by PR men , made a good initial impression and left only one small but nagging doubt . |
| 14 | You had to admit , though , that that kind made a good clothes prop . |
| 15 | It made a good reason for those excluded to dislike Miss Morgan , but it had been true any time these past two years . |
| 16 | West Indies made a good start and with 132 for 3 at lunch looked ready to blossom . |
| 17 | Randall and Brearley made a good start , Gower and Willey pressed on well , and at the end of fifty overs they were on 211 . |
| 18 | Fowler and Andy Lloyd made a good start , Gower chipped in well , and the rest of the batsmen did enough to see England home by three wickets . |
| 19 | He made a good living from his extensive knowledge of breakbeats and old funk records , and eventually Beats International evolved quite naturally out of his love of DJing . |
| 20 | Leeds made a good start in defence of their men 's title when Stephen Akers won the 1500m freestyle in 15min 37.77sec . |
| 21 | The six cylinder engine is 6 inches longer than a four cylinder and will not fit a 4 cylinder chassis without a great deal of modification , but a 6 cylinder , 3-litre car engine will fit a 6 cylinder Land Rover and made a good conversion . |
| 22 | He made a good living , and seemed resentful of his wife 's decision to take in a lodger . |
| 23 | They also made a good point , that all timber-frame houses should be formally recorded as such either by the NHBC or on the title deeds , ‘ so that people realise they are living in a timber-frame house and can take professional advice when making alterations ’ . |
| 24 | The servility of the old-style caddie may have gone forever , but Sir Henry 's view on what made a good caddie in 1934 , and three years later when he won at Carnoustie , is interesting because it still holds true today in the day and age of the yardage chart : ‘ My caddie Butler was content to jog along all day without speaking unless he was spoken to . |
| 25 | He needed to have two goes at it and in the end made a good five . |
| 26 | ‘ Aye , well , if you did n't you made a good stab at it . |
| 27 | Michael made a good recovery , and was well enough to enjoy the international conference given at the time of his retirement . |
| 28 | Apparently this old man , John Raven lived in a shack beside the stone and made a good living out of selling a paper he had had printed , which gave the size , weight and origin of the stone . |
| 29 | His dark hair and eyes made a good foil for Breeze , whose skin was very fair , and whose short brown curls gleamed like raw silk in the strong morning sunshine . |
| 30 | Designing clothes for Carnega was all very well and I made a good living at it I wo n't deny but I wanted to be free to do my own thing — and to have my own name on the labels . |