Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] made a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had a Debating Society in school which was pretty tough — if you dropped clangers , missed the point or otherwise made a clown of yourself , it was remembered throughout the following week until you had a chance to redeem yourself . |
| 2 | There was a book called The Young Visitors that once made a lot of money . ’ |
| 3 | Rovers were 2-0 in the opening 15 minutes through Morrissey and John Aldridge and perhaps made a rod for their own backs by scoring so early and then failing to add to that lead until the 77th minute through Neil McNab . |
| 4 | A Home Office spokesman said : ‘ He went with two prison officers to see a relative and just made a run for it . ’ |
| 5 | William Trood was also an intrepid traveller , and once made a trip to Morocco , where he was presented with a silver-inlaid Damascus sword by the Sultan of Morocco . |
| 6 | But although she accepted a dressing-down from him in public , and indeed made a point of telling people ‘ Oh ! |
| 7 | So there was a further delay in operations until February this year , when the single made yet another appearance and ultimately made a reacquaintance with the UK Top Ten , sparking off talks of that Madness reunion . |
| 8 | And then And never made a mistake of course , he tried to teach me but it was just a waste of time . |