Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pron] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only did they make the move , but they also managed to negotiate some funding and an arrangement whereby their staff could continue to be trained on E&Y courses . |
| 2 | Under the window was Mum 's treadle Singer Sewing Machine , always in use , for not only did she make much of the family 's clothes but also dresses and coats for friends , which helped the household purse . |
| 3 | Not only did it make it possible to conceive of the settlement , a succession of trusts , where a trust was set up in favour of a beneficiary who was himself charged with a trust in favour of a further beneficiary , but it also allowed trusts to be set up on intestacy , which led to the growth of an advanced system of property disposition on death which had absolutely no connection with a will . |
| 4 | Not only did he make sure that we had a thorough grounding in the 3 Rs , Reading — Writing — Rithmatic , but just as important — he taught us C. P. and K. — Courtesy , Politeness and Kindness : |
| 5 | It was worthwhile , though — not only did he make me feel young and raunchy again , he left me with enough self-esteem to believe in my capabilities as a single mother . ’ |
| 6 | Well we know we 've changed the resistance so did we make the resistance more or less ? |
| 7 | Dom Grossard further informs us that ‘ He could tell at once which grapes were from which vineyards and would say , ‘ The wine of that vineyard must be married with the wine of that one ’ , and never once did he make a mistake . ’ |
| 8 | As soon as he realised his mistake he tried to go into reverse , but once America sent troops to Saudi Arabia the dictator was trapped : only then did he make Kuwait the 19th province and drop all talk of withdrawing . |
| 9 | He neither leered nor lunged , he did not pinch her neither did he make a sudden and late demand for hot water and a brandy to his bedroom . |
| 10 | Nowhere did we make any fixed dosage recommendations , and we certainly did not write that ‘ standard ’ doses should be used . |
| 11 | erm what else did they make them out metals , glass , reinforced concrete |
| 12 | And never again did she make the same mistake . |
| 13 | So firmly did she make it up that she even waved her stout walking stick in the air , and hallooed at Anna . |
| 14 | I never saw anyone make a cup of tea ( nobody drinks coffee , it 's too expensive ) or smoke a cigarette without offering the same to everyone else . |
| 15 | And then the second one said , ‘ I never saw anyone make a face like that . |