Example sentences of "[vb past] made several [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Once the hunting season was over he had gone straight off to Ireland to fish , and then , on the outbreak of war , had promptly rejoined his regiment , and as their colonel-in-chief had made several sorties to France during the next three years . |
2 | Elected only ten months ago , the current council had made several changes . |
3 | I was once called a ‘ facetious little fucker ’ by a Gentile friend after he had made several observations on the difference between Jewish and non-Jewish girls . |
4 | She told us that she had made several visits to the London Zoo and so was familiar with the appearance of modern apes . |
5 | Dr Evans had made several visits as well , and was able to report that the damage to Faye 's eyes did not seem to be worsening . |
6 | Jean-Claude had made several attempts before to encapsulate the land of la Sologne in music . |
7 | He had made several attempts on it . |
8 | He said he had made several attempts to persuade the developers , Peter and Reay Campbell , to alter it . |
9 | Many in the US were keenly awaiting the outcome : Mr Baker had made several statements expressing Washington 's desire for Israel to reach an agreement with the Palestinians on elections . |
10 | In his answer , Gilmore also took up and dismissed as totally unfounded a claim which Paisley had made several weeks earlier in the Commons that his own life was in danger from government agents . |
11 | While all this was going on , the police had made several arrests , and the Department of Trade and Industry decided to interview the 16 witnesses all over again . |