Example sentences of "[that] [pron] [vb past] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I felt that I had to make some sort of social effort so I swung my legs off the bed and sat sheepishly on the edge . |
2 | When I was chided by someone for seeming oblivious of ‘ the magnitude of the accounting operation ’ I said that it was because of my consciousness of the magnitude of all other operations that I dared to make these demands of Mr Whalley , who perfectly understands in any case . |
3 | The landlord was aware of the fact that she had made that application but , notwithstanding that , on 4 December 1989 he applied for execution . |
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 | She was indicted on Nov. 21 and on Dec. 6 pleaded not guilty in a Baltimore federal court to charges that she had embezzled $5,600,000 in funds from the HUD and that she had made false statements to the government . |
6 | ‘ I 'm just going to go over the fence and see what Camille 's doing , ’ said Scarlet , loath to say what she really meant — that she wanted to make sure Camille was all right — because that would imply that she might not be . |
7 | In mid-October a breakthrough seemed imminent after senior trade officials from Canada , the EC , Japan and the USA , meeting in Ontario on Oct. 17-18 , claimed that they had made substantial progress in resolving the deadlock ( responsible for the suspension of an earlier round of talks between US and EC officials in Brussels on Oct. 11-12 ) . |
8 | ‘ But whenever we left him in his cot and then went back to him , we 'd notice that he 'd made terrible scratches on his face with his fingernails and he would rip the backs of his legs with his toes . |
9 | I mean obviously once she 's been through the learning process herself , so Doug came away feeling quite pleased that he 'd made that contact and he also sort of made one or two , he , he had one or two wise observations I think about the evening , he made one or two new contacts himself and the suggestion and things , he spoke very well about it , at our committee on our last meeting last week |
10 | Not that he had made much progress on anything else . |
11 | He added that he had made that decision in spite of an embargo on similar junctions after the Bellgrove train crash two years earlier . |
12 | Above all , there was disappointment at Hitler 's remarks that he had made full provision for the coming winter — the logical conclusion being drawn ‘ that the struggle in the east , in contrast to the hopes entertained up to now by the overwhelming majority of the population , can not be ended before the next winter ’ . |
13 | The principal charges against Latimer were that he had made improper profits out of the campaign in Brittany and that he was responsible for the loss of Bécherel and Saint-Sauveur . |
14 | But Harold was not to be soothed : he demanded retribution , he demanded action , not so much because of the ridicule but because at some stage in the programme it was alleged that he had made advantageous use of privileged or secret material in an improper fashion in relation to a book he was then about to publish . |
15 | Perhaps , though , he might stroll out in the direction of the church hall , to see if people were coming out , then he would feel that he had made some kind of an effort . |
16 | He woke in a fury two hours afterward , and said that she had upset his rhythm and that he had to make some calls . |
17 | She told him that they could n't possibly stay down here , and that he had to make some effort to escape . |