Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] make a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After one or two formal speeches ( at which reference was made to our visit as the ‘ first short-term English course since the crushing of the Gang of Four ’ , and I tried to make a suitable reply , ) we were whisked off to the Friendship Hotel to a welcoming meal consisting of Peking duck , ancient duck 's eggs , and other good things , and I wielding our chopsticks to the best of our ability . |
| 2 | I remember before that the wind changed pretty suddenly from southwest to nearer west I think and I 'd made a new hen house I thought indestructible . |
| 3 | At first it looked as though I 'd made a big mistake . |
| 4 | On the day I left Woodline you knew that I 'd made an enormous mistake , yet you — ’ |
| 5 | I happened to make a shrewd investment in ‘ seventy-eight , and a couple of years ago I sold out . |
| 6 | With Adrar now five miles away , flotsam and jetsam were increasing , so I began to make a mental inventory of all I passed — six sardine cans , two bottles , the greater part of a tyre , too many small pieces of rubber to count , a five-litre can and the cylinder head from a car engine . |
| 7 | I suppose it was just my managerial instinct coming to the fore , but I decided to make a tactical substitution . |
| 8 | When I say existed for ten years , er I I did make a slight mistake in that for ten years erm the village . |
| 9 | Paula explains : ‘ I did make a conscious decision about ten years ago . |
| 10 | I did make a big mistake there , though . |
| 11 | Perhaps I had made a ridiculous fuss about nothing . |
| 12 | It is as if I had made a small betrayal . |
| 13 | It certainly was n't too late to tell somebody that in fact I had made a terrible mistake and that I wanted to go home . |
| 14 | I suddenly realized I had made a serious mistake . |
| 15 | Well , for one thing , he did n't know about it and I had made a conscious decision that if I was ever to be ( he nearly says ’ become someone ’ ) . |
| 16 | They thought I had made a huge mistake in getting rid of the old collection in preference for collecting what they unanimously regarded as ‘ junk ’ . |
| 17 | I had made an interesting discovery . |
| 18 | I had to make a polite pretence at reluctance . |
| 19 | But I had to make a bigger adjustment to studying . |
| 20 | So I said I had to make a quick decision either I was going to go up me chain past his whatsit and into the roof , or else go thirty feet down and run right across the chamber into whichever er level they could go to . |
| 21 | They dragged me to the Police Station where I had to make a detailed statement of everything that had happened the first time intercourse took place . |
| 22 | I had to make an instant decision , so I steered Foinavon to the right — the outside — to get away from the main part of the melee . |
| 23 | To tell my story : because I was very conscious that out of the static situation of the servant being the one who was menacing the Judge I had to make an ongoing story . |
| 24 | As a result , I had to make an expensive taxi journey to arrive at the meeting on time . |
| 25 | I wanted to make a raised bed to grown acid-loving plants in my limey soil . |
| 26 | He offered me his spare bed for the night , but I could not stand the stench of the creek , and I wanted to make an early start on the work I had to do on Wavebreaker , so I caught the bus to McIllvanney 's boatyard . |
| 27 | But when she tried to make a second foray she was hurled out bodily . |
| 28 | ‘ At first I was prepared to think you 'd made a genuine mistake — that you 'd got the wrong boat . ’ |
| 29 | So you 'd made a verbal contract over the phone with a lady who you found living on the premises so you had every right to believe that she owned the furniture . |
| 30 | ‘ Stella said you 'd made a huge difference to the place . ’ |