Example sentences of "make a tremendous [noun] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The United Cricket Board and politicians have made a tremendous effort to bring fairness into our system , and it was great that we were being supported by everybody . ’
2 I suppose that because she had n't really known me from an early age , she made a tremendous effort to get to know me later .
3 He made a tremendous effort to bring himself back into reality ; his hands shook and he swallowed twice as he tried to speak ; then he passed his right hand , still clutching the telegram , through his dark hair .
4 Having ensured that a sterile first half ended goalless by making a tremendous reaction save to thwart Olney , Grobbelaar , who has been walking a selection tightrope all season , then allowed a far from ferocious low shot by Daley at the end of a thrilling 50-yard burst to slip under him and into the net .
5 It was Bolder again before half time , making a tremendous save to deny a Simpson shot and then three minutes before half time , his best save of the game ; somehow he kicked kneed Nogan 's shot away from five yards after more good work by United down the left side .
6 He was making a tremendous effort to appear calm , if possible to be calm .
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