Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv] make " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd better make his milk and water last ! |
| 2 | He was gelded and given time to mature a little before being asked to race , and he did not make his debut until 23 February 1929 . |
| 3 | ‘ He did not fit into Cheltenham and he did not make the right impression , ’ he said . |
| 4 | Neville Baggaley 's only regret is that he did not make the change sooner . |
| 5 | He did not make a fire tonight , nor eat any supper . |
| 6 | He did not make money , but he did make his name by persuading a great many people to visit the Exhibition with Cooks . |
| 7 | Cook said that if he did not make the South African team he would seriously consider a return to county cricket . |
| 8 | ‘ He did not make a strong impression , ’ says Tony Rex . |
| 9 | We were friends but it is a pity he did not make that clear . ’ |
| 10 | But the man behind the burger deal , cathedral chapter clerk Christopher Owen , said yesterday : ‘ He did not make any objection to this particular promotion . ’ |
| 11 | Though he did not make me as starry-eyed as Daisy Yates , he was the best-looking man of any age I had ever seen , and I adored his old-fashioned manners . |
| 12 | Anselm supported Henry , and he did not make his support conditional on Henry 's acceptance of the new papal decrees . |
| 13 | Mr Skokov has rarely spoken in public ( in his three years in parliament , he did not make a single speech ) , yet he has been one of Russia 's most influential politicians . |
| 14 | Furthermore , he did not make the mistake of insisting on ideological purity during his nomination campaign ; there was to be no ‘ extremism in the defence of liberty is no vice ’ or ‘ moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue ’ rhetoric from Reagan and no abrasive assaults on the liberals in the party as had occurred in 1964 . |
| 15 | He did not make a settled return to London until 20 October . |
| 16 | When entrusted with government he did not make a mess of it ; if deprived of his rights he would make a much more serious opponent than the Young King . |
| 17 | Only Robert McNamara of the top team had real doubts , but he did not make them public . |
| 18 | Obviously he did not make himself known so we can only speculate as to who he was watching , but we are all hoping that Trevor Proby will soon get the call . |
| 19 | By the autumn , however , the Russians , through their ambassador in Istanbul , Andrei Italinskii , began to threaten the sultan that if he did not make concessions to the Serbs they would intervene to enforce the disputed Article VIII of the Treaty of Bucharest ( see above , p. 81 ) . |
| 20 | He did not make the most auspicious of starts to the season , but , as the year went on , that majestic swing — the envy of almost everyone in golf — was as regal as ever . |
| 21 | He did not make any attempt to eliminate from his voice his complete disbelief in what he was saying . |
| 22 | He did not make a great impact beyond his own office . |
| 23 | Yet he did not make the call . |
| 24 | If Casaubon had in mind something more precise than an alternative to the disguised Machiavellianism of the contemporary Tacitists , he did not make it clear . |
| 25 | Maybe , it is argued , the Creator does not control the day-to-day succession of evolutionary events ; maybe he did not frame the tiger and the lamb , maybe he did not make a tree , but he did set up the original machinery of replication and replicator power , the original machinery of DNA and protein that made cumulative selection , and hence all of evolution , possible . |
| 26 | The only consolation I have is that he did not make me pregnant . |
| 27 | The Secretary of State 's comments today were so shabby and his speech was so shallow that he did not make me laugh . |
| 28 | He did not make any effort to adapt any aspect of the liturgy and did not even mention the occasion . |
| 29 | He did not make it obvious , but he led the conversation , changed topics when he thought it needed it , enquired robustly of the lawyer certain things , and more gently of the females , as if to bring out gems of information they had stored in their pretty little heads . |
| 30 | He did not make his pile opening bazaars you feel sure . |