Example sentences of "he make a [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Above all , in 1072 he had publicly defeated the archbishop of York , and obliged him to make a profession of obedience to Canterbury . |
2 | Henry and he made a treaty of alliance , agreeing that Richard should be betrothed to one of the Count 's daughters and that , when married , they should be granted the duchy of Aquitaine . |
3 | Oh they 're okay erm just one thing , erm I went to the dentist up over there in Street , and he made a mess of filling two teeth . |
4 | So he made a couple of phone calls to Osnabrück-he found he 'd been given a room with an Engineer regiment-then sipped a lager until train time . |
5 | ’ There could be no doubt that when a garage proprietor sold petrol to a customer he made a contract of sale ( i.e. of the petrol ) with the customer , since the customer agreed to pay a ‘ money consideration , ’ the price . |
6 | But erm , so she got erm she , he made a bit of money I think , I think I went rash and put a fiver on . |
7 | Her father accompanied her into the dining-room and though he made a pretence of eating , he barely touched the food on his plate . |
8 | He made a click of disapproval loud enough for the young man to hear . |
9 | He made a noise of agreement . |
10 | And he made a number of management changes which reinforced the impression that Eurotunnel had become a company capable of acting in the best interests of bankers and shareholders and standing up to the demands of the Anglo-French contracting consortium . |
11 | Once the regime began to crumble , he made a number of proforma but symbolically important concessions to appease republican sensibilities and to brush up his republican image , which had been tarnished by the RPF adventure . |
12 | He made a lot of money there . |
13 | Charles no longer bothered to hide his disappointment , but his salute was impeccable and he made a lot of noise with his about turn and exit . |
14 | He made a lot of sense talking about that tip and obviously persuaded people to change their viewpoint . ’ |
15 | I do know that he outlived Great-Aunt Jane and he made a lot of trouble by claiming items of property to which he had no right . |
16 | On April 16th , he made a speech in parliament accusing associates of Boris Yeltsin of illicit dealings in this ‘ extremely valuable raw material . ’ |
17 | As a Monk of the Abbey of Bec in France he made a study of architecture and this was to make him one of the foremost architects of his age . |
18 | As he came out he made a break for freedom spraying gas in the faces of his guards and hospital staff who rushed to help . |
19 | And Charles seemed relaxed as he made a series of routine visits to business and environmental seminars . |
20 | He made a world of difference to the Leeds defence . |
21 | On the platform he made a movement of deference to her , with open hand held out . |
22 | He made a living by journalism , in the 1960s version of Grub Street eventually landing the job of drama critic for Town magazine . |
23 | He made a show of pursuit , but gave up at the first intersection , returning to Jude breathless . |
24 | He made a thumbs down sign . |
25 | So he made a cup of coffee ( realising , sensibly for once , that he 'd had enough alcohol ) , and sat down in the low upholstered chair with wooden arms that was one of the room 's few comforts . |
26 | He 's been looking at that erm inspiration has n't , do you know I bet it would if he made a cup of tea why was n't |
27 | He made a sound of disappointment . |
28 | ‘ He made a ton of money ripping them off . |
29 | As it is necessary for a Marxist to make a science of society , so too must he make a science of violence . |
30 | ‘ And did he make a lot of money ? ’ |