Example sentences of "he [vb past] a [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ’ 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Her father accompanied her into the dining-room and though he made a pretence of eating , he barely touched the food on his plate . |
| 7 | He made a click of disapproval loud enough for the young man to hear . |
| 8 | He made a noise of agreement . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He made a lot of money there . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He made a lot of sense talking about that tip and obviously persuaded people to change their viewpoint . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | On April 16th , he made a speech in parliament accusing associates of Boris Yeltsin of illicit dealings in this ‘ extremely valuable raw material . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | And Charles seemed relaxed as he made a series of routine visits to business and environmental seminars . |
| 19 | He made a world of difference to the Leeds defence . |
| 20 | On the platform he made a movement of deference to her , with open hand held out . |
| 21 | He made a living by journalism , in the 1960s version of Grub Street eventually landing the job of drama critic for Town magazine . |
| 22 | He made a show of pursuit , but gave up at the first intersection , returning to Jude breathless . |
| 23 | He made a thumbs down sign . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 |
| 26 | He made a sound of disappointment . |
| 27 | ‘ He made a ton of money ripping them off . |
| 28 | He lived a life of luxury that was in part funded by misappropriated FBI funds and in part by shady friends . |
| 29 | He stuffed a wedge of sandwich into his mouth , went to the bedside cabinet , brought the local directory back to the window . |
| 30 | He stood still as he recalled her plain speaking , and , his head hanging , he experienced a mixture of relief and a feeling that was most akin to shame . |