Example sentences of "he [be] make a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He was making a small fortune with his spectacular ballets which toured the whole year round . |
| 32 | He was making a tremendous effort to appear calm , if possible to be calm . |
| 33 | Mr Christie , backed by the campaigning organisation Liberty , yesterday announced he was making a formal complaint to the European Commission on Human Rights over the routine interception of telexes sent to him at the STUC 's Glasgow headquarters by a special unit within GCHQ . |
| 34 | Mark 's brother Tim said from the family home in Trewennack , Helston : ‘ Mark missed last Christmas because he was on guard duty so obviously this year he was making a special effort . ’ |
| 35 | He was making a careful examination of the bowls and plates it contained in dusty confusion . |
| 36 | His timing was impeccable attacking his old boss on the day he was making a big speech on the economy . |
| 37 | He was making a lucrative living rustling horses , cattle and sheep from the surrounding farms by night , and then selling them in the Newbury and Marlborough markets by day . |
| 38 | He was making a wonderful recovery and in the few hours we were there we managed to get him on to an ambulance train — off to Myitkyina to be flown out to India . |
| 39 | Earlier yesterday Ms Place had shown the world heavyweight boxing champion , Riddick Bowe , around Mogadishu , where he was making a brief charity visit . |