Example sentences of "was [adv] make [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Picasso 's subsequent move towards a more abstract kind of painting , the work of Braque may once again have been a stimulus , and Picasso 's remark to Braque , quoted by Michel Georges-Michel , ‘ I have tried your methods and I feel one can do excellent things with them ’ was perhaps made in connection with the new kind of painting Braque had invented in his still lifes of the first half of 1910 . |
| 2 | In three , the diagnosis of indeterminate colitis was made from the colectomy specimen , whereas in the other three the diagnosis was only made after examination of the excised rectum ( two after ileorectal anastomosis ) . |
| 3 | Provision was also made within hospitals for adequate moral and religious instruction of the women and for the regular fortnightly inspection of former detainees , while the period of compulsory detention was extended to six months . |
| 4 | The original was acquired recently by sporting-trophies specialist John Bowles , who is trying to trace its origins : ‘ It was originally made in Birmingham in 1891 and was obviously part of a very important piece of cricketing silver , ’ says Bowles . |
| 5 | Reference was earlier made to work of Abrams ( in Bulmer , 1986 ) whose findings and commentary on this issue are equally illuminating . |
| 6 | The point was vividly made at Amiens on 29 June 1320 , when Edward II performed homage to Philip V of France before the high altar of the cathedral . |
| 7 | The convention was avowedly made on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Vietnam and for Admiral d'Argenlieu . |