Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] make [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cause of children 's bookselling can only be advanced by everyone involved making worthwhile sums of money which justify the resources allocated . |
| 2 | ‘ I was in charge of ‘ Fluon ’ for a couple of years and I failed to make any impact whatsoever on that particular problem . |
| 3 | I planned to make one chair as a trial piece , and , if it looked right , to do a real run of six , using the trial pieces as ‘ templates ’ . |
| 4 | There were n't many people sitting near us , so I tried to make polite conversation , but he was n't having any . |
| 5 | I tried to make some enquiries . ’ |
| 6 | so he said I did , I tried to make some in microwave and he says it turned out like sludge |
| 7 | ‘ I stopped to make sure . |
| 8 | I learnt to make new clothes for myself from the skins of dead animals . |
| 9 | ‘ I could hardly start a major scare until I 'd made certain , could I ? ’ |
| 10 | Then , after I 'd made sure that I 'd left no telltale traces , I was off . |
| 11 | I decided I would carry the six-pound loss myself rather than admit to him I 'd made such a fool of myself |
| 12 | Oh er I 'd made one or two little machines and and machine tools and stuff like that . |
| 13 | ‘ I wish I 'd made that point to the Committee . ’ |
| 14 | Once I 'd made that decision nothing was going to stop me . |
| 15 | Er , I hoped I 'd made clear that if the profits of Pearsons erm er not only if they went down but even if er , there was only a small erm , increase in earnings per share er next year that the the directors ' salaries would be very considerably reduced and I thought I 'd already made that erm , er , directors ' erm remuneration total take home pay would be considerably reduced thought I 'd already made that point . |
| 16 | Well the last the last time when Sunderland got to the Final in seventy-three er there were five of us in the , in my house and I 'd made red and white rosettes |
| 17 | I 'd made some mistakes and as far as he was concerned the pottery could have been another . |
| 18 | I 'd made some plans for Rainbow 's next tte — tte , scripted some frank revelations , an impassioned plea … |
| 19 | Erm , so Jan had these butties , she said oh I made them lovingly last night , tuna , mayonnaise and onion and er she said trust Viv to ring today like when I 'd made these butties ! |
| 20 | Shortly after his arrival , I telephoned to make sure he had settled in and all was well : ‘ How are you , Blair ? ’ was as far as I got . |
| 21 | ‘ I hated making that film . |
| 22 | Whether the ground actually became firmer or whether I was spurred on by fear I do not know , but I began to make better progress . |
| 23 | This time the press and the media were there and I declined to make any comment on the negotiations . |
| 24 | I turned without stopping and crawled back to the deep end , looking back as I breathed to make sure she was following . |
| 25 | I required to make three of the last four tricks in the situation shown below , knowing that both opponents also held only Spades and Diamonds at this stage : |
| 26 | I decided to make one last attempt after which I would start looking for a place from where I could obtain a map of the city . |
| 27 | I felt a lot of anger , but there was nothing I could do with it ; then it faded , until I started making some connections with feminism at the beginning of the seventies . |
| 28 | So I started making some calls of my own . |
| 29 | I started to make little demands of Shagbadly . |
| 30 | Three years ago , when I started to make some real money as opposed to all that other stuff I 'd been making , my father hit bad trouble on the tables and the track and he … |