Example sentences of "[pron] made [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we arrived I was introduced to the medium , Helen , a quite ordinary , sandy-haired woman in her mid-thirties , and the rest of the group , Dora and Leo and Katy and Humphrey , and everyone made a great fuss of me . |
| 2 | The Minster had the gruffest basso but the others were undeterred and the whole tribe of them made a tremendous clangour . |
| 3 | Foreigners always find that a difficult process — in fact only one of them made a real success of it — and Disraeli possessed what Ezra had been denied — the elasticity and toughness of a good Jew . |
| 4 | After a few half-hearted sips , one of them made a great show of looking at his watch , and put his glass down . |
| 5 | None of them made a special selection of materials suitable for the peasantry , so the few books that were dispatched were often too dry or too expensive . |
| 6 | But the flow of immigrants went on , with very little space to receive the new settlers , so in 1628 some of them made the easy move from St. Kitts to Nevis , and a couple of years later made a slightly longer move and occupied the islands of Antigua and Monserrat , laying the foundations of English settlement in the Leeward Islands . |
| 7 | Oxford United 's fans , more than fifteen hundred of them made the long journey to Tranmere on Saturday to support their team . |
| 8 | She never knew which one of them made the first move , but suddenly , unaccountably , she was in his arms , his hands pressing against her back to draw her closer still . |
| 9 | Two senior research officers at the Home Office were also invited , and one of them made an excellent contribution . |
| 10 | There was no doubting that this young relative of his made a fine figure of a man , he thought , as he announced that he was going upstairs to change for dinner . |
| 11 | Then he edged a ball into his pad and someone made a stifled appeal . |
| 12 | Then someone made a funny remark . |
| 13 | ‘ I made no such suggestion , my lord , ’ protested Aycliffe . |
| 14 | I made no fewer than three telephone calls . |
| 15 | She never revealed her own secrets to me but then after a while I made no more enquiries — I did n't want to do anything to lose her . ’ |
| 16 | I also like to give credit where it is due , and would , therefore , like to thank members of the Great Central Railway who were very helpful and friendly when I made a recent visit to Rothley and Loughborough as an ordinary visitor . |
| 17 | I mean they were pretty shambly when I got to them and I made a supreme effort to get everything going the way I wanted it to go . |
| 18 | He added : ‘ I made a tremendous start to the year and badly wanted that No 1 spot for the first time but it made me become negative . |
| 19 | I made a real fool of myself , crying and sobbing , but Luke held me and comforted me and he was so kind … ’ |
| 20 | I made a small 10″ × 10″ × 3″ tank by sticking the panes of glass together with silicone rubber glue . |
| 21 | I made a great bonfire of it and stood and watched it burn until every trace of him was wiped off the face of the earth . ’ |
| 22 | I made a great nuisance of myself and , in the end , they resorted to the traditional method of dealing with trouble-makers : they asked me to stand for my own ward at the next local government elections . |
| 23 | ‘ When I auditioned for him I made a great impression — or so I was told . |
| 24 | I made a facial question-mark at Melanie but she just shrugged and edged closer . |
| 25 | I made a mental note to seek revenge at the earliest opportunity . |
| 26 | I made a mental effort to visualise his new house , to create some mind picture , but gave up after a few seconds . |
| 27 | I made a mental note not to suggest a dirty weekend away somewhere — well , not yet , anyway . |
| 28 | Indeed when the time came to leave Germany I made a mental decision never to return . |
| 29 | An off night , I assured him , as we re-traced our twenty-mile drive to Palm Beach , where Robin wrapped himself in a blanket in front of the TV , soothing his cold turkey by watching videos of the local comedians , while I made a mental note to move my life and family to a flat above 42nd Street . |
| 30 | I made a mental note that I must n't say anything to annoy my prim secretary , at least until after she 'd agreed to help with the business the next evening . |