Example sentences of "[conj] he made the " in BNC.
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| 1 | London-born Mike MacFarlane established himself as the top black British athlete by winning the 200 metres European title , though his form thereafter lapsed and , although he made the 1980 Olympic sprint team , he failed to make the finals . |
| 2 | In this way , the student can gain confidence by knowing that he made the decisions and that they were sensible ones . |
| 3 | Faldo said at Wentworth yesterday that he made the decision because he feels he can not now finish at the top of the European order of merit by playing in Spain . |
| 4 | Dissatisfied as he was , it was while Bishop of Bristol that he made the moral stand which guaranteed that his name would be heard for three centuries whenever Cornish men were gathered together . |
| 5 | The fact was , that he made the journey ; shabby and penniless , he had to look up addresses of kinsfolk in English towns ; he had been robbed by con-men on board the ship , for Dad was a simple , trusting person , one might say , naive . |
| 6 | His main claim to fame was that he made the Chiquita guitar that Billy Gibbons endorsed about ten , fifteen years ago . |
| 7 | Anfield 's record-breaking striker is certain that neither Blackburn Rovers ' financial clout nor their present League position can ever console the Scot that he made the right decision on that dramatic day in February 1991 . |
| 8 | ‘ It is incredible that he made the mis-statement about Ohio other than wittingly and dishonestly . ’ |
| 9 | It was n't with such a Sunday that he made the most significant comparison , however , but with the Sundays of his childhood . |
| 10 | To return to Molla Fenari , one can not then determine with any certainty the date of his journey to Egypt since it is impossible to assert confidently which of the seemingly contradictory facts or sets of facts-Ibn Hajar 's statement that he made the journey in 778 , Taskopruzade 's statement that he went in company with Seyyid Serif , Taskopruzade 's association of Seyyid Serif 's arrival in Karaman with Cemaleddin Aksarayi 's death , and so on-deserves most weight , though perhaps the specific nature of Ibn Hajar 's date argues in its favour while , equally , the slight suspicion which always attaches to attempts to associate great figures of the past argues against the association of Molla Fenari and Seyyid Serif . |
| 11 | Not that he made the claim himself Mr Kilroy-Silk would readily acknowledge that he learned the egg trick from Mike Molloy , now editor of the Sunday Mirror , at a house party . |
| 12 | I 'm very concerned that he made the accusation that the drug companies simply put these drugs on the market . |
| 13 | France 's Algerian policy was his policy , not only in the sense that he made the critical decisions about when and how to launch an initiative or offer a concession , but because he personified the policy . |
| 14 | History has shown that he made the right choice . |
| 15 | The court heard that he made the calls after a drinking spree celebrating his 19th birthday three weeks ago . |
| 16 | He undoubtedly had in mind the particular patterns and balanced relationship of the various dances ( i.e. solos , grands pas , variations , etc. ) as laid out in all Petipa ballets and he made the ballerina the focus of all attention . |
| 17 | And he made the youngster — now 13 — walk up and down stairs until he was exhausted , hitting him on the back of his head and legs . |
| 18 | I remember a little boy , I 've got on a picture with me he was a very very poor child and he made the best gloves in the class and it was a real sort of accolade for him . |
| 19 | Lord Charles Beresford continued his campaign against the Admiralty that had originated in his personal feud with Admiral Fisher , and he made the most of Churchill 's unhappy relations with his admirals . |
| 20 | " Humph , " muttered Gabriel at this , and he made the sign of the cross . |
| 21 | And then er the the the lace trade he he worked on , when women wore high collars , boned high collars and he made the little narrow edging lace about like that and it was goffered so it made a frill round the face . |
| 22 | Bagehot argued that " the relation of Parliament , and especially of the House of Commons , to the executive government is the specific peculiarity of our Constitution " , and he made the point that " the efficient secret of the English constitution may be described as the close union , the nearly complete fusion , of the executive and legislative powers " . |
| 23 | I heard Duncan on the 606 show and he made the classic comment about Jimmy Armfield that ‘ the manager 's indecision is final ’ . |
| 24 | The Netherlands regained the lead within a minute through Rob Witschge and he made the game safe with his second goal after 57 minutes . |
| 25 | ma ma , to give them to George and he made the fire . |
| 26 | and he made the gravy and he |
| 27 | How different , he had never dreamed until he made the assay . |
| 28 | ‘ He was a big man , but I had studied martial arts and felt confident that I could get away if he made the wrong move . |
| 29 | If he made the wrong decision , Anselm would leave England and resign the archbishopric into the pope 's hands . |
| 30 | Of course if he made the wrong decision he could pay for it by loss of his command , as we have seen , or even with his life , as happened to Timagoras , the ambassador who accepted humiliating terms at a peace conference in 367 ( Xen . |