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Example sentences of "[pers pn] made the [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Thirty of them made the trip to Gulfstream Park and the best they could manage was one Irish and one French third place , both well beaten .
2	Never before had there been as many as nine of his members in a Masters field and every one of them made the cut .
3	One firm offered them forty five , four hundred and fifty thousand pounds , I said I wanted three hundred thousand , cos I done a lot of repair , a lot of renovating , and I made the bar open and I made my money through selling drink and getting in entertainment .
4	Garrett Fitzgerald wrote to Brian Flannery : ‘ As far as the offer of money from the mining companies was concerned , I made the position clear .
5	Then I made the description so precise I would always find some reason to reject each and every candidate .
6	I made the mess , and so I clear up .
7	God knows why — I made him the same way I made the rest of you — but there it is .
8	I made the brandy sauce for the pud but I think I 've put too much brandy in it and now Paul wo n't let me back in the kitchen .
9	So it was that in indicating my reasons for preferring the West Country for my motoring , instead of leaving it at mentioning several of the alluring details as conveyed by Mrs Symons 's volume , I made the error of declaring that a former housekeeper of Darlington Hall was resident in that region .
10	Lili said that of course I must , but I made the error of looking at my mother for approval , found none and saw only displeasure at my childish crudity .
11	I 'm so much happier since I made the decision .
12	When they left , however , and I made the decision to stay , I knew it might be hard for me but I knew also that I was doing the right thing .
13	Walsh was switched up front from the centre of defence and manager Brian Little admitted : ‘ I think he did ever so well and I am glad I made the decision . ’
14	‘ I 'm glad I made the decision to come here and still fully back my judgement . ’
15	But [ laakin ] I made the decision of taking the risk , against the advice of a large number of friends to avoid the dangers involved .
16	" There was some confusion at this stage because the target began to behave in an odd way , we knew she was supposed to go up the River Stour to off load , but finally I made the decision to go alongside her at sea .
17	I made the decision to put my marriage behind me , forget about it , and start over again .
18	I was wracked by anxiety and guilt even before I made the decision .
19	I made the decision to abort using the apparatus and revert to an alternative er means .
20	‘ In Portugal we 've been restricting our developments to Lisbon and the North , ’ Vitor went on , ‘ but recently my board and I made the decision to bring the d'Arcos style to the Algarve . ’
21	I loved the programme and the people but I made the decision to leave at the right point , before I could grow bored . ’
22	‘ I made the decision to come into the business to please my father when he was dying .
23	It would be a great way to repay them if I made the England side and contributed to its success . ’
24	I made the bed and was putting the clothes in the cupboard .
25	‘ Really , it was a game in which I made the rules : always being the one to decide whether or not we 'd make love when we met .
26	Of course he 'd sue me for slander if I made the accusation publicly .
27	On the other hand I was afraid that if I made the driver sound too important he might end up under the wheel of a bus instead of behind one .
28	I made the choice at random , the sole criterion being that a book had to have come from a library and have a recognisable sign of its origin .
29	Judy , 43 , said : ‘ I made the choice myself to go .
30	That will be possible because I made the scheme more flexible , so the FHSAs are allowed to use the funds that would previously have been limited to practice premises and ancillary staff to support the continued development and expansion of computerisation of primary health care .