Example sentences of "[adv] made a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I rarely made a comment on what someone was wearing ; we would sit in a park or café or at home discussing image , beauty , fashion and advertising , and skirt around the more obvious , immediate issues of how we both looked , how we were dressed . |
| 2 | With its free power glove , the figure below made a sign as of a leaping spider . |
| 3 | Tal suddenly made a noise like a tinny victory trumpet and took off , flying back up the road . |
| 4 | He obviously made a habit of this . |
| 5 | ‘ Do I get the impression I just made a boo-boo ? ’ |
| 6 | The thing with Minneapolis was that everyone was bored to tears , so we just made a scene . ’ |
| 7 | One thing you should remember : when he says , ‘ I just made a hole in one , ’ do n't say , ‘ I did n't see you . |
| 8 | He just made a crack about Maurice needing to sleep quiet in his bed . |
| 9 | ‘ In that case I think he just made a pass at your wife . ’ |
| 10 | When he heard about Marie 's accident he just made a joke . |
| 11 | The Independent Companies were therefore forced into a more passive role which nevertheless made a contribution to the main forces ' campaigns . |
| 12 | Pearce nevertheless made a point of visiting every single British Aerospace factory at one time or another during his seven years as chairman , some of them more than once . |
| 13 | The freshman soon made a name for himself in debates at the Union , which is the historic Cambridge debating society . |
| 14 | I was already friendly with Tate , and Eddie knew him through the shop , so we soon made a threesome and we kept together for nearly fifty years . ’ |
| 15 | John soon made a niche for himself in Palace 's defence , making his debut at home to Bristol Rovers ( 1–0 ) the day after his signature had been obtained , and scoring his first goal for us in the 8–2 FA Cup demolition of Harwich and Parkstone three weeks later . |
| 16 | I already made a note of that actually but |
| 17 | The growth of the middle classes as industrialization became , got under way , men , more men earned their money , so instead of having two classes , the working class and the upper class who spent their lives in leisure , in idleness , you got another class of people who had to earn their living , but who still made a lot of money . |
| 18 | Rincewind relaxed slightly , which was to say that he still made a violin string look like a bowl of jelly . |
| 19 | In one memorable outburst , he once made a plea for more money , claiming that professional footballers were little more than ‘ white slaves ’ . |
| 20 | His real problem , though , is with the film 's director , Alan Parker , who once made a thriller set against the American black civil rights struggle — with two white heroes . |
| 21 | After Jeffery 's death in November 1771 , Ainslie returned home and shortly thereafter made a map of Jedburgh and its environs . |
| 22 | Indeed , if they ever made a film version of Dido 's next book — about mating and motherhood — it would almost certainly carry an X-certificate . |
| 23 | He quickly made a name for himself when he reversed the works lorry into a workshop wall and was banned from driving the Company vehicles until after he could drive properly . |
| 24 | Now you did n't have to copy everything , but Uncle Jonathan was very meticulous and anything that there would be any debate on , or any discussion on , he always made a copy and it was my job to do this without smearing it . |
| 25 | A HAIRDRESSING lecturer yesterday made a plea for new customers for the college beauty salon . |
| 26 | A day after Britain and the Soviet Union cautioned against ‘ hasty steps ’ towards German reunification , Dr Kohl yesterday made a point of citing US support for the desire for German unity . |
| 27 | When we played this , we usually made a rule that the teams lined up alternating sexes . |
| 28 | I hardly made a bean from him in the last five . |
| 29 | QPR hardly made a chance and were given an even bigger mauling by boss Gerry Francis afterwards , who fumed : ‘ This is the first time we have conceded four since we were last here 15 months ago . |
| 30 | Practice had made perfect : she hardly made a sound . |