Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] make [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They asked me to make sure that you are well . |
| 2 | Betty 's letter said , ‘ Last year , as he was going to take part in the World Championship in Canada , he asked me to make some gold socks to match his waistcoat . |
| 3 | Dad kissed me on the forehead and asked me to make another pot of tea and he sat down in his chair and smoked a quiet pipe of tobacco looking happier than he had for days . |
| 4 | His sleeves were rolled up — which was what led me to make such an assumption — but really it was his hair that set the tone . |
| 5 | They 'd got ta be secure as you could imagine and er not easily picked , if you follow what I mean and er yes , made I made four locks for Lord 's cricket ground . |
| 6 | The Acrylix brushes helped me to make broad , glazing strokes , slowly building up a depth of colour . |
| 7 | Thus , in Dorchester Finance Company Ltd v Stebbing , two non-executive directors were held to have been negligent in equipping an executive director with signed blank cheques who used them to make unrecoverable loans . |
| 8 | The TV series was cancelled , and Adams found himself making ridiculous Japanese B-films like Frankenstein Conquers the World and awful Godzilla monster movies . |
| 9 | He found himself making imploring promises to God then retreated into hating himself and Maxim of course . |
| 10 | Agrippa claimed he used it to make sure wine was free of poison , though I do n't think it was possible for Agrippa to die . |
| 11 | ‘ It helped us make some critical decisions about the drilling and completion of the well , ’ he says . |
| 12 | While they ate he made polite conversation , avoiding with care any of the deeper , more important issues that needed to be talked about and resolved . |
| 13 | But as European and Japanese business turned their attention to the US market their relatively low wage costs allowed them to make substantial inroads . |
| 14 | Theorists can now solve the problems of solid-state physics in terms of the local structure , whereas previously they could deal only with materials where the complete structure was periodic and crystalline symmetry allowed them to make colossal simplifications . |
| 15 | I felt that she may have either directly or indirectly encouraged him to make this decision for several reasons : she was suffering ; she knew that he was n't going to leave the hospital and she accepted that ; and she did n't like seeing him talk himself into more suffering for him and for her ; and I do n't think there 's any question that in some sense she must have gotten this across to him that he ought to give up much more than anyone else . |
| 16 | ROCK drummer Mitch Mitchell won substantial libel damages in the High Court yesterday after a book claimed he made racist comments to Jimi Hendrix when he played in his band , the Experience . |
| 17 | Moreover , histopathological examination of fundic argyrophil cell growth allowed us to make several observations . |
| 18 | In the years that followed I made many flights with those ‘ intrepid bush pilots ’ and watched the development of aviation in Canada . |
| 19 | Wakelate left the room , and Cleo heard him making gruff remarks through the privy door on the landing outside . |
| 20 | She heard him making little noises with his lips and tongue as if preparing to speak . |
| 21 | He taught her to make easy corn dollies . |
| 22 | While the Maryland charter gave the Calverts the same executive authority as the Bishops of Durham held on the Scottish border , it required them to make sure that the colonists had approved the laws of their colony before they came into effect ; it may have been realized from earlier experience that an assembly was needed , or there may have been some feeling that a Catholic colony would have special problems . |
| 23 | Frank Grimwood sat down , watched her making big business of cleaning her spectacles . |
| 24 | Indeed one 's own reason for looking to this community was presumably that , as a Christian , one needed oneself to make some reference to Christ . |
| 25 | As they rode they made gruff , barking sounds ; not war cries , just encouragement to their horses . |
| 26 | In cross-examination Mr. Williams , according to the judge 's note , said : ‘ I asked him to make certain she would be agreeable in principle . ’ |
| 27 | Most papers did not mind , however , for the government restrictions kept their paper and printing costs low and enabled them to make good profits from the big demand for advertising space . |
| 28 | When the water boiled she made more tea in the silver pot , refilled the milk jug , found clean cups and a plateful of almond biscuits , and carried the tray back to the terrace . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm looking at it all very positively , ’ she says , ‘ because auditing is n't for me anyway — and the partners knew that , which is how they chose who to make redundant . |
| 30 | ‘ I thought you made some pretty good points . |