Example sentences of "[vb past] make [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daniel Becker , director of the global warming programme of the US environmental group , the Sierra Club , declared that : " The United States helped make this conference a failure . |
| 2 | Three of the schools visited made regular use of a video recording of The Machine Gunners as a basis for a further topic work . |
| 3 | It stopped making low-density polyethylene , a basic petro-chemical characterised by massive international over-capacity , a decade ago . |
| 4 | Sometimes I caught the Feldwebel looking wistfully out of the window at a dilapidated horse and cart or an old man on a bicycle but he controlled himself and tried to make polite conversation . |
| 5 | There were n't many people sitting near us , so I tried to make polite conversation , but he was n't having any . |
| 6 | We tried to make each area a village with its own identity , a village hall and community , ’ she said . |
| 7 | He tried to make small talk but got no replies . |
| 8 | Faced by an enemy triumphant on their own territory , the French parties tried to make common cause . |
| 9 | Madame then settled back in her seat and fell into a deep sleep for the rest of the journey , full of good food and wine , and liqueurs , while Ellie stared back out of the window and tried to make some sense of all that had just been said , and all that had just happened . |
| 10 | But , leaving that aside for a moment , he tried to make some sense of Steen 's behaviour . |
| 11 | Every time he tried to make any kind of serious statement or speech for years thereafter , people came back to the plants . |
| 12 | He had seized the opportunity while they dined to make another copy of a revolutionary tract calling for an end to French rule . |
| 13 | THERE ARE SO many people who helped to make this time special that I am sorry not to be able to mention them all by name . |
| 14 | Just because she 'd made one mistake … |
| 15 | I mean obviously once she 's been through the learning process herself , so Doug came away feeling quite pleased that he 'd made that contact and he also sort of made one or two , he , he had one or two wise observations I think about the evening , he made one or two new contacts himself and the suggestion and things , he spoke very well about it , at our committee on our last meeting last week |
| 16 | Once I 'd made that decision nothing was going to stop me . |
| 17 | His words went straight to her heart , and she remembered the private wish she 'd made that day , that Nicolo would tell her he loved her . |
| 18 | ‘ I wish I 'd made that point to the Committee . ’ |
| 19 | Only a few hours later and Fabia was wishing with all she had that she had touched wood when she 'd made that statement . |
| 20 | She got a lodger and she , the lodger said she 'd made five phone calls . |
| 21 | I 've got a handout for this one , What would you and your family have to give up in retirement if you 'd made inadequate provision ? |
| 22 | You would have the right only if you 'd made good use of your experience of life . ’ |
| 23 | All the reading and yet she was n't even sure she 'd made any progress . |
| 24 | He 'd thrown rocks at windows of offices and works they 'd sacked him from , he 'd defaced buildings , scratched officials ' cars and mutilated bonnet mascots ( though that was largely for his own safety ) and he 'd made bomb-hoax telephone calls . |
| 25 | After 6 months of specialist treatment here at the National Spinal Injuries Unit , doctors said they 'd made miraculous progress . |
| 26 | Detectives leading the hunt for Mrs Campbell 's killers said today they 'd made vital progress . |
| 27 | Detectives leading the hunt for Mrs Campbell 's killers said today they 'd made vital progress . |
| 28 | Every upward inch was fought for — I pressed , kicked and squirmed to make upward progress . |
| 29 | But the fact that no one seemed to know where Wimbledon Parish Church was , that no one in Maple Drive had seen the vicar , even at Christmas or Easter , seemed to make little difference . |
| 30 | Ten minutes seemed to make little difference , with the jerry-cans still discernible on the roof-rack . |