Example sentences of "[vb past] make two [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ On reporting , ’ he recalled , ‘ I was given a piece of steel ( distorted ) , a hacksaw , a file and a square and told to make two sides square , which I quickly did . ’ |
| 2 | But she did make two purchases from the hat and the dress departments with the money which J. D. O'Conner had given her for the two articles which she had written for him . |
| 3 | Superficially , the rich countries appeared to make two concessions to the UNCTAD complaint of inequality in international trade . |
| 4 | So Waqar , with this old , old ball , under cloud cover , had taken 5 for 13 in 38 balls , and with Munton pad-batting Mushtaq , England 's last six batsmen had made two runs between them , and the last eight wickets had dropped for a mere 28 runs . |
| 5 | Prior to their purchase of the building , the owner of the adjoining mill house had made two attempts to obtain permission from the local authority to change the use of the mill from industrial premises into a dwelling , but it was only with the current owners ' application of 1977 that planning permission for this change was granted . |
| 6 | The assassin had made two attempts upon her life . |
| 7 | They had made two attempts to bomb United States military trains in Lower Saxony in 1987 and 1988 . |
| 8 | The court heard Demeke had made two demands : that the plane fly to New York and that he receive political asylum in the United States . |
| 9 | The Inspectorate had made two prosecutions since April this year , and has another 10 prosecutions " in the pipeline " , the report claimed . |
| 10 | Pumpido had to make two saves while neither of the Italians need have been there at all . |
| 11 | Sorry , I wanted to make two points , I think there 's a big difference between foresters like yourself and the people who 're actually out there logging , and you know , I have no doubt about the work you do at the Oxford Forestry Institute , and several of your tutors and lecturers have been to talk to us , and Friends of the Earth certainly is calling for sustainable management forestry . |