Example sentences of "[vb past] make a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I I think I must come back with the fact that I have n't denied we made made a mistake . |
| 2 | Once again this week you need to do the following in preparation for the " Grand Review " : review your weight loss record any reactions you experienced make a note of any foods you have discarded note the positive drinks or foods that you have discovered . |
| 3 | If I stopped making a noise , someone from the farm would soon be along to see what I was doing . ’ |
| 4 | Soapy was really unhappy now , but he stopped making a noise . |
| 5 | An alternative view might be that as the court considered whether the GMC had exercised its power in accordance with the Act it was in fact embarking on an exercise which involved making a finding of reasonableness ( or the lack of it ) in a fashion analogous to an application of the restraint of trade doctrine . |
| 6 | The operation involved making a hole at the back of the head , another hole in the tummy and re-routing the fluid from the brain down through a tube under the skin . |
| 7 | So , when an Ikhwan ( widely understood to be fronting for the Amiri secretary ) proposed to make a grant to a Tibbu , ‘ all Zuwaya ’ , including at least some Awlad Amira , protested . |
| 8 | But the gloom did n't lift , so she tried to make a triumph of running away , but even that had lost its glory . |
| 9 | Betjeman always loathed Lewis thereafter , though as they got older they both tried to make a bit of a joke about it . |
| 10 | I tried to make a bonfire with them on the lawn . |
| 11 | Culley tried to make a tune of it . |
| 12 | Really , I moved into a building site and tried to make a life while work was in progress ! |
| 13 | I mean if they really sort of tried to make a story out of it and they could n't , they contacted the council offices and everyone was on holiday or nobody 'd answer the phone or what normally happens at council offices , they 'd say ‘ Oh , well , sod this , ’ and they 'd go away and they 'd do the , you know , write it up in a really nasty way so |
| 14 | Some of us , some of us tried to make a plea and I hope we will try , still try to make a plea that there should be a significant Roman Catholic er , element within the membership of the World Council of Churches in the future . |
| 15 | But , once they had arrived in large numbers , they tried to make a reporter 's life as easy as possible , providing basic material about the country and the war , easy access to military experts and well-protected trips to watch the fighting . |
| 16 | Christianity tried to make a reconciliation with the father for the crime against him , but it ended by putting the son in place of the father . |
| 17 | In today 's attack one of the shot workmen was hit as he tried to make a run for it at Gortree Park where a major housing renovation scheme has been under way since before Christmas . |
| 18 | Someone tried to make a golf course in the water meadows ; another tried to run it as a pub , and put close-fitting carpets over the flags . |
| 19 | She tried to make a movement of resistance , but it only seemed to aid the passage of his touch . |
| 20 | I do n't get the impression that they tried to make a statement by getting more and more obscure . |
| 21 | Ernest and Rosie tried to make a start on the repairs , but by then she had discovered that she was pregnant , and Ernest would not let her do any work that might involve strenuous effort . |
| 22 | At first I tried to make a comparison between a large northern comprehensive school and a smaller London church school . |
| 23 | ‘ And Spacemen 3 tried to make a career out of it . ’ |
| 24 | He tried to make a connection between this and something he had heard , or read , about the illusion of the face in a looking-glass in that famous picture — by Goya was it , or Velasquez — some Spaniard , no — was Velasquez Spanish , was n't he making a mistake there , was n't he Italian ? |
| 25 | The prison chaplain came to me in my cell and tried to make a bargain with me . |
| 26 | It is almost certain that he would have had to take evasive action to miss Roddymoor 's houses and likely too that he tried to make a pond to douse the licking flames . |
| 27 | According to the defendants ' version of events , a women had approached Khmara for help , claiming that a man had attacked her ; Khmara and his companions then tried to make a citizen 's arrest on the man , unaware that he was a KGB officer . |
| 28 | On each occasion the Irishman tried to make a comeback , his back would break down . |
| 29 | He tried to make a set which could be taken on a motor bike . |
| 30 | First he threw down his training bib , then he tried to make a point to coaches Dino Zoff and Giancarlo Oddi . |