Example sentences of "[vb past] made [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | But it seemed to me you 'd made certain assumptions … ’ |
2 | He 'd made major strides in establishing the kind of company he wanted , which was n't the kind of company David wanted , and I think David saw that when he got to New York . |
3 | ‘ But whenever we left him in his cot and then went back to him , we 'd notice that he 'd made terrible scratches on his face with his fingernails and he would rip the backs of his legs with his toes . |
4 | I 'd made some plans for Rainbow 's next tte — tte , scripted some frank revelations , an impassioned plea … |
5 | We 'd just feel happier if we 'd thought you 'd made some provisions for the future . ’ |
6 | I 'd made some mistakes and as far as he was concerned the pottery could have been another . |
7 | Erm , so Jan had these butties , she said oh I made them lovingly last night , tuna , mayonnaise and onion and er she said trust Viv to ring today like when I 'd made these butties ! |
8 | Well and they 'd made little buns . |
9 | Other regimes had made tentative steps towards amelioration ; what distinguished the Emperor 's plan from the preceding ones was its all-over view of the problem — urbanization based on urban planning . |
10 | Paisley and I issued a joint statement spelling out that the authorities had made inaccurate claims about the shooting and referred to the information in the forensic report . |
11 | The Special Task Force had made 102 arrests in the city . |
12 | The government had made serious proposals during 1988 about reforming the graduate assignment system because of its glaring inefficiencies . |
13 | Certainly the boards we studied in more depth had made serious efforts to understand their duties and responsibilities . |
14 | The Authority was less successful in its attempt to ensure that disciplinary proceedings were brought against a detective superintendent , whose early retirement from the Metropolitan Police in 1989 meant that he avoided questions about his links with drug smuggling and criminal gangs , queries that had arisen after a World in Action television programme which had made serious allegations about corruption in the London police . |
15 | The squatters had made four bedrooms out of it , keeping the kitchen at the back , and a pretty basic bathroom tacked on to that , as communal areas . |
16 | Seve , who had made four trips to the course during its construction , completed the tough par-73 course in 75 but announced himself satisfied with the lay-out . |
17 | In his letter Prawiro said that Indonesia had made great efforts to forge a relationship with the Netherlands after " an exceedingly painful historical past resulting from centuries of inhuman colonial subjugation " . |
18 | Despite the market uncertainties and many other problems there were a number who had made great strides and it seemed that many would succeed . |
19 | Magnus , said Pinchbeck , had made great strides under his predecessor , Rick Haythornthwaite , developing the asset management system which has resulted in greater teamwork and enhanced empowerment of the individual . |
20 | David had made great friends with them because they would come into his apartment at night and he would sing them songs and things . |
21 | The industry 's many critics had made great demands and threatened many a crisis but they had not halted the growth of the movies as mass entertainment . |
22 | While I was in the Gulf , one of our teachers vanished temporarily after a call to a colleague in which he had made disparaging remarks about members of the local royal family . |
23 | He had made various bids at drawing her out , to no avail ; now he felt in sympathetic collusion — thus had he survived his own schooldays . |
24 | These results were backed by solid gains at local elections and it became clear that the Nationalists had made substantial inroads into the Labour vote , at any rate between general elections . |
25 | During the last working session of the UNCLOS , arrangements were made to give guaranteed access to those countries and companies which had made substantial investments in deep-seabed mining in the past . |
26 | Her parents had had the sense to realise how unhappy she was , and had made alternative arrangements . |
27 | The previous day the United States had suspended US$94,900,000 in aid , alleging that Peru had made insufficient efforts to control drug trafficking . |
28 | The determination or disposal is treated as a transfer of value by the beneficiary and the rate of tax payable is arrived at by reference to the total of it and any previous chargeable transfers by him unless the determination or disposal took place before 10/12/74 when , in implement of the undertaking in the White Paper ( Cmnd 5705 ) that in these circumstances any tax chargeable would be no greater than that which would be due if the trust were an individual who had made chargeable gifts equal to the capital becoming chargeable , the rate is arrived at by reference solely to the total of the determinations or disposals which have taken place in the trust since 25/3/74 , if by so doing the amount of tax payable would be reduced . |
29 | An FPÖ federal deputy , Helmut Weiss , was in October 1989 forbidden by the FPÖ chair , Haider , to take up his seat in the Nationalrat and was also obliged to give up his seat in the Bundesrat , after he had made controversial statements about the Nazi era . |
30 | Gen. Lebed had made controversial statements in July on the role of Russia 's armed forces outside the Russian Federation [ see p. 39019 ] . |