Example sentences of "[was/were] make a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they were the firm that were make a tunnel up the hill . |
| 2 | Last year you were made a life peer as Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn . |
| 3 | A council spokesman said : ‘ The payments were made a day late . |
| 4 | The ICA felt there was merit in the keeping of a central record , and thought that , if it were made a requirement , it could be part of the responsibility of the reporting accountant to confirm its existence . |
| 5 | The next stage was a matter of taking ‘ the main decisions ’ , particularly in respect of land-use zones , the amount and distribution of accommodation and the main street layout ; a hierarchical road system and tightly drawn ring roads were made a feature in the generalized depiction of city-centre plan ( actually it was the reverse image of the town centre of Leicester ) . |
| 6 | People living near the site say that during last years festival their lives were made a misery . |
| 7 | Good public relations were made a priority , so that the atmosphere surrounding the team was always cordial , which obviously had a beneficial effect on the players . |
| 8 | At local level the responsibilities for the prevention , care and after-care , set out in the 1946 NHS Act , were emphasized , and shortly after the Act was passed they were made a duty . |
| 9 | That they were n't having to give me a testimonial , which I would be entitled to soon , and were making a profit on my sale . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ And I did n't mean to imply you were making a song and dance . |
| 11 | It turned out to be one of The Goodies , who were making a comedy programme for their series in the area . |
| 12 | He believed that our problem was one that faces many great enterprises today and he believed that by helping us , who are seen and heard in so many places , he and his bank were making a contribution to our cultural life . |
| 13 | A parttime member of the UDR who was the son of a representative on the UUAC was killed when a bomb exploded at a petrol filling station where he and his wife were making a purchase and , in a further incident , a bus driver was shot dead at the wheel of his vehicle . |
| 14 | For instance , we were making a film about how well a particular local authority was doing and we were planning to shoot the thundering morning turn-out of dozens of heavy cleaning trucks at five o'clock in the morning . |
| 15 | The Frenchmen claimed they were making a film for tunnel owner Eurotunnel but were detained after crossing into the British sector . |
| 16 | The Church of Scotland audio-visual team filmed an interview with me about our methods , and too late I realised they were making a film about ‘ groups ’ , whereas I maintain that it is because we are not a group that we succeed . |
| 17 | ‘ I did n't know they were making a tortoise , did I ? |
| 18 | A group of children were making a road with blocks . |
| 19 | But they were making a tally , they got little things , you know , like . |
| 20 | The sheep were making a racket , more than usual . |
| 21 | As we prepared to get off , our fellow passengers tried to tell us we were making a mistake . |
| 22 | He wondered if he were making a mistake . |
| 23 | They were making a couple of days ago , but I think they 've got used to their new home . |
| 24 | They were making a bundle of money these days , one way or another . |
| 25 | They were making a decision at the end of March . |
| 26 | Drunks were making a din on the stairs and a sculptor was tearing up a collection of Kisling 's drawings and throwing them down on to the head of the concierge . |
| 27 | Now , in 1922 , some of the same rich peasants were making a reappearance together with newly prosperous ones . |
| 28 | People were making a lot of money out of Dr Martens clothing before it existed . |
| 29 | Oh they were kicking up an awful fuss and I thought to myself now a cat 's tearing one to pieces , that 's the way it , what it sounded like , or two and they were , I could n't see quite out of the window but they were making a fuss on the wall by Diane 's |
| 30 | So we were really answerable to the Ipswich Borough Council , rather than to private enterprise which some people really wanted to sell us off as being a , you know , a weight round their necks because if we did n't make a lot of money after the war , the accounts would show that we were making a deficiency every year and erm , well there was no way that you could recoup it because our routes were n't really long enough to charge lots of fares erm , maybe tuppence was the town centre to the extreme termini |