Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] made [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Words came into my ears and my fingers made the appropriate movements . |
| 2 | My great-uncle made a little belvedere there , with that view of the sea and the Eilean na Roin . |
| 3 | The majority opted for the visit and in my opinion made a good choice . |
| 4 | My stilettos made a clip-thunk noise along the black and white marbled hallway leading to the door . |
| 5 | My denials made no more headway than |
| 6 | ‘ My partner made the original booking , I know , under our company name , and I phoned yesterday to confirm the apartment . |
| 7 | It came about when my mother made a live appeal for a Land Rover on Sandra Chalmers ' ‘ phone-in ’ show . |
| 8 | My boyfriend made a big mistake . |
| 9 | The exceptionally strong team , which included Mick Fowler — with whom Saunders made the first ascent of the ravishing Golden Pillar of Spantik — Caradog Jones and Steve Sustad , had hoped for an ascent of the mountain 's South East Spur — a 9,000 foot mega-Walker Spur . |
| 10 | The gleaming £50,000 car and its driver made a glossy match . |
| 11 | On the evidence of the autumn action — and last summer 's Lions tour to which Scots made a huge contribution — Scotland can win the championship , especially as they play their ‘ difficult ’ games against France and England at Murrayfield . |
| 12 | Her mouth made a wry twist . |
| 13 | The stoicism with which the Masai endured the harsh circumstances of their lives made a deep impression on the British , and the opportunity to share that hard life and thus to display to some extent their own possession of this admirable quality was part of Masailand 's attraction for many Englishmen . |
| 14 | Sensibly , but with some sensitivity , her boss made the same points to Muriel as he had made in his reference , asking her at the same time if these conflicts had ever arisen out of the office with family friends or neighbours . |
| 15 | Years later her parents made a sworn statement testifying that the couple had met in July 1917 . |
| 16 | A reception was held at Handley Farm during which Nahum made an emotional speech , thanking everyone who had been so kind to him and Anna during their time among the ‘ gorgios ’ of Swinbrook . |
| 17 | Some historians have seen St Pirmin 's monastic foundations ( the most famous at Reichenau ) , by which Pirmin made an important contribution to the Christianization of the south-west German world in the first half of the eighth century , as an attack upon Boniface 's episcopal authority among the Germans , or at least as the creation of a counter-sphere of influence . |
| 18 | Their sunny main bedroom is the perfect home for older pieces of furniture , most of which have been handed down through the generations — Mary Jane 's mother made the tapestry fireguard and her great-grandmother made the beautiful bedspread |
| 19 | Her senses reeled as the softness of her curves made an incandescent fusion with his hard male strength , her mind registering shock at the heated intimacy of the contact . |
| 20 | If these fears were likely to prolong the discussions over its future , the socio-political context of its development made the whole affair even more complex . |
| 21 | Ernest fidgeted and looked about him , occasionally addressing remarks to his elder brother , which Victor made no noticeable attempt to answer . |
| 22 | But their supper made a wonderful breakfast . |
| 23 | Its use made the modern wooden aeroplane , and the Bermuda rig in yachts , practicable . |
| 24 | The combination of spiritual , cultural , and economic influence at its disposal made the Russian Church in some ways better placed than its Western counterparts to resist the ambitions of the newly centralized State . |
| 25 | Her grandmother made the illegitimate girl into a Cinderella : ‘ I was made to work in the house … a house slave . ’ |
| 26 | They flew just above the surface of the water and their wings made a loud wubbering noise like canvas flapping in the wind . |
| 27 | In 1895 the ‘ League of Struggle for the Emancipation of the Working Class ’ was set up in St Petersburg and its members made an important contribution to the major strikes of 1896 and 1897 . |
| 28 | Her hand made a tiny movement of finality . |
| 29 | Its bow-wave made a dark miraging ripple on the creamy blue surface of the sea , and that was all that remained of civilization when the boats had disappeared behind the western headland . |
| 30 | Svetlana and her mother made a genuine impression on me because they were the first woman and child to arrive here from Poland . |