Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] make a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Yet somehow Edward must be appeased , so I sought to make a virtue of my ignorance , asking questions that would allow him to air his greater experience . |
2 | I tried to make a bonfire with them on the lawn . |
3 | I tried to make a joke out of it . |
4 | I tried to make a joke out of it . |
5 | At first I tried to make a comparison between a large northern comprehensive school and a smaller London church school . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | ‘ I stopped to make a phone call , and I thought I 'd better drop off some clothes at the dry-cleaner 's . ’ |
8 | If I stopped making a noise , someone from the farm would soon be along to see what I was doing . ’ |
9 | I was proving to the convenor that I 'd made a mark opposite that deliverance on which to call you . |
10 | I asked why should I bother to do that when presumably if I had set the trap I would expect Harry 's car still to be there after the races , and he just wrote down my answer as if I 'd made a confession . ’ |
11 | Besides , despite the fact that I 'd got a good grade for my speech , I thought I 'd made a bit of a mess of it and was just relieved it was all over . |
12 | Also , before I did that I 'd made a hoax call saying that Boots ’ chemist was on fire . |
13 | I realised I 'd made a mistake as soon as he tightened his arms around my neck . |
14 | ‘ I began to wonder whether I 'd made a mistake over the arrangement . |
15 | And even if I 'd made a mistake I 'd be honest enough to admit it . |
16 | For a wild moment I thought I 'd made a mistake , had put it elsewhere , but that was nonsense of course . |
17 | I do n't like being proved wrong , and there was no way I was ever going to admit I 'd made a mistake . |
18 | But erm but I thought I 'd made a mistake somewhere . |
19 | I 'd made a commitment to the Branch Secretaries and to the Representatives that there will be a full Representatives Conference of which those proposals will be debated and discussed . |
20 | I 'd made a joke of it . |
21 | So , with this weird combination of reluctance and eagerness , I confessed to her that I 'd made a copy of my cock and a cock tracing and that I 'd put them in her in-box late one night and then thought better of it . |
22 | You do n't really think I risked making a fool of myself for a quick thank-you and a handshake , do you ? ’ |
23 | I began to make a list . |
24 | I decided to make a development of a circular pedestal table that we made for a client last year . |
25 | Being a cautious kind of chap , I decided to make a phone call before reaching before reaching for my cheque book . |
26 | ‘ I decided to make a go of it , ’ she says |
27 | At five to eight , the deadline , I decided to make a run for it , and was within sight of the doors when , without any warning at all , my stomach muscles suddenly began to roll up like a shop blind and I was violently and horribly sick . |
28 | After that , I decided to make a cut for each day . |
29 | But , a few months later , when the second floor of the Artists International Association ( AIA ) building was vacant , I decided to make a start with a gallery even though there was only 18 months of the lease to run . |
30 | I offered to make a sculpture which related to the Holocaust but which had elements of hope in it that such an event should never happen again . |