Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The cause of children 's bookselling can only be advanced by everyone involved making worthwhile sums of money which justify the resources allocated . |
2 | ‘ I was in charge of ‘ Fluon ’ for a couple of years and I failed to make any impact whatsoever on that particular problem . |
3 | I planned to make one chair as a trial piece , and , if it looked right , to do a real run of six , using the trial pieces as ‘ templates ’ . |
4 | There were n't many people sitting near us , so I tried to make polite conversation , but he was n't having any . |
5 | I tried to make some enquiries . ’ |
6 | I learnt to make new clothes for myself from the skins of dead animals . |
7 | Once I 'd made that decision nothing was going to stop me . |
8 | ‘ I wish I 'd made that point to the Committee . ’ |
9 | I 'd made some plans for Rainbow 's next tte — tte , scripted some frank revelations , an impassioned plea … |
10 | I 'd made some mistakes and as far as he was concerned the pottery could have been another . |
11 | 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 ! |
12 | ‘ I hated making that film . |
13 | Whether the ground actually became firmer or whether I was spurred on by fear I do not know , but I began to make better progress . |
14 | This time the press and the media were there and I declined to make any comment on the negotiations . |
15 | So I started making some calls of my own . |
16 | I felt a lot of anger , but there was nothing I could do with it ; then it faded , until I started making some connections with feminism at the beginning of the seventies . |
17 | I started to make little demands of Shagbadly . |
18 | I struggled to make some sense of this new and appalling complication . |
19 | I felt very sorry for her by now and for want of knowing how to express my sympathy I offered to make another pot of tea . |
20 | when I went to make some jam tarts . |
21 | I left them together while I went to make some coffee , and when I came back into the room , Shanti was saying , ‘ Patsy , where do I get my big feet from ? |
22 | When I was chided by someone for seeming oblivious of ‘ the magnitude of the accounting operation ’ I said that it was because of my consciousness of the magnitude of all other operations that I dared to make these demands of Mr Whalley , who perfectly understands in any case . |
23 | I did n't do so , but I did make another suggestion . |
24 | Anyway , all I can say is , I did make some notes somewhere , I think I put them in my pocket , or maybe ( silence ) . |
25 | I was the prime suspect this time because of the Golden Syrup job , and although I knew she did n't have any proof , nothing I said made any difference . |
26 | I thought I had made that plain . ’ |
27 | In 1851 Common claimed that imported McCormick machines he saw were ‘ exactly like the one I had made 40 years before ’ . |
28 | It was the first time I had made this mistake , but Bamba immediately turned and ran back to us . |
29 | In that time I had made some friends , gained much self-confidence , and finally lost my hatred of the Reeds . |
30 | In the year which ended with my twenty-first birthday , I had made twenty-nine parachute jumps , been arrested , spent a month on bail , been in hospital twice , stabbed in the face once , and spent over two thirds of my days with the Territorials . |