Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] made [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once I 'd made that decision nothing was going to stop me . |
| 2 | ‘ I wish I 'd made that point to the Committee . ’ |
| 3 | I 'd made some plans for Rainbow 's next tte — tte , scripted some frank revelations , an impassioned plea … |
| 4 | I 'd made some mistakes and as far as he was concerned the pottery could have been another . |
| 5 | 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 ! |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I thought I had made that plain . ’ |
| 8 | In 1851 Common claimed that imported McCormick machines he saw were ‘ exactly like the one I had made 40 years before ’ . |
| 9 | It was the first time I had made this mistake , but Bamba immediately turned and ran back to us . |
| 10 | In that time I had made some friends , gained much self-confidence , and finally lost my hatred of the Reeds . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | In fact , nobody had made paved roads in Britain since the Romans left our shores . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He stood , in Tolkien 's view , for all that was good in the Dark Ages — for the heroic awareness of heroic fallibility which Tolkien thought he could detect in Beowulf and in Maldon , for the spark of virtue which had made Anglo-Saxon England ripe for conversion ( a process carried out without a single martyrdom ) . |
| 15 | Her willingness to talk verged on a compelling need and after all his previous attempts to gain her confidence , which had made little headway , he knew he must not let such an opportunity pass him by . |
| 16 | Under the privatisation proposal it was offering almost £14million for the rest of PPFE , which had made little progress since the Hong Kong flotation . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He mentioned oil , chemicals , engineering and electrical engineering , all of which had made solid progress . |
| 19 | It was Britain which had made sure finance ministers would be at the summit so the recovery talks can go ahead , he said . |
| 20 | Speaking at SE 's headquarters in Glasgow , he said the new estimate compared with about £28 million earned in 1992 by Scots companies which had made initial ventures into the emerging markets , helped by SE 's energy group and Scottish Trade International . |
| 21 | It draws on data collected during 1992 from three contrasting health districts , all of which had made considerable progress in care programming . |
| 22 | On the heathland of north-west Norfolk many poor men of no military value were ignored until taxed on wages in the subsidy ; above the £1-level people there resembled those who lived farther to the east , except that the outstanding men were great landowners and yeomen , in contrast to the north-eastern district , where peasants were firmly entrenched , usually taking the initiative over enclosure , which had made more progress there . |
| 23 | But it seemed to me you 'd made certain assumptions … ’ |
| 24 | I 've got a handout for this one , What would you and your family have to give up in retirement if you 'd made inadequate provision ? |
| 25 | You would have the right only if you 'd made good use of your experience of life . ’ |
| 26 | We 'd just feel happier if we 'd thought you 'd made some provisions for the future . ’ |
| 27 | She got a lodger and she , the lodger said she 'd made five phone calls . |
| 28 | Just because she 'd made one mistake … |
| 29 | His words went straight to her heart , and she remembered the private wish she 'd made that day , that Nicolo would tell her he loved her . |
| 30 | Only a few hours later and Fabia was wishing with all she had that she had touched wood when she 'd made that statement . |