Example sentences of "[pron] he made [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I have read his speech in this House , in which he made most of those points , and some of his contributions in the Water Bill Committee , in which he made other points which have been well answered by my Hon. Friend the Minister of State .
2 Waller 's research interests started in the emerging field of electro-physiology , in which he made useful contributions to the study of fatigue in muscle and the nature of cardiac potentials .
3 Miller won 41 per cent of the total vote , a proportion which reflected the skill with which he conducted a campaign in which he made good use of the experience gained during his 16 years as lieutenant-governor .
4 In 1950 Hoffnung began a career as a broadcaster , during the course of which he made many appearances on the radio as both raconteur and panel member .
5 From his vantage point in Worcester House he became involved in the speculative buying of soldiers ' bills , with which he made fifteen purchases of Crown land , mostly on behalf of other men .
6 Wyatt 's subsequent work was primarily as a country-house architect and ‘ improver ’ , although he competed unsuccessfully for a number of major public commissions and in 1816 published a Prospectus of a Design for Various Improvements in the Metropolis , in which he made radical proposals for replanning the West End .
7 Jack Smith remembers one lecture Minton gave during which he made riveting use of a hip flask , saying ‘ Excuse me one minute ’ as he drank from it .
8 Back in Ireland he continued with his duties at the Society for which he made mineralogical tours of Galway and Mayo ( 1825 ) , Donegal ( 1826 ) , Antrim , Down , and Londonderry ( 1828 ) , and Londonderry and Tyrone ( 1829 ) .
9 George helped the Palace to gain promotion from Division Four in his first season at Selhurst Park , during which he made full appearances for us , and he continued as a first-team regular under Dick Graham , to become one of only two men to appear in both the 1961 and 1964 promotion sides .
10 Cameron first worked for Catherine at the palace of Tsarskoe Selo , to which he made several additions over a period of fifteen years , notably the Agate Pavilion and the Cameron Gallery , an elegant building based on the neo-classical style developed in England by Robert Adam , about which Cameron had probably learned from Clérisseau .
11 If you ask me he made bloody enquiry while he were here !
12 His will ( 3 October 1425 ) is an attractive snapshot of an old man at peace in a little world of cathedral , household , and staff , for all of whom he made careful provision in a modest , surprisingly austere account .
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