Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was given an ancient , unreliable car and in this he made long journeys and addressed crowded meetings . |
| 2 | As dean of Winchester he was an active servant of James I. Between 1616 and 1621 he made repeated visits to Scotland on royal business , accompanying the king in 1617 , and attending the general assembly in Perth ( 1618 ) in support of the king 's ‘ Five Articles ’ of ceremonial reform . |
| 3 | When planted in threes or fives they make good clumps to grow and flower above other plantings . |
| 4 | From 1920 he made regular appearances on Broadway and on tour in America , finally achieving fame in 1921 as the temple priest in The Green Goddess with George Arliss [ q.v . ] . |
| 5 | When we feel guilty we make other people feel that way as a denial of our own sense of pain . |
| 6 | At five-thirty they made gentle love ; then Felicity ran a bath . |
| 7 | In 1992 it made pre-tax profits of £4.6m on sales of £80m . |
| 8 | It is important , however , that we keep accurate records , though it is not so important we make rigid rules that can preclude the recording of a well-authenticated fish simply because a rule was not strictly adhered to . |
| 9 | Handsome new Dr Robert Khalefa is so arrogant he makes fatal errors . |
| 10 | The invention of printing , a key technical stage in the technology of distribution , had remarkable early effects in that it made technical distribution much easier but in conditions of relatively unaltered social distribution . |
| 11 | However , I 'm not sure it had much choice in the matter , given that it made great efforts in the 70s and 80s to change its image from an ineffective amateur body into a responsible and professional organisation . |
| 12 | In particular they made great progress in their attempts to put electromagnetism and the weak nuclear force together within the same theoretical framework . |
| 13 | In Edward III 's wars in Scotland in the 1330s he made great use of hobelars and mounted archers who were paid more and required more expensive equipment than foot soldiers . |
| 14 | The answer is Yes , but it would have taken much longer and with the Government 's 1994 Review so imminent it made good sense to push on with the change process . |
| 15 | Kamara had no great love for Scottish strikers ; in April 1988 he made legal history as the first English League player to be fined in court for an on-pitch assault . |