Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] made [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was enfeebling , it had killed off his efforts at meditation , and there was something almost sinful in allowing his imagination to feast on these buried years when he considered the present turmoil and growing anarchy engulfing the city that had made him one of its own . |
| 2 | In 1964 , he moved to Trinidad to become Dean of Students , which was a promotion , at the UWI campus there , continuing the work he had begun in Kingston by stressing to the students the importance of discipline , physical fitness , responsibility and such like — in other words , all the values that had made him such a successful captain . |
| 3 | It was n't congenital stupidity that had made him susceptible to human jurisdiction , it was anguish . |
| 4 | Sydney said that he was very pleased that someone should want to take the time , money and effort to operate a Great War aerodrome and expressed his thanks to Torquil , Vic and all that had made it possible … |
| 5 | He had expressed so often the depth of his love and had made it clear to me that I had given meaning to his life . |
| 6 | However he welcomed the manner in which the new law had resolved the " most serious " objections which had led him to veto the 1990 version , and had made it clear that US government " requests " to third countries or private citizens for help in covert actions did not need to be reported to Congress . |
| 7 | The Times of June 8 reported that following the riots the government had granted Belgian nationality to 40,000 immigrants , most of whom came from north Africa , and had made it easier for those born in Belgium of foreign parents to gain citizenship . |
| 8 | In July 1991 Israel had lifted the sanctions it had adopted against South Africa in 1987 , but had made it clear that new military contracts would remain formally embargoed . |