Example sentences of "[conj] he make a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Winston Churchill , relieved of his responsibilities , travelled to the United States of America , in March 1945 , where he made a speech in which he made a statement that was to prove profoundly true . |
| 2 | Although he made a meal of applying the finish , the ball eventually finished in the net . |
| 3 | After three years of wrangling , the matter was dropped , though Miller does in the eighth edition of the Dictionary admit that he made a mistake in former publications . |
| 4 | For my part I prefer to imagine that he made a mistake . |
| 5 | He accompanied this with a rude gesture — some say it was a noise , others that he stuck out his tongue , or even that he made a sign with his forearm . |
| 6 | ‘ I suppose we just took it that he would , and were n't surprised that he made a pretence of being unconcerned and going his own way about it . |
| 7 | David Blunkett , shadow health secretary , said that he made a speech three weeks ago with very good evidence behind him that the Government was going to engage in redefinition of ‘ nursing care ’ once a patient 's surgery had been completed . |
| 8 | The redoubtable Joseph Parker made four visits although it was not until 1887 that he made a lecture tour which was not a success due to ill health and financial disagreements . |
| 9 | He told me that he made a point of seeing one pantomime a year . |
| 10 | A letter appeared in the Independent pointing out that he made a number of grammatical errors . |
| 11 | Map adds that he made a note of this observation " for it was merrily said , and truly " . |
| 12 | This sort of reading is only for the dedicated follower of the history of taste , though any reader particularly interested in a picture may find within a single catalogue entry an acutely discriminating judgement or interesting facts ; for example , Tietze 's entry also points out that Manet so much admired the Tintoretto self-portrait that he made a copy of it . |
| 13 | They proposed to my father that he make a list of all our properties in Palestine so that they could buy them . |
| 14 | Some of you will remember that he makes a distinction between what he calls and I quote , ‘ A dead thing . |
| 15 | His objective was to create an atmosphere of quiet and intimacy , so he made a garden , then a cloister and a shrine . |
| 16 | Then God wanted to have fish in the waters , so He made a mother fish to lay eggs in the water and a father fish to swim about over the eggs and take care of them … |
| 17 | He did locate the apple orchard from which Liebermann had composed a large picture , and he made a sketch of it . |
| 18 | And he made a noise as if he were splitting wood , and I was astonished that he did not dislocate his shoulder , and the vigour of his arm terrified me … |
| 19 | Oh they 're okay erm just one thing , erm I went to the dentist up over there in Street , and he made a mess of filling two teeth . |
| 20 | Anyway , he was no good with needles , and he made a mess of his veins . |
| 21 | The hair of his bush floated and he made a swell in the water with his hand to make it ride up and down like seaweed over waves . |
| 22 | They challenged him and he made a run for it . |
| 23 | Henry and he made a treaty of alliance , agreeing that Richard should be betrothed to one of the Count 's daughters and that , when married , they should be granted the duchy of Aquitaine . |
| 24 | ‘ Sit down , ’ Harvey said , and he made a flick of the finger and said , ‘ Mr Dempsey from Eire , and my name 's Newbegin . |
| 25 | I was crying outright now , and he made a move towards me which I sensed in the darkness , but I lashed out with my hand and knocked his arm down , and cried , " Leave me alone , that 's what you want to do ! " |
| 26 | I shone my torch at him and he made a face like he had just chewed a lemon : ‘ I 'm going to have to pull from higher up — I guess it 's the knot . ’ |
| 27 | The offworlder shrugged , and he made a face . |
| 28 | Charles no longer bothered to hide his disappointment , but his salute was impeccable and he made a lot of noise with his about turn and exit . |
| 29 | I do know that he outlived Great-Aunt Jane and he made a lot of trouble by claiming items of property to which he had no right . |
| 30 | He has now become a passionate enthusiast for the Clarke reforms , and he made a speech of spectacular sycophancy in support of the health service bill on Monday . |