Example sentences of "[conj] he make [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He was later Head of the Unemployment Benefit Service , which he managed with great skill , and where he made many friends .
2 Yvonete , who works in the nearby cigarette factory , takes us to her husband 's workshop , where he makes wooden effigies of the Christ of Rio for sale to tourists .
3 Although I have fundamental disagreements with the Minister on many issues , I acknowledge that he made many concessions to the logical arguments of hon. Members from the three Opposition parties involved .
4 Of course it 's possible that he made other calls not in the line of business . ’
5 I am satisfied that the deceased encouraged the plaintiff in the belief that all the property he possessed at the date of his death would pass to her , and I do not consider that the fact that he made certain gifts during his lifetime , and indicated a wish to make others , including the gift of a legacy to the plaintiff 's son is inconsistent with such a belief .
6 Point of order , point of order , can Mr give any written evidence that the leader or Thamesdown Borough Council , in a meeting with him as leader of the Labour group on this council , that he made that statement ?
7 It is , however , certain that Molla Fenari was in Karaman at a date much later than Bayezid I 's reign , as will be shown ; and as there is no evidence to suggest a journey before 800/1397 or to support the possibility that he made two journeys to Karaman , it seems justifiable to treat the Taskopruzade story with some caution .
8 He said : ‘ He has fudged and shaded , and tried to get away from the fact that he made specific statements and those statements were wrong .
9 He was well aware that he made young men look badly dressed and ill-mannered .
10 The barons complained that Henry III had arbitrarily re-afforested woods and lands which had been put out of the forest by the perambulations of 1225 ; that he claimed the wardship of heirs to assarts made within the forest , to the detriment of the overlords in whose lands such assarts had been made ; and that he made frequent grants of the right of free warren in disafforested areas , thereby restricting the free rights of hunting which ought to have been enjoyed by landowners in such districts .
11 It is unlikely that he made much money , but he had an activity and his shop was a meeting-place for other young men who dropped in to discuss the events of the day and to plan entertainments and visits for the evening .
12 ‘ If we find that it is true that he made these deals he could lose his permit , ’ he said .
13 But to be fair to Green it was from his burning wish for people to admire the scenery , not from a desire to spoil it , that he made these suggestions , which certainly are not so far fetched in the 20th century as they must have been then .
14 He ensured that he made direct contact with both the Seine in Paris during the managers conference , and the Solent during the Professional Sales Guild sailing day .
15 He only knew that the speech had told and that he raised applause , and that he made some jokes which aroused laughter .
16 His chart of appearances shows that he made full appearances for two seasons after joining us and only a broken collar-bone prevented him from making an even more impressive contribution towards our promotion to Division One in 1969–70 .
17 Does the Secretary of State recall a speech that he made several months ago in which he encouraged the business community to take on racketeers ?
18 An example of this is the way that he makes big things seem really unimportant , and trivialities seem very important .
19 It 's not just that he makes more commission by selling you an endowment rather than a repayment mortgage .
20 And once he makes this decision he he ca n't after a year or two say well no that was wrong , I wo n't I 'll er I 'll change now because he 's only got two years there .
21 He leava his Mamma and he come to Amerigo , and he make big noise in New York , Chicago , Detroit .
22 Lord Berner 's Triumph of Neptune was another work he conducted quite frequently over a long period , and he made two recordings of the ballet suite .
23 His adoption of classical atomism was , consequently , not a wholesale one , and he made various changes in its basic principles .
24 The politician who promised ’ peace in our time ’ was an enthusiastic fly fisherman , and he made frequent angling trips to Gloucestershire .
25 His work was always informed by a strong historical sense , and he made distinguished contributions to the history of both logic and philosophy .
26 He waited until he had collected a large number of observations of the fact that he was fed at 9 a.m. , and he made these observations under a wide variety of circumstances , on Wednesdays and Thursdays , on warm days and cold days , on rainy days and dry days .
27 Dr Joe Hendron said the parties should return to the talks table without delay — and he made this point to Stormont Minister Sir John Wheeler yesterday .
28 One American daguerreotypes , a Baptist minister called Levi Hill , claimed in 1850 to have found a combination of chemistry which would record colour as well as tone , and he made several announcements promising to reveal the technique .
29 One American daguerreotypes , a Baptist minister called Levi Hill , claimed in 1850 to have found a combination of chemistry which would record colour as well as tone , and he made several announcements promising to reveal the technique .
30 He met frequently with the Congressional leaders of both parties ; and he made considerable use of the telephone in seeking the votes of rank-and-file members while also inviting them to the White House in groups .
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