Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] make a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet somehow Edward must be appeased , so I sought to make a virtue of my ignorance , asking questions that would allow him to air his greater experience . |
| 2 | I tried to make a bonfire with them on the lawn . |
| 3 | I tried to make a joke out of it . |
| 4 | I tried to make a joke out of it . |
| 5 | At first I tried to make a comparison between a large northern comprehensive school and a smaller London church school . |
| 6 | ‘ I stopped to make a phone call , and I thought I 'd better drop off some clothes at the dry-cleaner 's . ’ |
| 7 | If I stopped making a noise , someone from the farm would soon be along to see what I was doing . ’ |
| 8 | I was proving to the convenor that I 'd made a mark opposite that deliverance on which to call you . |
| 9 | I asked why should I bother to do that when presumably if I had set the trap I would expect Harry 's car still to be there after the races , and he just wrote down my answer as if I 'd made a confession . ’ |
| 10 | Besides , despite the fact that I 'd got a good grade for my speech , I thought I 'd made a bit of a mess of it and was just relieved it was all over . |
| 11 | Also , before I did that I 'd made a hoax call saying that Boots ’ chemist was on fire . |
| 12 | I realised I 'd made a mistake as soon as he tightened his arms around my neck . |
| 13 | ‘ I began to wonder whether I 'd made a mistake over the arrangement . |
| 14 | And even if I 'd made a mistake I 'd be honest enough to admit it . |
| 15 | For a wild moment I thought I 'd made a mistake , had put it elsewhere , but that was nonsense of course . |
| 16 | I do n't like being proved wrong , and there was no way I was ever going to admit I 'd made a mistake . |
| 17 | But erm but I thought I 'd made a mistake somewhere . |
| 18 | I 'd made a commitment to the Branch Secretaries and to the Representatives that there will be a full Representatives Conference of which those proposals will be debated and discussed . |
| 19 | I 'd made a joke of it . |
| 20 | So , with this weird combination of reluctance and eagerness , I confessed to her that I 'd made a copy of my cock and a cock tracing and that I 'd put them in her in-box late one night and then thought better of it . |
| 21 | You do n't really think I risked making a fool of myself for a quick thank-you and a handshake , do you ? ’ |
| 22 | I began to make a list . |
| 23 | I decided to make a development of a circular pedestal table that we made for a client last year . |
| 24 | Being a cautious kind of chap , I decided to make a phone call before reaching before reaching for my cheque book . |
| 25 | ‘ I decided to make a go of it , ’ she says |
| 26 | At five to eight , the deadline , I decided to make a run for it , and was within sight of the doors when , without any warning at all , my stomach muscles suddenly began to roll up like a shop blind and I was violently and horribly sick . |
| 27 | After that , I decided to make a cut for each day . |
| 28 | But , a few months later , when the second floor of the Artists International Association ( AIA ) building was vacant , I decided to make a start with a gallery even though there was only 18 months of the lease to run . |
| 29 | I offered to make a sculpture which related to the Holocaust but which had elements of hope in it that such an event should never happen again . |
| 30 | However , I did make a slip , which Mr Summers points out : total government revenue is about £40m , of which fisheries licence revenue is £25m . |