Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] made [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once I 'd made that decision nothing was going to stop me . |
| 2 | ‘ I wish I 'd made that point to the Committee . ’ |
| 3 | I 'd made some plans for Rainbow 's next tte — tte , scripted some frank revelations , an impassioned plea … |
| 4 | I 'd made some mistakes and as far as he was concerned the pottery could have been another . |
| 5 | Erm , so Jan had these butties , she said oh I made them lovingly last night , tuna , mayonnaise and onion and er she said trust Viv to ring today like when I 'd made these butties ! |
| 6 | I was the prime suspect this time because of the Golden Syrup job , and although I knew she did n't have any proof , nothing I said made any difference . |
| 7 | I thought I had made that plain . ’ |
| 8 | In 1851 Common claimed that imported McCormick machines he saw were ‘ exactly like the one I had made 40 years before ’ . |
| 9 | It was the first time I had made this mistake , but Bamba immediately turned and ran back to us . |
| 10 | In that time I had made some friends , gained much self-confidence , and finally lost my hatred of the Reeds . |
| 11 | In the year which ended with my twenty-first birthday , I had made twenty-nine parachute jumps , been arrested , spent a month on bail , been in hospital twice , stabbed in the face once , and spent over two thirds of my days with the Territorials . |
| 12 | But it seemed to me you 'd made certain assumptions … ’ |
| 13 | I 've got a handout for this one , What would you and your family have to give up in retirement if you 'd made inadequate provision ? |
| 14 | You would have the right only if you 'd made good use of your experience of life . ’ |
| 15 | We 'd just feel happier if we 'd thought you 'd made some provisions for the future . ’ |
| 16 | She got a lodger and she , the lodger said she 'd made five phone calls . |
| 17 | Just because she 'd made one mistake … |
| 18 | His words went straight to her heart , and she remembered the private wish she 'd made that day , that Nicolo would tell her he loved her . |
| 19 | Only a few hours later and Fabia was wishing with all she had that she had touched wood when she 'd made that statement . |
| 20 | All the reading and yet she was n't even sure she 'd made any progress . |
| 21 | The fresh air she breathed made pure blood for you , and often during the day she wondered what you would be like , whether your eyes would be blue or brown , and prayed God to make you a good child . |
| 22 | It was the third trip she had made that year , leaving husband , sons and job to visit her father . |
| 23 | Though relieved at the arrangements she had made that day , Harriet could not help feeling chastened ; and when she entered the back gate of Four Winds and heard the inevitable wailing of her grandchild , her mood deepened to despair that she had not brought up her own daughter to be the kind of helpmeet which she was certain Edna Rafferty would be . |
| 24 | The landlord was aware of the fact that she had made that application but , notwithstanding that , on 4 December 1989 he applied for execution . |
| 25 | She had made that declaration and that commitment that she would go with her mother-in-law wherever she went that her God , Naomi 's God would be Ruth 's God , and that Naomi 's people , would be Ruth 's people . |
| 26 | It was not that she lacked sympathy for Sarah ; she had made that plain in her letter to John . |
| 27 | She had made great capital out of a fortnight 's bus tour to Lake Garda . |
| 28 | She had made gallant efforts to pull herself together but had still been confused about the precise sequence of events between arriving at the church and the moment when she had pushed open the door of the Little Vestry . |
| 29 | On European flights , she felt no such unease ; she had made such excursions recently on behalf of her college fund-raising activities . |
| 30 | She had made determined attempts at suicide by slashing her wrists several times . |